Yosharian said:
The MP money scandal has resulted in a lot of changes to the system that has made it a lot more difficult for them to abuse it in this kind of way. I don't think their fraudulent behaviour is legalised now, if it ever was. Feel free to provide current, up-to-date examples to prove me wrong.
IPSA buckled under MP pressure and increased the amount allowed to be claimed with the MPs not willing to give money out of their own pockets. Yes the amount spent on expenses will increase. It has increased because items not covered before, now are. MPs claim total expense expenditure will drop thanks to tighter restrictions. Its not enough for me however. If MPs wish to claim accommodation make it a communial accommodation for for MPs. Make it an innexpensive place to stay. I also want to see MPs pay income tax like everyone else!
Yosharian said:
What have they done with third level education to make it into a disaster? Just by putting up the prices? What else can they do? It's too expensive. It's not a disaster.
As someone who has went through it, twice, its in bad shape and getting worse. The main problem is that the heads of the unniversities drain the university of all the funding given to them by the governments whilst slashing taching jobs.
The public sector is paying private sector fat cats millions. The average university head makes more than the prime minister....
Threaten to drain funding from any university unless its chairman lowers his salary to the same level as the prime ministers. If they disobey. Remove funding. Be tough. You can build a new university should one fall and pick up the staff redundancies.
Be tough.
As a side note, all portraits done of university heads should be drawn by the art students. I find it shocking that expensive professionals are brought in when you have a ready supply of enthusiastic art students waiting to have their talents shown.
Yosharian said:
Now if you really want to talk about corruption you ought to think about the people that you voted in and how they run their parties. But the vast majority of MPs work very hard for their country.
My vote this time went on the alliance party. I find their policies easily the best in my local area. Even if they only won a single seat in westminster.
Yosharian said:
Lies about reductions in hospitals & police: provide evidence.
I know its a newspaper link, and I apologise, but its worth looking at: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/6956427/Police-numbers-to-slump-amid-budget-pressures.html
Hospital
One example: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-12299728
Yosharian said:
Why do you want a referendum on Europe?
Because it should have been offered from the start. It was disgusting that the citzens weren't allowed a vote on an issue which completely changes every facete of the UK legal system.
The only country to have a referendum was ireland. And they rejected the EU. Of course until the irish government decided not to take no for an answer.
Yosharian said:
The whole banks & government thing is a whole lot complicated than just MPs who are a bit corrupt. It goes a lot deeper than that. The vast majority of MPs have nothing to do with it. It's the ones at the top who are responsible. And by the way, we are all responsible for doing nothing about it. Oh and it's also much more of a media problem, since they refuse, for the most part, to publicise it.
One change I would like to see is the removal of anonymous donations to parties. It removes the whole point of all votes being equal when a rich persons vote is worth soooo much more!
Yosharian said:
BTW since you think MPs lack balls, the next time you're an MP you make sure to show us all how you will do it better. And I'll be expecting to see plenty of balls. Go to it, tiger.
Its not really something I want to do as a career. I kinda like the web design work im doing.
