I see that Alan Duncan (Shadow Leader of the Commons) has allowed his true feelings to come out about how he feels about being an MP and how he thinks MP's have been treated over the expenses scandal; and boy does he think he's been badly treated! According to both the Guardian and the Daily Mail (Thursday, August 13, 2009), Mr Duncan feels that no 'capable' person would want to enter Parliament when MP's are treated like s****'. Certainly Mr Duncan is a 'capable' man, a man who according to the newspapers, is capable of stretching his expenses claims to £4,000.00 just for gardening costs alone. Can someone tell me please how these costs are in anyway connected to parliamentary business? Of course, Mr Duncan, who happens to be on the House of Commons Commission charged with cleaning up the MP's expenses system, was quick to apologise for his words which, 'were meant in jest'. Funny how we use phrases like 'in jest' to discount and lessen the impact of the words spoken in truth just a moment or two before. I've got news for Mr Duncan. Cover up doesn't work anymore; in fact anyone who uses phrases like 'in jest', in my opinion hoists there own petard and in so doing reveals their true self. In this case, a self that is stuffed full of its own importance and standing, a self that should not be in a position of power, influence and trust. Mr Duncan then, in making his remarks, represents all that is wrong with our parliamentary system today- arrogance, greed, a liking for self-importance and just plain dishonesty. Yes Mr Duncan, I do agree with you that no 'capable' people will want to enter parliament, especially when parliament is full of people like you.If you want to hear Mr Duncan's words for yourself, then you could do no better than watch and listen to Heydon Prowse's film at:
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