Poll : 2% Think MPs Honest About Expenses

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25, 2009

Poll : 2% Think MPs Honest About Expenses

A PoliticsHome poll finds that:

• 2% of respondents believe “virtually all MPs are honest about claiming expenses”.
• 86% of respondents think MP’s expense arrangements are “too generous”.

As many as 2%?  Surely that is within the margin of error?

 

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Gordon is in New York and Drudge has for his front page headlines from Guido. With a little help from the co-conspirators…

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The UK Gilt auction failed this morning.

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A governor of the Bank of England has never had an audience with the Queen before.  King had just told a stunned Westminster that there is no more money for another fiscal splurge.  Perhaps Her Majesty is worried that the currency adorned by her face is being recklessly devalued.  If she next calls in the generals for an audience our unelected, unmandated Prime Minister should really get worried…