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A mixture of law, politics, autobiography and humour. Once described as "The Devilish Advocate" (Guardian), I do have the ability to provoke a response. Sometimes it comes from someone who uses a thought process, and sometimes from jerks usually associated with the knee.

Monday, May 11, 2009

MPS VOTE FOR £16MILLION MORE EXPENSES

MPS VOTE FOR £16MILLION MORE EXPENSES

MPs have voted themselves an extra £16million in expenses this year, despite mounting public anger over their money-grabbing claims.

The increase, worth an average £25,000 to each MP, takes the total expenses bill to £109million, up from last year’s £93m.

The revelation came as details of embarrassing claims by dozens of MPs, including Prime Minister Gordon Brown, were made public.

Last night it emerged that the Commons has set up a “crisis phone line” to offer counselling to worried MPs who fear shameful details of their expenses are about to be made public amid fears that the huge
rise in expenses, revealed yesterday in Parliamentary documents, will fuel voters’ anger.
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John Hirst Hull, East Yorkshire, GB "Who is John Hirst?" the Sun online questioned the day after the UK lost its appeal to the Grand Chamber of the ECtHR in the prisoners votes case. The profile was not very informative nor flattering. But, I don't like the Sun either so we are quits. I was born, at 2 I was put into Dr Barnardo's Homes. What they called care, we refer to it as physical and sexual abuse. I drifted into crime, and spent 35 years in prison. In spite of the system, I reformed and rehabilitated myself with the support of some within and outside of the system. I was transformed from a law breaker into a law-maker. I am firmly committed to prisoners rights, and am a campaigner for penal reform. I live in a 3 bedroom terrace house within a cul-de-sac, and have a dog as a companion. My Latvian friend keeps invading my space and telling me I need a wife. She does keep the house clean and tidy, but loves my dog and calls him her boyfriend... Recently, Viking FM have asked for advice and reports for the news on radio on Criminal Justice issues. In addition, I used to write regularly for Inside Time the National newspaper for prisoners.
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