Embarrassing disclosures about the vast expenses claims of MPs amount to a "McCarthy-style witch-hunt" that risks driving politicians to suicide, a Conservative MP said on Friday. [More]So it's not that they're a bunch of lying thieves--it's exposing them as lying thieves is the new McCarthyism.
Y'know, it might help if you opened a separate window and had this playing in the background while you read the rest of the article.
And, oh, look--further "embarrassment":
But instead of solving the problem, they tried to keep it secret because coming clean would have embarrassed the Government and reduced its tax take from homeowners.I don't suppose posting this might induce a few more of you parasites to do the right thing...?