Tuesday, 13 October 2009

WHAT'S PETER FROM HARTLEPOOL GOT TO SAY, ANITA?

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Today's The Daily Politics must have received a lot of e-mails on the subject of MPs' expenses. As Anita Anand said, "It's one of those subjects when people e-mail even before we've come on air!" I wonder how many they actually received. I think it would be interesting to know. Even better, they should all be put on their website, so that we can see exactly what their viewers are saying. That way no-one will think that Anita is being selective (in the bad sense of the word) when she chooses just two of those e-mails to read out on air, and one contains an attack on the Tories.
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Here they are in full:
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"The MPs should repay the money. They morally knew they shouldn't have been claiming in the first place. Their egos, their greed are now deflecting precious time and energy from the nation's serious problems".

"Although many claims, made by MPs can be seen as outrageous and greedy, the really big scandal is still not making the headlines - mortgage claims, capital gains on second homes. Please, please put a politician, particularly a Tory, on the spot over the issue and explain why it's right that an MP makes a sometimes hefty capital gain from financial transactions that could be largely funded by the taxpayer".
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So, one makes a general point about MPs as a whole, while the other one makes an attack on the Conservatives! Did no-one specifically attack Labour? What proportion of all the e-mails received attacked the political class as a whole? What percentages (roughly, or precisely) attacked each party? How representative was the second e-mail? How will we ever know if it was actually highly unrepresentative, and if Anita Anand chose it only because she saw that it contained a dig at the Tories? I am deeply suspicious about this. (What's new?!)
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