Maria Miller - pathetic
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I read today that she had a sly tip about second home expenses, said that it was her main home and then sold it later and avoided the 28% inheritance tax on second homes.........it it made a million thats a cool £280,000 tax avoided.
Makes the 40 grand she sidestepped chicken feed !
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Makes the 40 grand she sidestepped chicken feed !
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Her mistake was getting caught. It's clear the abuse of expenses is endemic and I very much doubt this case would be the last nail in the coffin for expenses for the political class. I don't think Cameron will sack her, more likely move her to another non job away from cabinet, I see a cabinet reshuffle on the way....
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So you understand why the teachers aren't exactly chuffed with 70k then
I would, but wait, what's this ...... a memo has just been handed to me: This news just in from the N.U.T:
NO!!!!!!
I would, but wait, what's this ...... a memo has just been handed to me: This news just in from the N.U.T:
NO!!!!!!
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She's finally realised the depth of opinion against her and resigned. No doubt she still thinks she did nothing wrong as her sort never do! Good riddance and let's see if Cameron finally realises backing her was wrong.... I doubt it! He should resign too really as he is so far out of touch with public and, in many ways, political opinion it's ridiculous!
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I still want my money back.
Why are we still treating MP's as a special case with their own special rules & privileges policed by themselves?They have proved time after time they cannot be trusted.
They should be independently audited & any second homes should be provided by the state & remain the property of the state.
Miller made a massive profit from claiming & flipping her 'second home' at our expense.
The big one that really intrigues me & has ever since the expenses scandal reared it's ugly head is the amount of scumbaggery & pig troughfery that is going on in the European Parliament. I would hazard a guess that it makes Westminster look like a bunch of amateurs.
Come on Telegraph get your finger out.
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Why are we still treating MP's as a special case with their own special rules & privileges policed by themselves?They have proved time after time they cannot be trusted.
They should be independently audited & any second homes should be provided by the state & remain the property of the state.
Miller made a massive profit from claiming & flipping her 'second home' at our expense.
The big one that really intrigues me & has ever since the expenses scandal reared it's ugly head is the amount of scumbaggery & pig troughfery that is going on in the European Parliament. I would hazard a guess that it makes Westminster look like a bunch of amateurs.
Come on Telegraph get your finger out.
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The big one that really intrigues me & has ever since the expenses scandal reared it's ugly head is the amount of scumbaggery & pig troughfery that is going on in the European Parliament. I would hazard a guess that it makes Westminster look like a bunch of amateurs.
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The big one that really intrigues me & has ever since the expenses scandal reared it's ugly head is the amount of scumbaggery & pig troughfery that is going on in the European Parliament. I would hazard a guess that it makes Westminster look like a bunch of amateurs.
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when we talked about this - he mentioned figures approaching 500k a year
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..And has used the proceeds of this sale of her taxpayer funded "2nd Home" to buy a nice £1.2m tudor barn country retreat in Hampshire for herself. Hopefully it will go some way to help her get over the "devastation" she suffered for letting her Basingstoke constituents down.
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FFS Cameron's stll at it. He has just said in PMQs that he thought it was 'right to let her apologise and get on with her job'.
How out of touch with the public's opinion of this is he? It's like when he wanted to take us into war with Syria over an unsubstantiated chemical attack report that turned out to be bollocks ... to this day he can't work out why so few people supported him!
How out of touch with the public's opinion of this is he? It's like when he wanted to take us into war with Syria over an unsubstantiated chemical attack report that turned out to be bollocks ... to this day he can't work out why so few people supported him!
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because we are in danger on conflating two different things
the "flipping" to avoid 400k of capital gains tax - allowable under the rules at the time
and not reducing her claim for interest on a mortgage - which is what this row is about
the "flipping" to avoid 400k of capital gains tax - allowable under the rules at the time
and not reducing her claim for interest on a mortgage - which is what this row is about
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... and her faux 'apology'
... and her aide's veiled threat about Leveson.
... and MPs over-ruling an independant body about how much she should pay back.
... and the general smell of a corrupt politician about her.
... and her aide's veiled threat about Leveson.
... and MPs over-ruling an independant body about how much she should pay back.
... and the general smell of a corrupt politician about her.
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You want to have a nuanced debate on the rights and wrongs of the Miller case...ON HERE. Good luck fella.
You are far better off just closing your mind and calling everyone lying scum; that seems to be about the general level of the thought and debate on here right now
You are far better off just closing your mind and calling everyone lying scum; that seems to be about the general level of the thought and debate on here right now
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You want to have a nuanced debate on the rights and wrongs of the Miller case...ON HERE. Good luck fella.
You are far better off just closing your mind and calling everyone lying scum; that seems to be about the general level of the thought and debate on here right now
You are far better off just closing your mind and calling everyone lying scum; that seems to be about the general level of the thought and debate on here right now
You keep criticising me for calling them liars yet they keep on lying. So who's the d1ckhead here?
Brushing it under the carpet seems to be your mantra, I would be interested to know if you can walk across your living room floor or is there so much under your own carpet you need hill walking equipment to navigate it?
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Yes far better to applaud these people for trying to work the system and if they go too far, let's all have a jooly good laugh, ask them to pay it back and apologise
You keep criticising me for calling them liars yet they keep on lying. So who's the d1ckhead here?
Brushing it under the carpet seems to be your mantra, I would be interested to know if you can walk across your living room floor or is there so much under your own carpet you need hill walking equipment to navigate it?
You keep criticising me for calling them liars yet they keep on lying. So who's the d1ckhead here?
Brushing it under the carpet seems to be your mantra, I would be interested to know if you can walk across your living room floor or is there so much under your own carpet you need hill walking equipment to navigate it?