Of course the headline is inaccurate and nobody is going to suggest that the Home Secretary wants the public to have their porn paid for by the taxpayer but somehow or another an expenses claim was made for the taxpayer to pay for porn her husband chose to purchase and watch.
So the question is why did that expense claim get put through the system and since it did get passed through why should not all taxpayers be allowed to claim for their porn rentals. No doubt some could claim it as a legitimate business expense but most would be turned down flat and questions would be asked.
This is yet another example of the way MP’s claim for anything they can get away with as expenses and expect taxpayers to fork out for everything they do. The government needs to act on MP’s expenses allowances and act fast. The public are sick of these squalid revelations of members of parliament taking the public for a ride. If MP’s deserve better pay then let that be established in the court of public opinion. Most of us would not want the job but then neither should it become a job that people would do for the money and the power.
Sadly, more and more, we are given the impression that this is exactly why many people do go into politics and that may be very unfair on the majority of hard working members of parliament. It is a dark cloud that hangs over what was once deservedly known as the mother of all parliaments but is rapidly becoming the whore of all parliaments.
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