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British MPs’ expenses come under the microscope

From swimming pool repairs to tampons, the Daily Telegraph reveals the outrageous—and sometimes downright bizarre—filings

Thursday, May 14, 2009 10:56am - 1 Comment

The Daily Telegraph appears to be in the midst of single-handedly bringing down the entire British parliament. On Friday, the conservative broadsheet began publishing the details of MPs’ secret expense claims—information for which it paid a rumoured six-figure fee—and they are explosive: thousands of pounds to clean out a moat on a country estate, a couple of quid for a Tampax (from a male backbencher), swimming pool repairs. The list is endless, and no party has been spared in the paper’s investigation. Today’s developments: Labour has suspended a former cabinet minister for claiming expenses for a mortgage that never existed, and the senior Parliamentary lieutenant to Tory leader David Cameron has resigned his party role.

Telegraph.co.uk

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One Response to “British MPs’ expenses come under the microscope”

  1. jwl says:
    May 14, 2009 at 11:08 am
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    i have been following the expenses scandal. Do our pols get to claim ‘expenses’ like their UK brethren? Many of the UK pols readily admit that they are afraid to raise their salaries so they use expense claims to fiddle the system.

    Would only our own msm do some investigative reporting like they do over in UK. It’s a shame that our reporters care more about staying in the loop than publishing scoops.

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