This MP's Expense Rubbish & Outline for the Future

First ever post in this new blog. I hope in time to link this to both my twitter account & to you tube videos, giving my thoughts & opinions on all issues & topics that come to my attention which i feel the need to express myself over.

So, this expense rubbish that has been flying around the last few weeks. It seems more than obvious to me that the speaker of the house Michael Martin is NOT responsible for the excesses in claims by some of our public representatives.

The latest guidelines for MP's expenses were voted for by the house of commons in 2004. They were voted for by all MP's, NOT JUST Michael Martin. The problem as i see it was for the most part with the scope of the allowances MP's were able to claim for, NOT in the regulation of the claims which Michael Martin can be held responsible for.

This attempt by some MP's to generate a vote of no confidence in the speaker of the house stinks of scapegoating. They are trying to shift the press attention and public outrage from themselves onto Michael Martin.

Let me explain my thought process in as clear a terms as possible.

Our MP's voted in a weak system for expense claims and allowances which was easily abused. Therefore they are collectively responsible for the abuses carried out by a number of MP's. Michael Martin as an individual is not.

Simples.