As usual the Left is utterly wrong. This isn't about class, but simple corruption. By TOM BOWER
"Reckless and extravagant, the Labour Party's gravy train has enriched so many of its supporters in Westminster and beyond that many of its politicians appear to have lost touch with reality.
The outrage of the Labour MPs defending the inflated expenses pocketed by Michael Martin, the Speaker of the House of Commons, is simply shocking to outsiders.
Instead of seriously considering the charges against Martin - the misuse of his second home allowance for a property that has no mortgage, the doling out of official air miles to his family, not to mention his wife's £4,000 taxi expenses for casual shopping trips - many Labour MPs are falling back on that old favourite: they have declared war against the champions of integrity by resorting to old-fashioned class politics.
Rather than consider the notion that Speaker Martin's conduct might at best be questionable and at worst indefensible, those who defend him claim that criticism of him is an assault against the working class - and the Scottish working class at that! "
The outrage of the Labour MPs defending the inflated expenses pocketed by Michael Martin, the Speaker of the House of Commons, is simply shocking to outsiders.
Instead of seriously considering the charges against Martin - the misuse of his second home allowance for a property that has no mortgage, the doling out of official air miles to his family, not to mention his wife's £4,000 taxi expenses for casual shopping trips - many Labour MPs are falling back on that old favourite: they have declared war against the champions of integrity by resorting to old-fashioned class politics.
Rather than consider the notion that Speaker Martin's conduct might at best be questionable and at worst indefensible, those who defend him claim that criticism of him is an assault against the working class - and the Scottish working class at that! "
