MPs Four Times More Likely toCommit Fraud Than Benefit Claimants
According to the National Audit Office 1 in 2585 benefits claimants were successfully prosecuted or cautioned for benefit fraud in 2006-07.* Whereas for MPs the numbers so far identified are (after Conway), 1 in 646 parliamentary expense claimants. Four times as high…
Is it any wonder that the latest Populus poll has 73% of the population viewing all politicians as equally sleazy, with 14% thinking Brown’s government is more sleazy than the Major government. Dave is sufficiently worried about the sleaze issue re-surfacing that he has summoned Tory MPs to an emergency meeting of the parliamentary party.
This definition is doing the rounds at the moment:
Politics pol·i·tics, pronunciation: \ˈpä-lə-ˌtiks\
- Function:
- noun plural but singular or plural in construction
- Etymology:
- Greek politika, from neuter plural of politikos political. From poli meaning many and tics which means blood sucking grubs.
Which seems correct to Guido…
*via Chris Dillow.
