More snouts in the trough

So today and tomorrow the papers reveal more details of more snouts in the trough.

The thing stinks to Heaven and each time the, let's face it, frankly dishonest MP bleats "It's within the rules" - ask yourself who makes the rules and who enforces them?

The Home Secretary is a thief and a liar - Jacqui Smith's main home is NOT her sister's back bedroom and to claim it is means that she is stupid as well as being dishonest.

Look at the claims made so far - 95% of them have nothing to do with work in Westminster or their constituency. It is grand larceny on a huge scale.

The allowances are supposed to be in place to help the MP do his work. Why did John Prescott need the front of his house redecorated? Why is Paul Murphy's boiler any of Parliament's business? How does Sky Sports help Gordon Brown to be a better MP? How does hazel Blears constantly changing the designation of her "main home" help her constitutents?

The system needs changing and quickly. Let MPs stay in a hotel if they need a place in London - maxmium outlay £100 a night, breakfast included. Allow them £20 a day for food and drink. NO patio heaters, NO Sky Sports, NO dry rot work, NO boilers and receipts for everything!