How long before this gets abused?

Frank the tank
Frank the tank Posts: 6,553
edited September 2012 in The cake stop
Houses of parliament strike a deal with Easyjet to provide MP's with cheap air travel to reduce expences.
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  • estampida
    estampida Posts: 1,008
    this is a good thing

    before ww2 most mps and even the PM would use public transport in this country, doing the job well? then people will only congratulate you

    can you imagine david cameron on a tube train.... half the problem with this country right new.....

    and quite frankly he deserves a black eye....
  • tiredofwhiners
    tiredofwhiners Posts: 598
    estampida wrote:
    can you imagine david cameron on a tube train....

    Yes.

    http://twitter.com/Number10gov/status/2 ... 32/photo/1

    Do keep up :)
  • ben@31
    ben@31 Posts: 2,327
    How much do MP's get paid?

    And do the rest of us still have to pay full price for Easyjet flights, while the MP's get them at a discounted rate?
    "The Prince of Wales is now the King of France" - Calton Kirby
  • Frank the tank
    Frank the tank Posts: 6,553
    ben@31 wrote:
    How much do MP's get paid?

    And do the rest of us still have to pay full price for Easyjet flights, while the MP's get them at a discounted rate?

    Wouldn't suprise me if "Joe public" gets a price hike to meet any shortfall, however small/large it may be.
    Tail end Charlie

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  • verylonglegs
    verylonglegs Posts: 4,023
    What's the problem? Would you rather they flew business class with BA everywhere at a more expensive rate?
  • bompington
    bompington Posts: 7,674
    verylonglegs wrote:
    What's the problem? Would you rather they flew business class with BA everywhere at a more expensive rate?
    This. True that MPs deserve a lot of the opprobrium heaped on them, but this looks like a step in the right direction - really quite petty to try and use it as another stick to beat them with.
  • Frank the tank
    Frank the tank Posts: 6,553
    verylonglegs wrote:
    What's the problem? Would you rather they flew business class with BA everywhere at a more expensive rate?

    Read the heading of the post.

    Didn't say I had a problem with it.
    Tail end Charlie

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  • laurentian
    laurentian Posts: 2,568
    Plus, from easy jet's business point of view, they can afford to do a deal if guaranteed the custom of "x" number of flights over "y" period of time.

    Now, if they could only strike up a similar deal with Fortnum and Mason for Pheasant and Armagnac Pate, we could really make some in roads . . .
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  • rolf_f
    rolf_f Posts: 16,015
    ben@31 wrote:
    How much do MP's get paid?

    And do the rest of us still have to pay full price for Easyjet flights, while the MP's get them at a discounted rate?

    If you are paying yourself for flights as part of your job then you are being very silly. I claim for legitmately incurred work expenses and I'd expect MPs to as well. Cheaper flights = smaller bills to the taxman.
    Faster than a tent.......

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