Yes, well, all things are relative. I remember teaching a Chinese seminar group and frankly describing the expenses scandal - they fell about laughing at the idea that MPs were doing things like buyi… (View Post)

As others have now said, I don't think it's criminal. In many societies it's of course commonplace for members of Parliament to take up issues that they have received money for - I dou… (View Post)

Thinking back to when I briefly claimed JSA (as UC was then called), I remember the ferocious warnings given to claimants who failed to declare income in order to reduce the effective tax rate of 80-… (View Post)

Credit to TissuePrice. (View Post)

Agreed re priorities. I did have cooking lessons at school, but thought the process was often unpleasant (making jam rolls by smearing the jam on with your fingers, yuck) and the results uninviting. … (View Post)