Looked at in one way, the system of Additional Cost Allowances for MPs is demeaning – for us, as well as for them
Imagine that 25% of everybody’s salary were paid only for the ‘necessary’ costs of running a home – the necessity to be supported by receipts detailing all purchases or transactions, available for inspection by anyone
We would love finding out what our neighbours were doing, hate it for ourselves
But would we really like ourselves for our reactions, whether these were naked envy, sneering snobbery, or just a mean-minded they do not deserve this or that?
