Britain on the fiddle, BBC1 last night.

Originally Posted by martyh

SOME unemployed and SOME of the sick



Blimey ,you really got it in for pensioners haven't you .

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No they don't ,far too much generalisation .SOME of the out of town living expenses include heating but things are a lot stricter since the expenses are handled by IPSA .MP's are getting a lot less in expenses hence the need for a pay rise

no just trying to get people to realise just how big a bill it is.

[Arthurgray50@blu]

I didn't watch the prog, l bet it didn't start with MPs who are always on the fiddle. Or the illegals that are ripping off the country.

Or the big money earners that are paying millions into the Tories to get peerages and tax reductions. The programme should have started at the House of Commons and it would probably go to a series, that's where it should have been.

Its just the tip of the icebergs, instead of picking on the sick etc.

Originally Posted by Arthurgray50@blu

I didn't watch the prog, l bet it didn't start with MPs who are always on the fiddle. Or the illegals that are ripping off the country.

Or the big money earners that are paying millions into the Tories to get peerages and tax reductions. The programme should have started at the House of Commons and it would probably go to a series, that's where it should have been.

Its just the tip of the icebergs, instead of picking on the sick etc.

It actually dealt with those who are ripping off the benefit system and illegals also doing the same.It also pointed out that the numbers doing so are small.However the sums they are getting rich by are not and the authorities are using the law to seize criminal proceeds from those stealing from the taxpayer. A million here and there is a very nice result..

[Gavin78]

Wife has just come out of hospital after spending 7 days with with our new baby...partners could get the meals for the wifes if they were busy...to find that they were coming down for the meals then the wifes were going so the husbands were feeding themselves not leaving enough food for the rest of the patients.

Can you guess who was doing it? foreigners, one of them flew in from Nigeria expected to stay the night and kicked off they had to call security to remove him, his wife couldn't speak much english but new what the benfits form was when the bounty women came round with the pack of information.

While what I said only covers a small area the fiddle is on everywhere

[Arthurgray50@blu]

My belief is that if anyone comes into the country, they should be checked at the border.

When they enter the country - they should be banned from getting anything from this country for FIVE, and then if they can declare they are paying into the country, then they should be allowed the pleasures that we get.

[Stuart]

Originally Posted by Arthurgray50@blu

I didn't watch the prog, l bet it didn't start with MPs who are always on the fiddle. Or the illegals that are ripping off the country.

Or the big money earners that are paying millions into the Tories to get peerages and tax reductions. The programme should have started at the House of Commons and it would probably go to a series, that's where it should have been.

Its just the tip of the icebergs, instead of picking on the sick etc.

I'd just like to point out at this time that Panorama have made programmes detailing exactly which MPs have been fiddling expenses (IIRC the Telegraph's original expose was researched in association with Panorama), and they've recently shown a programme on the tax avoidance schemes used by large companies.

[Osem]

Originally Posted by Gavin78

Wife has just come out of hospital after spending 7 days with with our new baby...partners could get the meals for the wifes if they were busy...to find that they were coming down for the meals then the wifes were going so the husbands were feeding themselves not leaving enough food for the rest of the patients.

Can you guess who was doing it? foreigners, one of them flew in from Nigeria expected to stay the night and kicked off they had to call security to remove him, his wife couldn't speak much english but new what the benfits form was when the bounty women came round with the pack of information.

While what I said only covers a small area the fiddle is on everywhere

Doesn't surprise me. English is Nigeria's official language and in my experience most Nigerians speak very good English although they might not choose to admit it at times...

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Originally Posted by Stuart

I'd just like to point out at this time that Panorama have made programmes detailing exactly which MPs have been fiddling expenses (IIRC the Telegraph's original expose was researched in association with Panorama), and they've recently shown a programme on the tax avoidance schemes used by large companies.

Facts like those routinely pass Arthur by. Still they say ignorance is bliss don't they...