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November 15, 2012

Bercow Brings Shame on UK Parliament

Peter Oborne, Daily Telegraph

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Incredibly, a largish proportion of MPs are still unable to accept that they did anything wrong in the expenses scandal. Privately they maintain that the Telegraph was at fault for revealing the story – and not the parliamentarians themselves for their greedy and (in many cases) criminal conduct.

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