MSPs' Expenses

The Sunday Herald ran an interesting article yesterday - highlighting some rather strange expenses claims from members of the Scottish Parliament.

Apparently, during the first nine months of 2009 - MSPs claimed £1,509 in taxi fares between Holyrood and Waverly Station.

For the uninitiated, the Holyrood Parliament is a very short walk from Waverly - 10 minutes at most - quite why any MSP should make such a claim in the first place is a mystery.

Embarrassingly, Labour's transport spokesman Charlie Gordon - and former leader of Glasgow City Council - claimed for a taxi journey 53 times during this period.

The amount of money may be small - but the relaxed attitude towards spending public money is a much bigger issue.

The cost of travel for politicians and civil servants is considerable - in many cases they are allowed to travel first class - which seems a terrible waste of money in these harsh times.

So, let's encourage the people to get out of their taxis - and first-class compartments - and rub shoulders with the rest of us.

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