Don't do as we do but as we say
In less than a month the Parliamentary Standards Bill that makes it a criminal offence punishable by up to 12 months in prison for MPs to file false expenses claims was passed into law last night.
Meanwhile, prisoners have been waiting 5 years for the law to be changed to allow them the vote.
How is it that when it is in the MPs own interests they are able to move like greased lightning, but when it comes to prisoners interests they move as fast as a dead tortoise?
Given that some MPs have fiddled as much as tens and in some cases hundreds of thousands of pounds, why is it that they have only decided to punish miscreants with a prison sentence of up to 12 months? In my view, that should have been the minimum sentence and not the maximum! Tough on crime and tough on the causes of crime is just for the proletariat, our so-called betters are to receive a tickle with a feather rather than lashes of the whip.
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.
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