Blogs Posts on "Mps"

The rules every MP has broken by Complete and Utter Zebu on Nov 17, 2009“Everything I did was within the rules.” Bleat, bleat, bleat. “It’s not me, it’s the system.” Zebu, Zebu, Zebu. MP after MP has uttered a variant of these pathetic excuses, whining that their own expense claims did not infringe the 36-pag...

Gordon Brown’s Christmas charity appeal by Complete and Utter Zebu on Nov 14, 2009As Christmas is approaching, we thought we should mark the season. Given the growing number of MPs opposing reform of “the system” that they blamed for getting themselves into so much hot water this year, we thought a charity appeal on be...

MPs – they only have themselves to blame by Complete and Utter Zebu on Nov 13, 2009Many MPs have blamed “the system” for the mess they find themselves in over expenses. They give the impression that what Gordon Brown called “the biggest parliamentary scandal for two centuries” appeared from out of the blue. If only they’d...

Is Harriet Harman a liar? Or just stupid? by Complete and Utter Zebu on Nov 6, 2009In the House of Commons on Thursday, Leader of the House Harriet Harman accused Mark Harper, Conservative MP for the Forest of Dean, of being “a gender pay discrimination denier.” Harsh words, but she was angry with Harper for daring to s...

If I Ruled the World: My Idea for Power2010 by The Third Estate on Nov 4, 2009The Third Estate is brought to you today by the letters DEMOCRACY and the number 2010. In just one month the Power2010 campaign has received over 2000 ideas to reform our political system. To highlight their launch, I invited Guy Aitchison to set out...

37 Names by Crust Of The Grouch on Oct 14, 2009Since the last Prime Minsters Questions, 37 soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan. 37 names were read out in parliament today by one of the men that sent them there, that's 37 families that will never see or speak to there loved ones again. In ot...

In defence of MPs... no really by Malc in the Burgh on Oct 13, 2009This is probably against the grain of public opinion, but I have a degree of sympathy with some MPs. Not those who spent our money on duck houses and moats you understand, but those who have genuine expense-related claims but have found, through Sir...

MPs Expenses Are Back . . . . . by Crust Of The Grouch on Oct 11, 2009In a Parliament near you from Monday.

Check Out Amazon Mobile Payment Service (MPS) for Mobile Check-Outs by The Mobile Fun Blog on Oct 6, 2009Amazon is offering Amazon Mobile Payments Service (Amazon MPS), providing developers, merchants and distributors of mobile applications an easy way to process payments from mobile devices and extend Amazon’s 1-Click checkout experience to their...