Telegraph Still Has Some Way To Catch UP

On 10 October 2006 I started a Blog on Myspace.  You can find it here: http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=94039564

 

I had a look back to see how many times I have raised the issue of MPs remuneration and argued the case for reform, and it's more than I thought.  There are also a number of exposes here that are only now reaching a wider audience.

 

It's a great time for reformers as the penny is beginning to drop that you can't change what Governments and MPs do unless you change the way Governments and MPs work.

 

27/10/06 – Value for Money – MPs costs.

17/11/06 – Peering into the Future – Cash for Peerages

4/12/06 – Put A Lid On It – MPs pay

2/1/07 – Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely - Separation of powers.

19/1/07 - Crimes Of the Century - Taxpayer funding for the Tories

20/2/07 - Rebel, Rebel - Standing up for what you believe

6/3/07 - What Day Is It? - Lords reform

29/3/07 - How Much Irony Can One Take - Voting against allowances

18/5/07 - What Have Some MPs Got To Hide - Voting for freedom of information

29/11/07 - Tories on Fragile Ground - Tory party funding

3/2/08 - I Am Not A Cook - Tory MP employing family members in phantom jobs

4/2/08 - Silence is golden - declaration of staff salaries 

27/3/08 - Publish & By Damned - MPs expenses

25/4/08 - Cameron's Losing It -The truth about expelled MPs

01/6/08 - The Curse of Sanders - Giles Chicester's Expense Claims exposed

7/6/08 - It's The Same Old Tory - Family members on Steen and Conway's claims

9/6/08 - Soft Touch Cameron - Conway keeps his perks

17/6/08 - Tory MPs Expenses Probe - Tory Vice-Chairwoman's Nanny on the State

18/6/08 - Another Couple of Tories Caught Out - The Wintertons

22/6/08 - Press Pack Hunts Fox - Tory MP and funding questions

4/7/08 - Abstentions for progress - Why I have never voted for a pay rise

10/7/08 - Tory Sleaze won't go away - However much Cameron tries...

17/7/08 - Mr Steen's Missing Expenses - Daughter's £50,000 pro rata salary

20/7/08 - It's All Relative - All but one of Devon's Tory MPs admits to employing a relative

24/1/09 - What's The Point of the Lib Dems? - Stopping Lab & Con MPs keeping claims secret

6/5/09 - What Have They Got To Hide? - Voting against keeping addresses secret

4/4/09 - How I Spend Your Money - an outline

11/4/09 - Complete Disclosure and Transparency - Why we need to go even further

10/5/09 - My Expenses Trap - Views on what should constitute a second home