[Andy McDandy]

Why does that MP spend all their time in [Westminster/their constituency]? All the time they're [there/here] they're [ignoring their voters/not doing their jobs]. And they [never/always] post updates about what they're doing, because they think [they're too good for us/we give a shit].

Yeah, it's just like Malcolm Tucker and the special chair.

[The Weeping Angel]

I blame the expenses scandal. It convinced everyone that MPs were all in the take and that seeing anything, no matter how inconsequential, as corruption. Such as Starmer getting a pair of glasses.

[Boiler]

Why does that MP spend all their time in [Westminster/their constituency]? All the time they're [there/here] they're [ignoring their voters/not doing their jobs]. And they [never/always] post updates about what they're doing, because they think [they're too good for us/we give a shit].

Yeah, it's just like Malcolm Tucker and the special chair.

Farage?

[Tubby Isaacs]

Farage "isn't hypocritical' about all the bad shit he does. Or something.

[Tubby Isaacs]

I blame the expenses scandal. It convinced everyone that MPs were all in the take and that seeing anything, no matter how inconsequential, as corruption. Such as Starmer getting a pair of glasses.

That's a very good point.

I wonder if some of this stuff might have been claimed as expenses in the past. Not every MP who gets taken to the racing is thrilled by a 3 mile handicap hurdles or a 6 furlong maiden stakes. They're there because of what might be called networking. If something is an important industry, you can probably meet more people more quickly in an environment like that than any other. That's what happens in private business. Where some just chuck down the free sauce and others don't.

MPs of course aren't like regular businesspeople of course, so they need to be careful.