Comments on: MPs’ Expenses: class, equality and the most hilarious interview on the subject yet http://touchstoneblog.org.uk/2009/05/mps-expenses-class-equality-and-the-most-hilarious-interview-on-the-subject-yet/ Policy news and comment from the Trades Union Congress (TUC) Thu, 24 May 2012 10:00:06 +0000 hourly 1 By: Liz Cooke http://touchstoneblog.org.uk/2009/05/mps-expenses-class-equality-and-the-most-hilarious-interview-on-the-subject-yet/comment-page-1/#comment-2421 Liz Cooke Thu, 21 May 2009 21:58:28 +0000 http://www.touchstoneblog.org.uk/?p=2749#comment-2421 Oh please, if there is a God, can we have Steen as the Chairman next week of Have I Got News For You? Oh please, if there is a God, can we have Steen as the Chairman next week of Have I Got News For You?

]]> By: Adam Lent http://touchstoneblog.org.uk/2009/05/mps-expenses-class-equality-and-the-most-hilarious-interview-on-the-subject-yet/comment-page-1/#comment-2416 Adam Lent Thu, 21 May 2009 15:02:04 +0000 http://www.touchstoneblog.org.uk/?p=2749#comment-2416 I know, it's brilliant isn't it? Can anyone explain the reference to the crisis being "just like Coronation Street" though? That's had me stumped but then I've always been more of an Eastenders man. If you want something more sobering listen to the interview beforehand with a grassroots party activist who has been out canvassing: he tells any politician who claims to understand the depth of anger out there, to double how deep they think it is. I know, it’s brilliant isn’t it? Can anyone explain the reference to the crisis being “just like Coronation Street” though? That’s had me stumped but then I’ve always been more of an Eastenders man.

If you want something more sobering listen to the interview beforehand with a grassroots party activist who has been out canvassing: he tells any politician who claims to understand the depth of anger out there, to double how deep they think it is.

]]> By: Wendy Bryson http://touchstoneblog.org.uk/2009/05/mps-expenses-class-equality-and-the-most-hilarious-interview-on-the-subject-yet/comment-page-1/#comment-2414 Wendy Bryson Thu, 21 May 2009 14:35:56 +0000 http://www.touchstoneblog.org.uk/?p=2749#comment-2414 I listened to this interview and had I not known that it was The World at One I would have assumed it to be a Bird and Fortune production. Over two hours later and I still haven't wrenched my chin from the pavement! The idea that this is all fuelled by property envy and that the public has no right to know how public money is spent is mind-boggling. I listened to this interview and had I not known that it was The World at One I would have assumed it to be a Bird and Fortune production. Over two hours later and I still haven’t wrenched my chin from the pavement!

The idea that this is all fuelled by property envy and that the public has no right to know how public money is spent is mind-boggling.

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