One of the advantages of being effectively out of action for the past month is that because I haven’t been able to even attempt to cover the expenses row, blow-by-blow, I can now afford to take a somewhat wider view. It has been a fascinating couple of weeks, revealing not just how Parliament works
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QuaequamBlog on 23rd May 2009 (via theliberati.net)
Sunday and Daily Telegraph sales gain has continued over month of MPs' expenses exclusives, industry indicators suggest The Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph newspapers have sold an additional 1m copies since they began running MPs' expenses exclusives nearly a month ago. According to newspaper industry indicators ahead of the official Audit Bureau of Circulations figures for May, rel...
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Guardian on 4th Jun 2009 (via guardian.co.uk)
Nick Clegg has today penned an article for The Daily Telegraph urging the Labour and Tory parties to take action to reform Parliament in the wake of the MPs’ expenses scandal. Here’s an excerpt: The new political season is beginning. Spring and early summer were defined by the expenses scandal, but what will the autumn be
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LiberalDemocratVoice on 27th Aug 2009 (via libdemvoice.org)
The MP for Bury North is to resign from parliament at the next election after The Daily Telegraph's disclosure last month that he claimed almost £13000 in interest for a mortgage that he had already paid off.
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Telegraph on 2nd Jun 2009 (via telegraph.co.uk)
As Parliament's standing falls to a historic low with news of MPs claiming expenses for everything from piles of manure to tennis court maintenance Simon Heffer calls for drastic action from the party leaders.
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Telegraph on 12th May 2009 (via telegraph.co.uk)
Harriet Harman is quoted in today's Telegraph saying that a reform of the MPs' expenses must not lead to "a millionaires' Parliament". It's very unusual that I agree with anything Ms Harman says, but I have found we have common...
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TaxPayersAlliance on 21st May 2009 (via taxpayersalliance.com)
Was the serialising of MP’s expenses by the Daily Telegraph an act to expose those honourable servants of the House of Parliament or was it to undermine the European elections in an attempt to increase the votes of UKIP and UKIP MEP's? Some say this could have been issued after the European election, when all the expenses would have been sorted.
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AndrewNutt on 5th Jun 2009 (via andrewnutt.blogspot.com)
Parliament must move quickly to reform the disgraced expenses arrangements or voters will never forgive MPs It already feels like both a cliché and an understatement to say that this has been a bad week for politics. The barrage of revelations about MPsÂ’ expenses has caused immense damage to the standing of all MPs, and Parliament itself. For many people all of the worst stereotypes of a s...
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NewStatesman on 15th May 2009 (via newstatesman.com)
These are the politicians who have announced they are quitting since the Daily Telegraph's investigation into MPs' expenses was launched last month:
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Telegraph on 6th Jun 2009 (via telegraph.co.uk)
The Telegraph publishes comprehensive details of Cabinet's claims showing the extent Parliament tried to hide key information.
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Telegraph on 19th Jun 2009 (via telegraph.co.uk)
Telegraph View: Parliament's response to the expenses scandal is a bad one
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Telegraph on 10th Jul 2009 (via telegraph.co.uk)