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Saturday, March 15, 2008

Greed of staggering proportions


I decided to get a sneaky peak at the Sunday Herald headlines before I headed off to bed and a truly astonishing story is lying in wait for readers tomorrow. Bizarrely it's not a front page exclusive as the display of greed really does take ones breath away.

Rather than stay in an Edinburgh hotel while working at Holyrood, Trish Godman stayed at her son's flat. A flat which is a few minutes walk from parliament. However, she still decided to claim £100 a night from the public purse.

She has claimed over £30,000 based on this approach to the MSPs expenses.


This is at worst a criminally fraudulent situation and at best a blatant disregard for public finances based on personal greed.


Whatever it is, Trish Godman should have no option but to resign. Much like Eliot Spitzer and his trousers, Ms Godman has been caught with her morals down and her time must surely be up...


By-election anyone?