What Our Troops SHOULD Have Had. And What Our MPs Got

From the Telegraph:

£11,510,792 – total cost of second homes allowance claimed by MPs in 2007-08. Would pay for 38 Ridgeback armoured vehicles, costing £300,000 each

£25,411 – cost of private security patrols outside Soho home of Barbara Follett. Could have been spent on 13 pairs of ITTT night vision goggles at £1,900 each

£22,500 – dry rot treatment Margaret Moran claimed for home 100 miles from constituency. Would have bought 10 underslung grenade launchers worth £2,160 each

£9,000 – installation of Ikea kitchen at Gordon Brown’s Westminster flat. The same price as nine sets of £1,000 Osprey full body armour

£8,865 – price of 40in Bang & Olufsen television claimed for by Sir Gerald Kaufman. Could have been spent on four SA80 A2 rifles at £1,800 each

£2,225 – amount claimed on a 'corner group’ sofa by Bob Ainsworth. Would have bought 14 Hawke long-range binoculars, which cost £150 a pair

£2,115 – amount claimed by Douglas Hogg to clear the moat at his country home. More than the cost of a single £1,790 MINIMI machine gun

£1,645 – cost of 'Stockholm’ floating duck house bought by Sir Peter Viggers. Could have bought 23 pairs of ESS ballistic sunglasses

£598 – servicing of ride-on lawnmower claimed by Alan Duncan. Would have paid for 11 Mk 6 Kevlar helmets

£480 – amount spent on 22 silk cushions by Keith Vaz. Could have been spent on three pairs of LOWA Desert combat boots

Enough to make you totally and utterly fucking sick in the mouth, isn't it! And now the useless pant pissing wankers are making noises about "dealing with Iran" (i.e "sanctions" - H.T. Leg Iron). Just fucking leave it Labour, you couldn't win a fucking tombola!