Students at Brookes sway the environments in which they study. Oxford’s elected are not beyond the reach of those who hold them accountable. In fact, from Oxfam to New Internationalist to Corporate Watch, Oxford has a great history of doing so. Oxbro.com thought it would be a good idea to examine MPs expenses against Halls of Residence costs.
Andrew Smith (Labour Member of Parliament for Oxford East) has accrued on top of his wages, expenses of £564,937 (Ben Leach, The Telegraph) over 4 years. On a divided by four average this works out at £141,234.25 per year.
Evan Harris (Liberal Democrat MP for Oxford West and Abingdon).: Well, I’ve not bothered to work out his expenses, although theyre online. He has been claiming for a second house – between 2004-2008 he claimed £81,982 on this. Divide that by four and thats £2,0495.50 a year. A loan off Mum and Dad helps but I’d not try to fuck them for the amount Evan has done recently. (Rosa Prince, Telegraph)
These halls are 38 week stays except Cheney which is 50. But then, I’ve included the £200 returnable deposit per unit that Cheney asks for.
Some are catered, such as Harcourt, Cotuit and Lady Spencer Churchill Hall. (Brookes Halls Link)
In some cases, Evan and Andrew might have to take it in turns for the shower. Clive Booth might work as they could move their families in. They’d get internet access as long as they paid their Hallnet fees on time. Or perhaps they could cope with the pooled computer rooms.
Smith and Harris, among other politicians through the UK, name ‘expenses’ as ‘allowances’ on their websites. Thats quite sad. Its equivalent to referring to rape as making love. Its not even like some the Mob Wars game on Facebook game, were your starting income goes up and then you move around buying up property LOL HHUK. Not like that…
Go do stuff you put off aye.
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