plassey1: cheers mate, clearly one of the silent minority
hummingfrog: good call. But don't get me started on the real loafing/freebie experts. Yes, your Euro f*cking MP. Now there's a gravy train on a circular track. They make the oily local lot look like toddlers. Their expenses alone are way in excess of the average salary on this website. Leaving party politics out of it for a second (I'm full-on Tory by the way), check out the Kinnocks.
100,000 a piece basic before their admin staff have even started filling in the claim forms. Jolly to Italy for the weekend? Go for it lads. It's a drop in the ocean compared to what other 'public servants' get up to. Even their cars use more fuel as their mileage allowance is way, way more than that granted to HM Forces.
By the way, be honest, how many of you know the name of your Euro MP?