So just who does Sir Nicholas Winterton think he is? Today in an interview on the radio he was complaining about the ordinary people (ie: those who elect the politicians like him) travelling in standard class on trains as being 'too noisy' and guilty of 'too much activity' while travelling. The worst horror of all is they have children!
For this reason, he says he needs to travel first class so that he can do some 'work' when he travels between his Macclesfield constituency and London. All of this travel is done at the expense of the taxpayers and electorate!
Firstly, I doubt very much that his 'work' is productive or beneficial to the British public. After all he doesn't cure people of illness or make a product that can be useful or exported, in fact, I've not heard of him being any use to man or beast since he joined parliament in 1971!
The most outstanding thing about Sir Nicholas is that he claimed £20,000 for a flat that he put into a family trust after paying the mortgage. That money was claimed from the taxpayer too.
He thinks that expenses (he calls them 'allowances') including travelling first class, are nothing to do with the public but are the domain of parliament.
Well, I disagree. I am trying to survive on a state pension and small occupational pension and I can't even afford to travel on a train not even in a cattle truck. Not only that, I have to pay income tax on my little bit of occupational pension and that goes towards paying for his travel and his flat. I could never afford to buy my own flat so I have to pay a colossal rent every week. The majority of my working life was spent helping others especially the time when I was nursing and when I worked in the jobcentre.
This man has certainly done nothing to encourage voters to support his party in the election that is coming this year. Now we can see politicians for what they truly are and what some of them really think of us.
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