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offline pantalaimon from Winterfell (United Kingdom) on 2009-05-15 08:31 [#02291390]
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an MP, I didn't know they could claim thousands of pounds
for cinema systems, tennis courts, mortgages that don't
exist (oop I forgot i'd payed it off already), cat food,
massage chair...

all of course absolutely essential for the job.

and if they catch you, just say you didn't break any rules,
cos its fine then and you haven't 'really done anything
wrong'.

Time for a revolution methinks.


 

offline Steinvordhosbn from London (United Kingdom) on 2009-05-15 09:56 [#02291396]
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If you can find a clip of Charlie Higson on the Fast Show
playing a politician that just denys every claim against him
saying repeatedly "No..no I did not say that" then consider
that what I would have linked to here.


 

offline belb from mmmmmmhhhhzzzz!!! on 2009-05-15 10:03 [#02291397]
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snouts in the trough, it sort of baffles me that anyone
finds this surprising


 

offline hanal from k_maty only (United Kingdom) on 2009-05-15 10:07 [#02291398]
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agreed


 

offline AMPI MAX from United Kingdom on 2009-05-15 10:59 [#02291406]
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yeah it baffles me also. it also baffles me that people have
made such a fucking fuss about it. this has gotten
ridiculous. forget your revolution pls


 

offline dariusgriffin from cool on 2009-05-15 11:04 [#02291408]
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don't you have anything better to be outraged about?


 

offline Steinvordhosbn from London (United Kingdom) on 2009-05-15 11:19 [#02291410]
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Better that people just kept quiet and listened to beetz.


 

offline Steinvordhosbn from London (United Kingdom) on 2009-05-15 11:22 [#02291411]
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I heard some women were getting hassled and stuff for
saying, a bunch of stuff, about, ... how things were wrong
and.... I don't know, I'd personally reject all non-factual
"news" and simplify every cockhorm doubletake politician's
statement but that wouldn't fill enough blogs. You're
(mostly) all complicit.


 

offline Guybrush from the white room on 2009-05-15 11:28 [#02291413]
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The thick of it


 

offline AMPI MAX from United Kingdom on 2009-05-15 11:31 [#02291414]
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better that people got things in perspective. people can
complain, but people cant go around turning their backs on
politics. that, i believe, will be the final straw in what
changes this country, and it will all be because of fools
getting on their high horse about a government that
obviously isn't that bad at all.


 

offline AMPI MAX from United Kingdom on 2009-05-15 11:32 [#02291415]
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fuck its going to happen anyway. IDIOTS!!!


 

offline AMPI MAX from United Kingdom on 2009-05-15 12:11 [#02291423]
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and its complete media shitmongering. 'mr blah spent £750
tax payers money on a massage chair' 'ms bleh spent £4000
cleaning the chandeliers'. anyone who is shocked should be
thinking harder. im actually pleasantly surprised as the
spending is almost laughably modest compared to how i always
imagined things. revolution would be really silly. this +
the g8 protest stuff is a sign that things are getting
really stupid now.


 

offline AMPI MAX from United Kingdom on 2009-05-15 12:13 [#02291424]
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but beetz are also really good


 

offline dariusgriffin from cool on 2009-05-15 13:32 [#02291443]
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this has nothing to do with the g8 protests

a revolution would be nice, but fucking hell, don't do it
because you care so much about your money
it's like saying that the system is perfectly fine, and
isn't capitalism grand, and if only there weren't those
abuses, and if only there weren't those golden parachutes,
how perfect it would be
it's another scapegoat

fuck this non-affair


 

offline AMPI MAX from United Kingdom on 2009-05-15 13:56 [#02291447]
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it does; people pretending they've got an establishment to
overthrow.
a 'revolution' in this country is a joke cos were free and
fat. making out that were being policed controlled or
seriously betrayed is completely insane. its like our
politics are so calm and cosy that we actually think we have
the right to breakdown and replace the system cos 'did you
know mps are spending our cash on their own luxuries!!!!!'.
my point is that any kind of revolution in uk (at this time
in particular) will be a complete mess and undo about 50
years of progress in british politics. shit revolution is a
fucking mess at the best of times let alone when its
completely unnecessary


 

offline AMPI MAX from United Kingdom on 2009-05-15 14:01 [#02291449]
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makes me cross cos theres real shit to sort out


 

offline obara from Utrecht on 2009-05-15 14:02 [#02291450]
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it's one thing saying "the system is bad" (hard to change it
in a few years) and another "the government is bad" (easier
to change cause you voted for it - and if you didn't vote
just shut up). sorry for my english


 

offline pantalaimon from Winterfell (United Kingdom) on 2009-05-15 14:14 [#02291455]
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Yeah well they can gather up all those dodgy expense claims
and throw the money at 'real shit that needs sorting out'
and not on luxury items for themselves. They get paid enough
as it is.

What really angered me was the Justice Minister (how
ironic!) saying on TV how he has done nothing wrong and that
it was within the rules. £60'000 expense claims in 3
years?! People have every right to be angry, especially in
these difficult economic times.

The revolution comment was made in jest, however lets not
place the blame on people being upset about this. The
politicians got themselves into it and they will have to get
themselves out of it before people start turning to really
dodgy parties like the BNP.


 

offline dariusgriffin from cool on 2009-05-15 14:46 [#02291462]
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i'm not trying to defend this, but 60,000 is absolutely
nothing compared to the overall annual budget
there are much, much worse things going on
i mean, i'm not seeing you make a fuss over the 35 billions
that go into the military, for a start


 

offline AMPI MAX from United Kingdom on 2009-05-15 16:01 [#02291480]
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yeah look im basically in agreement with what youre saying
but its like people expect (or demand) a government to be
squeaky clean which just isnt real or even fair. instead
weve got a government that really isnt that bad at all. the
real shit i was talking about isnt not happening because of
money spent on other things or even because of the
government but rather something social and this middleclass
stuffiness about a rotten government is a great example
somehow. anyway my pissin/moanin here isnt directed at you
but at the subject, as you are pretty lovely.


 

offline pantalaimon from Winterfell (United Kingdom) on 2009-05-16 01:52 [#02291569]
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the government as a whole isn't that bad but Gordon Brown
really needs to go before the next election or they have no
chance of winning.


 

offline AMPI MAX from United Kingdom on 2009-05-16 04:51 [#02291588]
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oh forget it. its fucked already. gordon is gone and he
wasn't even the bad guy. now thngs are going to get fucking
crazy


 


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