MP has hour-long baths.... at your expense.

[JohnD]

Earlier today, it was revealed that Conservative MP Tim Loughton’s morning routine consisted of spending an hour in the bath every single morning. Loughton, who is the co-chairman of an all-party group on mindfulness, told a conference in London that “one of the greatest causes of stress in the world was the invention of the shower”, and that having a long soak every morning helps him de-stress and be fighting fit for the day ahead.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41664569


It may not have occurred to you that he charges his bathwater to expenses. Presumably the cost of gas or electricity as well.



When The Mirror asked Loughton for a comment, all he said was:

“There is never, ever, ever advantage in talking to the Mirror. Goodbye.”

One wonders whether Loughton would bother with his drawn-out morning routine if he had to pay for it himself…

 

[transam]

certainly scraping the barrel with that one.

Some labour MP charged porno dvds to expenses obviously helped her to de-stress

 

[big-all]

i pay £2.12 per tonne/1000L off water
if we assume its 125-250L for a bath thats 1/8-1/4 or 26.5p-53p for the water and perhaps another 20p for the 5kw off gas so 2 or £3 a week

 

[Notch7]

I expect Jez and Commie Donnell charge their phone bill to expenses. I expect its quite expensive with all those calls to venezuala and Cuba

 

[noseall]

I expect Jez and Commie Donnell charge their phone bill to expenses. I expect its quite expensive with all those calls to venezuala and Cuba

You have no idea how funny that old joke is.

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[Notch7]

You have no idea how funny that old joke is.

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Its no joke, Corbyn and McDonnell are sympathisers of socialist states

 

[noseall]

Its no joke, Corbyn and McDonnell are sympathisers of socialist states

Can you explain what that means exactly?

 

[Brigadier]

Perhaps jd is bitter, having lost his deposit.

 

[IWalkLikeHimaMartian]

certainly scraping the barrel with that one.

Some labour MP charged porno dvds to expenses obviously helped her to de-stress

More fake news.
**** end has read something somewhere and his perverse imagination does the rest.
It is what he does. It is what he is.

 

[transam]

Can you explain what that means exactly?

seems a clear statement to me Noseall ?????? they like the way they run there economies.

castro & chavez are corbyns & macs hero's

 

[^woody^]

Reminds me of the little poem that was in my bathroom as a lad, and I suspect thousands of other bathrooms too

 

[Notch7]

More fake news.
**** end has read something somewhere and his perverse imagination does the rest.
It is what he does. It is what he is.

Not fake news it was Jackie Smith labour MP (to be fair it was her husband that charged 2 pay per views on her expense account).

 

[transam]

Wonder what way har bee does to de-stress ???

then again he is deaf & has poor eye sight

 

[Brigadier]

https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2013/apr/23/who-works-most-teachers-or-mps

An hour a day in the bath out of a c. 70 hr week?

So what? seems an appropriate response.

 

[IWalkLikeHimaMartian]

Some labour MP charged porno dvds to expenses ...

More fake news.
**** end has read something somewhere and his perverse imagination does the rest.
It is what he does. It is what he is.

Not fake news it was Jackie Smith labour MP (to be fair it was her husband that charged 2 pay per views on her expense account).

So it was not the MP, it was her husband! It was not DVDs, it was pay per view!
One is an intentional act, by an MP to defraud their expenses, the other could easily be an unintentional act by a member of her family. (Not being aware of the pay per view arrangement or not being aware that the account was on expenses.)

I suggested that, as usual, **** end had embellished the facts? If you are not going to call it fake news by **** end, what would you call it? A deliberate lie?
That figures. It is what he does. It is what he is.