From the Independent last week
It seems that nothing will ever shame the ermine troughers out of claiming from the public purse. Paul White, aka Lord Hanningfield, an ex-Tory peer, has not spoken in the House of Lords, nor tabled any written questions since he was sent to jail for fiddling his expenses, but figures reveal that in November he had his best month yet for pocketing the ?300 daily allowance to which he is entitled just for turning up. He signed in on 17 separate days, which entitled him to ?5,100. He also claimed ?407 travel costs. That means that in the first eight months since his return after his prison spell, Lord Hanningfield trousered a total of ?21,000 in daily attendance allowances, plus ?1,736 costs.
Lord Hanningfield is of course the former Conservative leader of Essex County Council.
When will anyone get to grips with the appalling waste of public money! When you see the struggle people are having, & their sacrifices just to keep a roof over their heads & feed their children when working full time, it does make you wonder what ethos & principles this country is guided by! As for £10m on a funeral, words fail me.
God help us all, & I sincerely mean that!
I know exactly what you mean. If you are one of “them”, or an overseas country, or you want to get involved in a small war somewhere, money no object, have as much as you like. If you’re one of us – forget it, no money, no help, no nothing.