Labour MPs, Front bench to Back were up in arms today after it was suggested that they were "screwing everyone". The claim was made by the shadow chancellor, George Osborne MP for Tatton, in an interview on BBC Radio 4 about the forthcoming Comprehensive Expenses Review (CER).
MPs and grassroots members alike responded angrily to Mr Osbourne. "This is complete rubbish," said Gerry Marsden, a factory worker from Liverpool. "Osbourne needs his head seeing to."
Deputy Prime Minister Harriet Harman was equally annoyed. "This is an outrage!" she bellowed at a passing cyclist outside the Commons. "I'm a married woman for God's sake. Yes, I know some people like to screw around (eh, Robin?), but it's by no means all of us.
I am 100% faithful to John – er – I mean Paul."
