Monday 18 May 2009

I'm Expensed Out

(I've been missing again. Adjusting to having two small children. It appears to be a bit trickier than anticipated. And quite tiring.)

Anyway, I don't know about you but I am sooooooooooooooooooo fucking bored of the expenses scandal.

  • They wrote the rules for the ease of theft.
  • And then then stole.
  • But it was "within the rules".
  • But not ethical, moral or in some cases legal.
  • The end.
What's not to get. Kind of interesting to watch the thieves dealing with it. Several phases:

Phase 1 - Denial, hoping it will all go away.

Phase 2 - Clarify that "it's within the rules" and hope that it will all go away.

Phase 3 - Blame shift: "The Fees Office agreed my expenses", hoping it will all go away.

Phase 4 - Bury head in sand by hiding from the media, hoping that it will all go away.

Phase 5 - Speak to whips/party bosses. Announce you are paying the money back, thereby hoping it will all go away.

Phase 6 - Find someone to blame: step forward Michael 'The Incompetent' Martin, and hope that it will all go away.

Morons at work. This is going to change politics. It's not going to go away. There will be de-selections. There will be more scalps. There will be electoral consequences. Brown will continue to look terribly slow and reactive. Cameron is looking good but needs to keep up the pace.

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