Self-Pitying Shits

Yes, I know I am a zealous ranter when it comes to the issues of MPs' expenses fraud, but they did rinse the public purse for all it was worth under the guise of being public servants. Frankly, they deserve as much abuse as we can throw at them. The thieving fucks. Particularly when they are quick to get out the world's smallest violin and start manically playing it for a bit of completely undeserved sympathy:

One unnamed MP told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "An accountant will always find errors in the expenses claims especially on claims of such magnitude over a long period but the only ones publicised are the over-claims, no-one ever mentioned the under-claims."

No. No-one does mention the under-claims. Because the point of expenses isn't that you have to spend them - rather, there is an allowance there if you need it. And given MPs work directly for the public purse, and are supposed to represent the British people, you might have thought they'd be less keen to spend, spend, spend. When your expenses are paid by an already grossly over-stretched taxpayer, frugality becomes a virtue.

"The need to please the press and get back in their good books has produced a total over-reaction and it has been very badly handled. We were treated despicably today when we were waiting for our letters, we felt as though the sword of Damocles was hanging over us."

I don't give the first fuck whether MPs get back in the good books of the press - they should want to get back into the good books of the people they have so badly betrayed. And expecting MPs to pay money back to the public purse isn't an over-reaction; it is actually quite a moderate response. I'd like to see everyone of them who abused the system sacked and facing prosecution, and the worst offenders locked up. And that isn't an over-reaction either; it is what would happen to anyone who got involved in this sort of swindle but didn't have the good fortune to be employed as an MP.

MPs weren't treated despicably when they were waiting for their letters* - they have actually been treated throughout this debacle with a reverence that is completely unjustifiable and would not be extended to the "man in the street" who found himself in a similar position. The only reason why they might feel the sword of Damocles hanging over their heads is if they are guilty. And in that situation, I think the only fair thing to do is to hope that the sword came crashing down and cleaved the greedy fuckers in two.

Finally, I love the fact the MP is "unnamed". Wonder why that might be? Possibly because that MP knows their spurious sympathy bid is likely to upset people rather than convert them to the cause of supporting our beleaguered political class. But I'd love to know who the unnamed MP is**; I'd be tempted to head to their constituency at the next election and campaign as heartily as possible for everyone in that area to vote the fuck awful incumbent out of Parliament for good.

*Which I am surprised arrived on time if they went through the Royal Mail.

**I have a couple of MPs in mind who might be capable of coming up with this sort of shite.