So another Parliamentarian, Lord Taylor of Warwick, has been found guilty of defrauding the public purse. In this case, Lord Taylor claimed £11,277 unjustified expenses in lieu of salary and on the advice, he claims, of fellow peers. Thankfully, the jury ignored this hogwash and one has to ssume that the formerly-noble Lord will now be sent to prison.
The most worrying part of this story is, however, the suggestion that fraudulently claiming expenses is somehow seen as being a legitimate way for peers to achieve remuneration. If this is indeed the case, one can only wonder how many others in the House of Peers have been involved in similarly criminal activities. It seems that there is no end to the sad and sorry tale of the corruption endemic amongst our lawmakers.
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