British MP's like Apple best

juansweetpotato · Post by **juansweetpotato** » Wed May 13, 2015 12:10 pm

Finished before they started and intend to carry on.

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/201 ... ying-spree

MPs went on last-minute iPad and iPhone buying spree
Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority says MPs splashed out £70,000 on equipment before spending deadline

Sixty MPs ordered the equipment and claimed back the cost shortly before the deadline blocking such purchases six months before the election.

The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (Ipsa) wrote to the MPs involved to seek assurances that they were using the equipment exclusively for parliamentary duties. Some of the MPs wrote back, telling Ipsa they took exception to the request.

The watchdog concluded that no rules were broken but advised MPs who were standing down or were defeated in the election to donate the devices to charity after 7 May. It admitted it had no power to enforce this. (cont...)

Cowshed Cowboy · Post by **Cowshed Cowboy** » Wed May 13, 2015 2:05 pm

If they were MP's leaving office they should do exactly what is expected in any employment, leave them for the next guy or refund the cash if they want to take it with them as it is the property of their employer. Taking it with them is theft of company/public property.

No reason to assume they didn't do as above, ( other than the dubious expense claiming culture that exists in the House of Commons ), as the article doesn't say otherwise.

vladimir · Post by **vladimir** » Sat May 16, 2015 10:44 am

Thieves and rogues, very few decent ones among the lot of them.