Letter: I should be the PCC . . . for Parliament
Well, it's official. The country which gave us all the problems of the trick or treat tradition has now given us Police and Crime Commissioners, which is the way our Government will gain political control of policing in the UK.
You may have heard of other countries that do the same.
Their next target will be political control of the press, again you may remember other countries that do this also.
Can you imagine what our profligate MPs will get up to when they have this 'gagging' control of the law and the press?
In order to combat this, I am putting myself forward for the post of a Parliamentary Crime Commissioner.
Not that I would be commissioning any crime in Parliament, there is enough of that already!
On the contrary, for this post I would want full powers to make unannounced checks on expenses claims submitted by MPs, cross check them with legitimate VAT receipts and to veto any claims which are not supported with a receipt or are spurious.
I would also want the power to sack any MP found to have committed any crime and for the general offence of being too stupid to be a public servant.
As this would be a very dangerous job, I would want to be issued with a 'stab-in- the-back' proof vest and a large life insurance policy.
Oh, the pay? Well, if I could get all politicians to adhere to the same principles of expenses claims as we do in the real world, I would do the job for nothing.
Bob Mills, Shrewsbury
