Secret Troughs!
As I understand it the correct way to address the envelope for a letter to your Member of Parliament is:
Right Honourable <name><initials of any middle names><surname> MP
Well there is nothing honourable about the current bunch of MP’s if the latest opt out of the Freedom of Information Act is anything to go by.
I am a bit surprised that no one on this forum has had their say about when recently out of 650 odd MP’s less than 100 actually voted on the motion to exempt MP’s from the Freedom of Information Act and less than 20 voted against the motion. At least those who did vote had the moral fibre to show publicly where they stand. As for the rest I can only label them as spineless, morally deficient and self-serving, greedy pigs.
Hopefully the House of Lords will throw out the motion.
Members of Parliament are in effect employed by the citizens of the UK to represent them in the House of Commons and as employees, the employer (us) has a right to know what they get paid, what expenses they claim and for what purpose. In short the financial expenses of Parliament should be in the public domain and open to scrutiny and comment.
I don’t know where my MP stands on this issue but I intend to try and find out and also make my views known. It would be nice if everyone did the same.
And now I hear that MP’s are considering debating whether the public purse should fund the political parties.
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