Comments on: What Should the Rules be for MPs? Guest Article Series http://www.mattwardman.com/blog/2008/02/04/what-should-the-rules-be-for-mps-guest-article-series/ Politics, Commentary, Culture, Technology. Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:54:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Humaniform » Britblog Roundup 11 February 2008: Ideas for Avoiding the Archbishop http://www.mattwardman.com/blog/2008/02/04/what-should-the-rules-be-for-mps-guest-article-series/#comment-6597 Humaniform » Britblog Roundup 11 February 2008: Ideas for Avoiding the Archbishop Mon, 11 Feb 2008 20:43:01 +0000 http://www.mattwardman.com/blog/2008/02/04/what-should-the-rules-be-for-mps-guest-article-series/#comment-6597 [...] the Wardman Wire, we have a whole series of posts about MPs and their expenses from at least five [...] [...] the Wardman Wire, we have a whole series of posts about MPs and their expenses from at least five [...]

]]> By: The Blog Review » Blog Archive » Britblog Roundup 11 February 2008: Ideas for Avoiding the Archbishop http://www.mattwardman.com/blog/2008/02/04/what-should-the-rules-be-for-mps-guest-article-series/#comment-6593 The Blog Review » Blog Archive » Britblog Roundup 11 February 2008: Ideas for Avoiding the Archbishop Mon, 11 Feb 2008 19:08:20 +0000 http://www.mattwardman.com/blog/2008/02/04/what-should-the-rules-be-for-mps-guest-article-series/#comment-6593 [...] the Wardman Wire, we have a whole series of posts about MPs and their expenses from at least five [...] [...] the Wardman Wire, we have a whole series of posts about MPs and their expenses from at least five [...]

]]> By: Britblog Roundup 11 February 2008: Ideas for Avoiding the Archbishop | The Wardman Wire http://www.mattwardman.com/blog/2008/02/04/what-should-the-rules-be-for-mps-guest-article-series/#comment-6581 Britblog Roundup 11 February 2008: Ideas for Avoiding the Archbishop | The Wardman Wire Mon, 11 Feb 2008 17:43:01 +0000 http://www.mattwardman.com/blog/2008/02/04/what-should-the-rules-be-for-mps-guest-article-series/#comment-6581 [...] the Wardman Wire, we have a whole series of posts about MPs and their expenses from at least five [...] [...] the Wardman Wire, we have a whole series of posts about MPs and their expenses from at least five [...]

]]> By: Research expenses: audits and timekeeping (Tim Ireland): House Rules for Parliament VI | The Wardman Wire http://www.mattwardman.com/blog/2008/02/04/what-should-the-rules-be-for-mps-guest-article-series/#comment-6504 Research expenses: audits and timekeeping (Tim Ireland): House Rules for Parliament VI | The Wardman Wire Fri, 08 Feb 2008 15:30:50 +0000 http://www.mattwardman.com/blog/2008/02/04/what-should-the-rules-be-for-mps-guest-article-series/#comment-6504 [...] and political positions. You can find the introduction to the series, and brief for the authors, here. I’m happy to keep it running while there are people wanting to express a substantive [...] [...] and political positions. You can find the introduction to the series, and brief for the authors, here. I’m happy to keep it running while there are people wanting to express a substantive [...]

]]> By: Keep the Status Quo: House Rules for Parliament V | The Wardman Wire http://www.mattwardman.com/blog/2008/02/04/what-should-the-rules-be-for-mps-guest-article-series/#comment-6475 Keep the Status Quo: House Rules for Parliament V | The Wardman Wire Thu, 07 Feb 2008 17:06:45 +0000 http://www.mattwardman.com/blog/2008/02/04/what-should-the-rules-be-for-mps-guest-article-series/#comment-6475 [...] and political positions. You can find the introduction to the series, and brief for the authors, here. I’m happy to keep it running while there are people wanting to express a substantive [...] [...] and political positions. You can find the introduction to the series, and brief for the authors, here. I’m happy to keep it running while there are people wanting to express a substantive [...]

]]> By: Simplify the System (Cllr Tony Sharp): House Rules for Parliament IV | The Wardman Wire http://www.mattwardman.com/blog/2008/02/04/what-should-the-rules-be-for-mps-guest-article-series/#comment-6450 Simplify the System (Cllr Tony Sharp): House Rules for Parliament IV | The Wardman Wire Wed, 06 Feb 2008 16:01:12 +0000 http://www.mattwardman.com/blog/2008/02/04/what-should-the-rules-be-for-mps-guest-article-series/#comment-6450 [...] and political positions. You can find the introduction to the series, and brief for the authors, here. I’m happy to keep it running while there are people wanting to express a substantive [...] [...] and political positions. You can find the introduction to the series, and brief for the authors, here. I’m happy to keep it running while there are people wanting to express a substantive [...]

]]> By: Light on the Scene, An Amnesty, and then Transparency (Dave Cole): House Rules for Parliament III | The Wardman Wire http://www.mattwardman.com/blog/2008/02/04/what-should-the-rules-be-for-mps-guest-article-series/#comment-6413 Light on the Scene, An Amnesty, and then Transparency (Dave Cole): House Rules for Parliament III | The Wardman Wire Tue, 05 Feb 2008 16:01:42 +0000 http://www.mattwardman.com/blog/2008/02/04/what-should-the-rules-be-for-mps-guest-article-series/#comment-6413 [...] and political positions. You can find the introduction to the series, and brief for the authors, here. I’m happy to keep it running while there people wanting to express a substantive [...] [...] and political positions. You can find the introduction to the series, and brief for the authors, here. I’m happy to keep it running while there people wanting to express a substantive [...]

]]> By: admin http://www.mattwardman.com/blog/2008/02/04/what-should-the-rules-be-for-mps-guest-article-series/#comment-6408 admin Tue, 05 Feb 2008 12:34:04 +0000 http://www.mattwardman.com/blog/2008/02/04/what-should-the-rules-be-for-mps-guest-article-series/#comment-6408 I commend your scoop to the House. Of course, we could get the Tory Right in and turn *this* country into a tax haven (almost what Mrs T did, especially with France next door). I commend your scoop to the House.

Of course, we could get the Tory Right in and turn *this* country into a tax haven (almost what Mrs T did, especially with France next door).

]]> By: Ei2g http://www.mattwardman.com/blog/2008/02/04/what-should-the-rules-be-for-mps-guest-article-series/#comment-6406 Ei2g Tue, 05 Feb 2008 12:26:33 +0000 http://www.mattwardman.com/blog/2008/02/04/what-should-the-rules-be-for-mps-guest-article-series/#comment-6406 There is a fifth option, one that I think most MPs would go for, that I think would gain lots of cross-party support and fits in neatly with their attitudes to both parliamentary democracy and appropriation of taxpayers money: <a HREF="http://www.surrealscoop.com/2008/02/mps-to-vote-on-moving-house-of-commons.html" rel="nofollow">Why not simply move the whole of the commons to a tax haven?</a>. Of course I wouldn't go as far as to suggest that they were all dubious, of course not. However you have to consider that it wasn't so long ago MPs were unpaid, contrast that with today's MPs who aim to represent 100% of society but whose compensation for that role puts them in the top 5% of earners ... There is a fifth option, one that I think most MPs would go for, that I think would gain lots of cross-party support and fits in neatly with their attitudes to both parliamentary democracy and appropriation of taxpayers money: Why not simply move the whole of the commons to a tax haven?.

Of course I wouldn’t go as far as to suggest that they were all dubious, of course not. However you have to consider that it wasn’t so long ago MPs were unpaid, contrast that with today’s MPs who aim to represent 100% of society but whose compensation for that role puts them in the top 5% of earners …

]]> By: The Hangover of the Blair Years | The Wardman Wire http://www.mattwardman.com/blog/2008/02/04/what-should-the-rules-be-for-mps-guest-article-series/#comment-6403 The Hangover of the Blair Years | The Wardman Wire Tue, 05 Feb 2008 11:07:25 +0000 http://www.mattwardman.com/blog/2008/02/04/what-should-the-rules-be-for-mps-guest-article-series/#comment-6403 [...] shorter Politics Decoded for you today in light of the House Rules series, which I contributed to yesterday and implore you to [...] [...] shorter Politics Decoded for you today in light of the House Rules series, which I contributed to yesterday and implore you to [...]

]]> By: Independent Administration Needed for MPs (Garbo): House Rules for Parliament II | The Wardman Wire http://www.mattwardman.com/blog/2008/02/04/what-should-the-rules-be-for-mps-guest-article-series/#comment-6387 Independent Administration Needed for MPs (Garbo): House Rules for Parliament II | The Wardman Wire Mon, 04 Feb 2008 17:28:03 +0000 http://www.mattwardman.com/blog/2008/02/04/what-should-the-rules-be-for-mps-guest-article-series/#comment-6387 [...] can find the introduction to the series, and brief for the authors, here. I’m happy to keep it running while there people wanting to express a substantive [...] [...] can find the introduction to the series, and brief for the authors, here. I’m happy to keep it running while there people wanting to express a substantive [...]

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