SIR – The Speaker turned down a request to widen the scope of his audit into MPs’ expenses, which means some abusers of commons allowances are laughing all the way to the bank. Would it now be appropriate for the initials MP to stand for monetary parasite?
E W TAYLOR
Redditch
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