
Commons Speaker Michael Martin, called the hasty meeting in an effort to quieten growing calls for him to resign for his part in the scandal. But political commentators said he would be forced to quit by the weekend.
Brown has called for fundamental reform of the expenses system to try to defuse a scandal that has damaged all the main political parties but is hitting his own Labour Party hardest after 12 years in power.
How do you feel about the current revelations concerning MP's expenses? Is it fair that expenses for MP's are funded by your taxes? Is the current parliamentary expense system out of control?








Is Graham Norton (deviant) worth £6m a year, should Paul O'Grady (deviant) host a chat show, with loads of inuendo for our children to swallow whole, and included a mock sex scene with John Barryman this week.
Well we have lost the plot. Let us all be meek and let the white collar thieves take over the country. Now Katie Price, abducted by Aliens for Sex experimentation - oh no, thats next weeks exclusive made up rubbish to be exposed for a few hundred grand sterling, or about 250 euro by then.
Back to the current subject, I do not believe that changing the system and applying new rules and laws is the answer. What we need is to instill a sense of fair play, respect and responsibility in those who are appointed to positions of trust and responsibility and perhaps this will roll down to the lower levels. Unfortunately, this is something that should be done by example by our "leaders" and few of them now have the integrity to do this.
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