Comments on: Redacted Expenses Save Blushes

By: Gordon Browns legacy to the House of Commons

Gordon Browns legacy to the House of Commons — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 07:24:22 +0000

Just a point… they have produced Acrobat PDF files for all these expenses, and done the redaction using an Acrobat plug-in which just draws a black box around the area in question. Now any normal security operation would then lock the document to make sure that no-one could remove or alter the redaction to look at the data underneath, which is just a scanned image (a bit like sticking an elastoplast over a newspaper article – you just peel it off to see what’s underneath). However, these idiots have not password protected the documents, there is no security on them whatsoever. Hmm. Wonder who will be the first to do that?

By: going down the pan

going down the pan — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:38:26 +0000

because animals wont tell him he is shite and he could rule a world where no one answers back !

By: Ever Vigilant

Ever Vigilant — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 20:12:37 +0000

#100
“What do those guys in the validation office do for a living ?”

You see my point in #97 ?

By: Doctor Hoo(n)

Doctor Hoo(n) — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 19:17:31 +0000

He’d better be claiming for skidproof underpants the theiving hoon

By: Bernard Manning's Ghost

Bernard Manning's Ghost — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 19:12:45 +0000

I used to be able to hit the ceiling in my youth but i’m firing blanks now

By: touchjudge

touchjudge — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:48:41 +0000

Seems my MP , Eleanor Laing, should claim to have her calculator repaired.
According to the Service Charges statements covering the year 24/6/07 to 23/6/08 on her flat she should have paid a total of £6,536.05. She reclaimed twice this (£6461.78 on 2/8/07 & £6,610.32 on 5/1/08). What do those guys in the validation office do for a living?

By: The Count

The Count — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:14:26 +0000

SPAMMER!!!!!

By: Angry Englishman

Angry Englishman — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:00:14 +0000

Yes- Seriously slack accounting by Bercow. All round numbers, and some funny chnages to the mortgage interest/rent box. Assuming Mr Bercow is paying a mortgage, the monthly interest amounts do look suspiciously “round” in nature. If he gets the Speaker’s role we will not be seeing him help the taxpayers- he will be the looking after the back-bench MP candidate.

The whole thing just shows – these people do not get it. I looked at Frank Field’s own website last week and it was the same. Massive amounts of black ink obscuring the relevant information.

The lack of tranz-parent-see (as G Brown calls it), ought to single these people out for the chop.

What a farce.

By: Ever Vigilant

Ever Vigilant — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 13:19:36 +0000

It is interesting that some claims are rejected by the fees office and some —even more outlandish—- are accepted .

I may have a nasty ,suspicious mind but that circumstance makes me think that there has been some corruption within the fees office whereby if the MP was prepared to pay a bribe his claim would go through on the nod but if no arrangement was in place the suspect claim would be referred to higher authority.

The police must investigate staff in the fees office including examination of bank accounts.

By: AnonyMousse

AnonyMousse — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 12:55:02 +0000

Don’t you think that just the images of these redacted expenses says it all – MPs don’t like us do they??