They are not too happy about it
You may have heard about the British members of parliament expenses scandal.
If you are not familar with it, here is a quick quote from the Wikipedia article:
It involves the disclosure of widespread alleged misuse of the permitted allowances and expenses claimed by Members of Parliament (MP) and attempts by MPs to exempt themselves from Freedom of Information legislation.
The details are investigated by the Daily Telegraph in their new category “The Expense Files“:
The Daily Telegraph has been detailing the scandal of members’ expenses across all parties with a special investigation, The Expenses Files. Here we present the key allegations and the fallout from the investigation.
Anyway, I just ran across this hilarious “The Daily Show” episode from May 20th where the host Jon Stewart is making fun of the whole mess. It’s quite entertaining, so here is the youtube video for your enjoyment. If you want to watch the full episode in bettter quality head over to thedailyshow.com.
German articles about the scandal:
“Ich besitze ein sehr, sehr großes Haus” - Wie der britische Spesenskandal zur Neiddebatte wird
Schlusslicht: Neues aus Entenhausen
