Comments on: Ugh http://www.platform10.org/2009/04/ugh/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ugh Campaigning for a modern liberal Conservative Party Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:41:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Fiona Melville http://www.platform10.org/2009/04/ugh/comment-page-1/#comment-6005 Fiona Melville Thu, 30 Apr 2009 13:33:32 +0000 http://www.platform10.org//?p=542#comment-6005 Ben Brogan <a href="http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/benedict_brogan/blog/2009/04/30/suicides_more_like_expectation_management" rel="nofollow">suggests</a>, as I did, that there may be an element of expectation management in the more outrageous claims, such as those included in <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1175249/Love-cheat-MPs-suicide-watch-expense-claims-threaten-expose-affairs.html" rel="nofollow">this article</a> in the Mail. Ben Brogan suggests, as I did, that there may be an element of expectation management in the more outrageous claims, such as those included in this article in the Mail.

]]> By: Albany http://www.platform10.org/2009/04/ugh/comment-page-1/#comment-5947 Albany Thu, 30 Apr 2009 09:37:06 +0000 http://www.platform10.org//?p=542#comment-5947 Everyone knows that having a relationship with someone at work is a risky business, particularly if your boss finds out! And doing it while you're married to someone else really is not appropriate behaviour. We're not French! But then charging that to expenses paid for by the tax-payer is simply not acceptable. We're not Italian! To be fair though, I want to kick a hole through my TV screen every time I see Gordon Brown appear - so maybe four televisions in four years is not unreasonable for someone who actually has to work with him? Everyone knows that having a relationship with someone at work is a risky business, particularly if your boss finds out!

And doing it while you’re married to someone else really is not appropriate behaviour. We’re not French!

But then charging that to expenses paid for by the tax-payer is simply not acceptable. We’re not Italian!

To be fair though, I want to kick a hole through my TV screen every time I see Gordon Brown appear – so maybe four televisions in four years is not unreasonable for someone who actually has to work with him?

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