[DannyTN]

British politicians have gotten caught in a massive scandal of abuse of expense allowance accounts.

Who ever broke this scandal, good job. Wish they could report on our congress. You know they are doing the same thing.

[SWAMPSNIPER]

Mass suicides would be beneficial and cheaper than hanging!

[nickcarraway]

Why don’t they just step down?

[Anti-Bubba182]

"Embarrassing disclosures about the vast expenses claims of MPs amount to a "McCarthy-style witch-hunt" that risks driving politicians to suicide........."

Let's do that in the US.

[Sherman Logan]

Silly parallel.

The idea, which can be disputed, is that the McCarthy “witch hunts” were targetting Commies (or witches) that didn’t exist.

In this case, I don’t think anybody is denying the truth of the charges. They just think the abuses should be ignored.

Personally, I suspect this is the tip of the iceberg for Europe’s unitary business/media/political ruling class.

[Ken H]

WWTLR*?

*What Would Tom Lantos Recommend?

[Redbob]

Can we make that work here?

[Arthur McGowan]

At the end of “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington,” the crooked Senator (Claude Rains) goes to the cloakroom and tries to shoot himself. Note that it’s taken for granted that a Senator would be walking around the Capitol with a gun.

One of the values of old movies is to see the freedoms that people took for granted just a few decades ago.