In May last year, the High Court ruled that MPs must release details of their expenses under the Freedom of Information Act.

It is now approaching the deadline for releasing those expenses and guess what?  Because MPs couldn’t lawfully hide their expenses, they are planning to change the law so that their expenses are exempt from the Freedom of Information Act.  Morally corrupt bunch of thieving bastards.

Little Man in a Toque has some suggestions for things to do if you’re as pissed off about it as he is.  I’ve written to my MP, the thoroughly useless David Whip Wright MP:

Dear David,

As you are no doubt aware, the High Court ruled on the 16th of May last year that MPs expenses must be published under the Freedom of Information Act.  You are also no doubt aware that your government is now planning to introduce a change to the Freedom of Information Act to allow MPs to hide their expenses claims from the public.

I would urge you to vote against this disgraceful and unjustifiable attempt to avoid proper scrutiny of MPs expenses.  If you don’t think the people who pay your expenses should be allowed to see what they’re paying for, please explain why.

Stuart

No doubt he’ll ignore this email like he does with every other one I’ve sent him in the last few months.

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