It was revealed yesterday that David Chaytor, Elliot Morley and Jim Devine would receive public money in the form of Legal Aid to defend their court cases for defrauding the public purse in the MP's Expenses Scandal.
You're probably thinking, hold on, that can't be right? These MPs are accused of defrauding the taxpayer, not just 'fiddling' their expenses 'within the rules' as many others had done. No, they stand accused of criminal fraud. It will not have escaped your attention that as MPs, they are not exactly on the breadline. And wasn't Legal Aid introduced to help ordinary people on low incomes to get the proper defence, and therefore a fair trial?
There was much hand wringing by MPs and others during the expenses scandal, but what is it about these three Labour MPs who will not even stand in the dock, or recognise the authority of the court, but still want the taxpayer to fund their court proceedings? Have they learned nothing? Do they still take us all for mugs? What part of "We don't trust you" do they not get?
The expenses scandal caused many to lose a lot of faith in our politicians, but these three have pushed our lack of faith into another dimension. They are ensuring the death of trust in politics. Having served their constituents in the past, and now not having a job because of their own doing, they have turned out to be bitter and twisted wee men. These men are daft, but not stupid, so yes, I think they know full well, what they are doing! Trust and faith in our politicians will take a long time to recover, if they ever do. In the meantime the ordinary man in the street has to work out who is the 'least misleading'! It's not a matter now of figuring out who is telling the truth. Those days may be gone forever!!
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