Expenses expenses expenses

Arghhhhhhhh is it just me or is there nothing else fucking happening than MP's claiming for a Twix and Tampax?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8043447.stm

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/mps-expenses/

Its open season on politicians right now and this is a cross party issue. Its obviously a poor system which really is designed for another era. Its important no one feels they cant become an MP for economic reasons so a system where a London flat and work related expenses are covered..fair enough maybe.

I think this is illustrative of the fact the public and MP's have never been further apart. We don't know or care what they do or don't do for us and it appears constantly in the press that they are some sort of weird weed taking and taking from us while making the garden look shit. We really are only interested in negative stories about MP's. If Gordon Brown tomorrow saved six kittens, found Madeline McCann and brought baby P back to life we'd be waiting for the expenses from these missions to be published and jump on it. We hate them all of them pretty much. In times gone by we'd be storming Westminster but we wont cos really deep deep down be dont care anymore. We don't care about this story the media is increasingly either printing stories for themselves or sprouting platitudes about the latest celebrity to declare themselves a cat or kidnap an African. Everyone would claim for whatever they could in an MP's position Is it right? Nope, but in every work place up and down the land this kinda stuff goes on. Most of us are so incompetent its a wonder we don't get lost every time we leave the house. Its all crap.