Should the MP weekly grocery allowance be higher than dole?

[chem1st 10]

MPs weekly grocery allowance = £160

Dole for 25+ year old = £71

Dole for sub-human under 25 year old = £56.25

 

Should the MPs really have a grocery allowance higher than dole?

 

Shouldn't they be paying for their groceries out of wages even? - Like everybody else!

 

What do you think?

[Happ Hazzard 10]

They should just get a higher wage instead of all this nonsense with expenses and allowances.

 

Most MPs take far less than the full amount anyway, many of them less than £160 a year.

[chem1st 10]

They should just get a higher wage instead of all this nonsense with expenses and allowances.

 

Most MPs take far less than the full amount anyway, many of them less than £160 a year.

 

Aren't their wages high enough to pay for food though? They get allowances for travel etc.

[geared 321]

Their wages are high enough to pay for their own food.

 

Stuff like travel is ok to claim back, just like any other person travelling on business.

[lee79 10]

Why do they need a grocery allowance, are they claiming for a second stomach? Surely they'd be spending money on groceries if they weren't MP's so it's not an additional expense on what they would be spending anyway.

Edited December 11, 2012 by lee79

[S10mainly 10]

32 MPs claimed the full food allowance.....I'll let you guess which party 23 of them represented

[whiteowl 54]

32 MPs claimed the full food allowance.....I'll let you guess which party 23 of them represented

 

The Greens party ?

[Thistledoo 10]

The Greens party ?

 

Sharp as a blade!!!

Or should that be owl?:hihi:

[WeX 10]

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What's the "Dole" ?

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[Thistledoo 10]

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What's the "Dole" ?

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It's what crowds shout at bullfights when they have bad colds.

[Glennis 15]

Why do they need a grocery allowance, are they claiming for a second stomache? Surely they'd be spending money on groceries if they weren't MP's so it's not an additional expense on what they would be spending anyway.

 

MP's are so greedy, they probably are claiming for a second stomach - goes with the second home and second job

 

Chris Patten has twelve jobs, if he and his fellow MP's gave a few of their jobs up, half of London would be back in work

Edited December 11, 2012 by Glennis

[Rand Hobart 10]

It tickles me when you here MPs calling builders bigots for objecting to the number of Polish builders working here.

If it was Polish MPs coming in to find work you can bet a months worth of expenses that they would have that particular door slammed PDQ.