Who Guards the Guards?
The latest revelations about MPs expenses make for truly astonishing reading - even the most senior members of the government have had their noses in the trough.
While ordinary people struggle to make ends meet - while low paid workers fight for equal pay - many of the MPs we send to Westminster have been lining their pockets at public expense.
Some have made tens of thousands of pounds by cleverly manipulating the system when it comes to housing allowances - while others have made their lives that little bit more comfortable - by helping themselves to things like 2 (not 1) flat screen televisions and even the occasional bath plug or Kit Kat.
You simply could not make this up - yet these are the same people responsible for policing and enforcing the legislative framework surrounding equal pay.
MPs may say they were operating within the rules - though that conveniently avoids the rather obvious point that MPs were in the position of making up the rules themselves - without proper scrutiny - indeed they fought tooth and nail to keep all of this information under wraps .
The game is up and things will change - that's for sure - but the public ridicule that's being heaped on our Westminster MPs is not only well deserved, it's also long overdue.
While ordinary people struggle to make ends meet - while low paid workers fight for equal pay - many of the MPs we send to Westminster have been lining their pockets at public expense.
Some have made tens of thousands of pounds by cleverly manipulating the system when it comes to housing allowances - while others have made their lives that little bit more comfortable - by helping themselves to things like 2 (not 1) flat screen televisions and even the occasional bath plug or Kit Kat.
You simply could not make this up - yet these are the same people responsible for policing and enforcing the legislative framework surrounding equal pay.
MPs may say they were operating within the rules - though that conveniently avoids the rather obvious point that MPs were in the position of making up the rules themselves - without proper scrutiny - indeed they fought tooth and nail to keep all of this information under wraps .
The game is up and things will change - that's for sure - but the public ridicule that's being heaped on our Westminster MPs is not only well deserved, it's also long overdue.
If MPs had put the same effort into supporting their constituents over equal pay - as they have on claiming every possible penny on their expenses - the fight would have been over long ago.
So, in the weeks and months ahead we will be inviting MPs to explain where they stand on equal pay, what they're doing to support their constituents - and we'll share what they have to say on the blog site.
