Sack the Pig!

The Times has published details of how much the Speaker of the House of Commons costs us:

The Speaker’s bill
£137,000 Salary; he also gets a grace-and-favour apartment
£17,346 Expenses he claimed for a second home last year
£7,595 Expenses he claimed last year for running costs for using his Scottish home as an office, a practice from which MPs are discouraged
£50,000 Amount of public money he spent on air travel for his wife, Mary. She also spent more than £4,000 on taxis
£21,500 Amount of public money spent on legal challenges by Mr Martin’s office to newspapers, including The Times
£3,000 Value of Air Miles used by Mr Martin to fund flights between Scotland and London for his family. Guidelines stipulate that Air Miles should be used to reduce the cost of travel paid for by the taxpayer
£15,201 He also claimed £3,138 in car allowances, £10,587 in flights and £1,476 on stationery and postage

So, from what we know, the Speaker of the House of Commons cost us £251,642. £50,000 was spent on travel for the corpulent cunt’s wife. It gets even worse when you put these figures into perspective – I earn above the average salary for the UK, and I cost my employer just 14% of what the Speaker has cost the taxpayer. The main difference between the speaker and my good self is I’ve actually achieved something for someone, somewhere to justify my cost this year. I don’t think the speaker has.

Of course, with such alarming figures buzzing around, the House of Commons has acted with speed and with dignity:

The Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards has now been asked to investigate whether more than £4,000 spent on taxis for Mrs Martin’s shopping trips amounted to an inappropriate use of public money.

You what, now? The House is investigating just £4,000 of the above? And they actually need an investigation to decide whether the fucking wife of an MP’s shopping trips are an appropriate use of public money? Let me save you the hassle, guys: no it fucking isn’t!

As Guido notes, it is time for Martin to go. If he won’t resign, he should be pushed out. He is a corrupt, incompetent shaved gorilla of a man. A bloated pig, standing at the front of the Commons, milking his position for everything it is worth. In any decent democracy the Speaker would be stripped off office, and thrown out into the street to the baying condemnation of the masses. However, in the decadent, fetid atmosphere of the modern House of Commons, the Speaker can rely on the support of his colleagues. Even in the face of such obvious, naked, corrupt use of public funds.

If the House wants to regain the respect of the electorate and fight corruption in the ranks, it could do far worse than striking out at the Speaker. Because this pink faced bloater is pissing not only on the dignity of the House, but all over the British electorate as well.