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The same people who don't realise that Evian is Naive spelt backwards.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Lozzo

Much more meaningful than that: Finsbury Park backwards is Krapy Rub
Snif.

And yet you still deny the existence of God?

--
Wicked Uncle Nigel - "He's hopeless, but he's honest"

I have already made the greatest contribution to the fight against climate
change that I can make: I have decided not to breed. Now quit bugging me and
go and talk to the Catholics.

 

Don't be silly, dog obviously exists - he posts almost every day.

--
Krusty

'03 Tiger 955i
'02 MV Senna (for sale) '96 Tiger (for sale)
'79 Fantic Hiro 250 (for sale) '81 Corvette (for sale)

 

E ba gum, Trebor.

 

The real question is how much of that £144,066 was spent carrying out
constituency business and racking up expenses incurred solely in the
line of carrying out an MP's duties (whatever they might be, nobody
seems to know) and how much was creamed off the top.

As I've said previously, quoting one headline figure for the expense
claim just obfuscates the matter of who's diddling what.

 

The OP's suggestion was that the MP has to do everything for £60k.

Type 2007/08
Additional Costs Allowance £9,649 (558th)
London Supplement £0
Incidental Expenses Provision £17,111 (392nd
Staffing Allowance £93,902 (84th)
Communications Allowance £4,057 (500th)
Members' Travel £12,346 (136th)
Members' Staff Travel £1,423 (53rd)
Members' Spouse Travel £685 (165th)
Members' Family Travel £0
Centrally Purchased Stationery £982 (joint 230th)
Stationery: Associated Postage Costs £2,737 (266th)
Centrally Provided Computer Equipment £1,174 (joint 370th)
Other Costs £0
Total £144,066 (371st)

 

You, sir, are a champion among anoraks.

The vast bulk of the claim seems to be staffing costs which, assuming
they're not in the style of Derek Conway, sound quite reasonable.