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Originally Posted by andrewb
I hope David Davis wins the Haltemprice and Howden by election, highlighting the problems with an ever intrusive state.
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I don't, I would love to see his self-indulgent little stunt backfire on him. Everyone knows perfectly well about the controversy over the 42-days rule, so Davis is doing nothing but pandering to his own ego and wasting the taxpayers' money in the process.
As for his colleagues in the Commons, yes, there does seem to be a large proportion of them who have their snouts firmly in the trough. Their latest little wheeze over declaring their London homes as their family home is a prime example of this. Having said that, I'm sure there are MPs who don't put their own self-interest first and, to be fair, Greg Pope seems to be one of them.
However, what stopped me in my tracks was David Craig's assertation that 84% of the laws that govern us are now emanate from the EU. If this is true, then a large part of our MPs' workload has been lifted from their shoulders and their renumeration should reflect that fact. However, even more important than this, it would seem to signal the end of the UK as an independent, sovereign nation!
