There’s been this scandal in England, where politicians have been nabbed using public monies for their personal pleasures. They’ve been busted, are feeling a bit humiliated, and are reportedly on suicide watch. To bad we couldn’t have some of that guilt over here regarding the excesses of our elected.
Embarrassing disclosures about the vast expenses claims of MPs amount to a “McCarthy-style witch-hunt” that risks driving politicians to suicide, an MP warned on Friday.
Nadine Dorries wrote on her blog that the two-week scandal, in which the Daily Telegraph has drip-fed details of how MPs have abused their generous expense allowances, was forcing politicians to the brink. The scandal has triggered outrage across recession-hit Britain and opposition calls for an early general election.
“The atmosphere in Westminster is unbearable,” Conservative MP Dorries wrote on the blog. “People are constantly checking to see if others are OK. Everyone fears a suicide. If someone isn’t seen, offices are called and checked.”
Poor babies.
These are the same politicians who issue edicts that affect the lives of hundreds of thousands and they’d be the first to want the book thrown at any private citizen that committed the same improprieties. Now I’m not saying I’d like to see suicides, but more graceful exits are long overdue.
