Give to the Needy


While I'm in the mood for poking a bit of fun at MPs - I thought I'd share with readers one of the great mysteries of our time.

The fact that MPs in the House of Commons enjoy a public subsidy of £5.8 million a every year - for what amounts to their staff canteen.

Now I'm sure there's lots of good reasons for trying to keep MPs in the building - some of them might get lost if they were to venture out into the streets of London - looking for a great meal deal at Subway.

So they're encouraged to stay within the Palace of Westminster with some bargain basement prices - which are not on offer to the ordinary man or woman in the street.

For example:

£2.60 for a pint of beer 
£2.35 for a glass of wine
£1.40 to a drink of Lucozade - recently increased from 80p
£2.05 for a lunch dish of braised pork with black pudding bonbon
£2.70 for an apple salad
£4.15 for halibut and soft boiled quail egg with carrot dressing

£7.80 for a rib-eye steak with hand cut chips and béarnaise sauce 
£6.75 for haddock and leek fish cakes with tomato and dill cream
£6.75 for a chickpea and lentil curry with red onion fritter

£2.05 for a chocolate and orange torte
£2.05 for a serving of fresh fruit salad
£2.05 for home-made ice creams and sorbets
£3.10 for a selection of fine cheeses and biscuits

Now I'm all in favour of good tasty food being served up to our public servants.

But what I don't get is why it should be subsidised at taxpayers' expense - especially during  these straitened times.

Why at £5.8 million every year - the subsidy accepted by our MPs amounts to six times the bonus paid to the RBS boss - Stephen Hester.

Which is getting lots of people very worked up - according to the news media earlier today.

Strange - don't you think?  

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