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  I find the MP's expense claims very hard to accept, but at least we have the ability to vote them out.
  
  The Lords however, I find inexcusable. The proposed reforms to the House of Lords expense system has caused a great deal of upset...for the Lords of course! Lord Palmer suggested the proposed £200 a day allowance was "an utter insult" and that the additional £140 overnight payment would force elderly female peers to face "the scary experience" of getting a taxi to the outskirts of London to get a Hotel, suited to their standing.
  
  How out of touch is this? To suggest that these people could make decisions for the populace is ridiculous. When we talk about antiquated ideas we need to remeber how absurd the House of Lords is. At the Beer Festival yesterday myself, my Dad and some friends ganged up on a guy that was suggesting these people are more suited to making decisions than the elected house because they had "no personal agenda". (It was suggested at one point he should move to Zimbabwe as this is the norm).
  
  How anyone can support the notion of the democracy and still defend the Lords, I don't know!

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