Everyone here must agree that MPs, be they cabinet ministers or back bench NPs, leaders of parties etc. get over the top "salaries", they work in a sheltered environment, are never accountable for what they do, have absolutely luxurious "working" conditions, cannot be sacked, and now - it would seem - are above the law!
Last week revealed that several of them have been buying personal items with taxpayers' money, using credit cards issued by parliament for "parliamentary expenses". And it would seem that pornographic movies are a parliamentary expense.

Apparently only 12 MPs have been CAUGHT! However, we now know that this is "the tip of the iceberg" and there are many more out there who have done this.

There was recent publicity about a young woman working for a fast food chain who served a friend a softdrink and did not charge the friend. The employee was "sacked on the spot". She was not "above the law" like MPs.

Why does the public seem to think that these "special people" can get away with stealing money right, left and centre, and merely "pay it back" (if they are caught, and it is proven, that is) and there is no court case and no conviction for "theft as a servant" as logically there should be?

Do you think they are somehow above us, better than us, and their honesty and integrity - or rather lackthereof - shouldn't matter?

How many people "caught with their hands in the till" in the workplace would be able to simply "pay the money back" and not even lose their job let alone have a conviction for dishonesty?

If that were the case (i.e. other workers had the special status of being above the law that is awarded to MPs) there would be cases of accountants, managers, in fact all sorts of employees, stealing all the time with the view of "if I am caught, there will be no consequences, so I might just as well try it on". Is this the attitude of the average MP?

The excuses I have heard lately over these issues are just mindboggling.

Can anyone tell me why