Matthew Knott - Blog

I'm sick to the back teeth of the drip-drip of scandal after scandal of the MP's expenses abuse.

The system is flawed, needs to go, and those who abused the system need to be punished, in my opinion both legally and financially, but suffering day after day from hearing the words "expense claim" throughout the media is killing me. The has to be better things to report on? 

Also this week, it's been highlighted that MEP's are entitled to nearly £400,000 anually in unjustifiable expences. In a short tenure they could become millionaires, that's on top of their salary of £61,820.

My concern is with a lot of these corrupt, but previously popular MP's standing down, parties such as the BNP will, in some constituencies, have the majority vote and unfortunately become a blight on the commons.

Hopefully North Korea will continue Nuclear testing and distract the Media long enough for the Government to sort this god-awful mess out.