March 21, 2008 - By Simon Bennett
The Establishment closing ranks? We learn from today’s Independent:
“Scotland Yard is by no means the first to deliver a scathing assessment of MPs’ free-and-easy expenses arrangements. But its complaint that the lax procedures have ruled out a criminal inquiry into disgraced Derek Conway may well end up etched on the system’s gravestone. Neither the public nor the overwhelming majority of Parliamentarians seem to believe that the Commons can continue to run on the basis of “gentlemen’s agreements” – where the word of a Member is considered beyond question. The case of Mr Conway cast the almost unassailable status of MPs into sharp relief, and confirmed all the worst suspicions of voters.”
No police investigation – oh, what a surprise! Remind us again how much a document shredder costs at John Lewis!
Read the full story: here .
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