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Thread #120743   Message #2632006
Posted By: GUEST,eric the viking
14-May-09 - 05:43 PM
Thread Name: BS: UK Politicians: Noses deep in the trough
Subject: RE: BS: UK Politicians: Noses deep in the trough
BBC news;Lists 31 labour. 26 Tory.6 Lib dems.5 Sinn Fein. 2 SNP. There will be others.

Bonzo3legs can't count !! And if you think a thieving crook of a tory is a better class of scum than a thieving crook of a labour MP scum then you have a social problem with the inability to distinguish right from wrong.

Andrew Mackay;"The details show that Mr MacKay and his wife, fellow Conservative MP Julie Kirkbride, have effectively been claiming the second home allowance for mortgage interest payments on two properties - one in London and one in the Midlands. Mr MacKay claimed more than £1,000 a month for interest payments on a joint mortgage for their London home while Ms Kirkbride claimed £900 for mortgage interest on her constituency home in Bromsgrove. The arrangements suggested neither had a first home. Parliamentary data show the couple have claimed 98% of the money available to them via the second homes allowance since 2004." Two for the price of one !!

Bonzo3legs try this for size before you start trying to distort figures.This in simple terms is how the house is made up. There will be more Labour MP's than Tory because there are MORE labour MP's than tory...Even you with your inability to count will understand this.

State of the parties at 21 November 2008

Labour
350


Conservative
193


Liberal Democrat
63


Scottish National Party/Plaid Cymru
10
SNP 7/PC 3

Democratic Unionist
9


Sinn Fein
5
Have not taken their seats and cannot vote

Social Democratic & Labour Party
3


Independent
5


Independent Conservative
1


Independent Labour
1


Ulster Unionist
1


Respect
1


Speaker & 3 Deputies 4 Do not normally vote

Total no. of seats
646

In simple terms...there are only 193 Tories able to claim and 350 Labour who can claim. If you look at the ratio of Tories to labour of MP's listed on the site you will see that proportionatly MORE tories than labour have been listed. QED?

for a full list of who spends what try this;http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8044207.stm