Whilst the rest of us have to pay for home improvements ourselves, spare a thought for poor Mr Martin who has the taxpayers of the land pay for all his home improvements. After all as we all know money just grows on magic money trees and the taxpayers will be more than happy to afford Mr Martin a few essential improvements to his humble abode.
Indeed in the last week, the House of Commons Commission - which the Speaker chairs - has faced criticism from MPs for launching a High Court appeal against the release of a detailed breakdown of MPs' second home claims.
More than £100,000 a year has been spent on average on items including furniture, art and air conditioning for the Grade 1-listed apartments.
Shame that they could not send some of that money towards providing decent kit for our troops fighting the wars that this Labour government started. Far easier to give Mr Martin a plush home and let humble troopers pay for their own equipment.
Then when they die from avoidable accidents our part time Defense Sec. Des Brown(with an e) can try to censor coroners who criticize the govt.
Truly the phrase champaign socialists has never been more apt for this amoral, corrupt, sleaze ridden government.
Roll on election day when we will finally throw them out on their collective arses......
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According to the BBC article:
Mr Martin's spokeswoman said the spending on Speaker's House was part of a rolling programme of improvements.
She added that the property was used for entertaining heads of state and needed to be maintained as part of Britain's heritage.
"Speaker's House is the official residence of the Speaker," she said.
"Entertainment of visiting heads of state, parliamentarians and others take place in the State Apartments and the costs listed reflect environmental and heritage requirements and health and safety legislation."
There is no mention of it being open to the public.
If the funding came from some organisation like English Heritage so that these premises can be kept in trust for the Great British people and viewed at their pleasure then fair enough but it isn't. It is for the sole purpose of allowing Mr Martin and chums to bevvy with the politico jetsets and their hangers on and other assorted riff-raff.
See Milibands tedious blog does'nt now take comments from members of the public.
Why the change in democratic stance? -
Its the people of the U.K. -
They're all slagging him off - and if everybodys against him, well;
Silence the serfs.
No doubt the gulag is just around the corner when the Soviet style E.U. comes into official practice.
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