"Taxpayer-Funded Holidays!" | Sir Lindsay Hoyle Costs Taxpayers More Than £250,000 On Flights

[@kevinscott8267]

All expenses should be stopped for MPs

[@SusanDean-n7x]

Across the board , and the 300 pnds turn up at the house of lords bonus. Close their subsidised restaurants and bars. We pay for that too !

[@ritasearle7736]

Yes we do that should be stopped too 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@garyh1572]

Then only rich people would be able to be a MP.

[@jeanbissettfayse8844]

All their expenses including heating allowances should be stopped as we supposed to be skint

[@angeladallimore8079]

ALL EXPENSES SHOULD BE STOPPED AND WILL BE STOPPED WITHIN THE NEXT 6 MONTHS ,

[@richardhutton1971]

They are all milking the system.

[@philipelliott7966]

They are not milking the system,they are droughting the system.

[@DougRutter]

The swamp needs draining followed by imprisonment for these “socialists”

[@betsyfamilyb9371]

No your paying them lol

[@PASHAPRINCE2018]

Why the bloody hell are we responsible for his holidays. He doesn't even need to leave the country!!!

[@aquillaism]

just looked up his salary apparently he is entitled to £156,676 annually including £79,468 mps salary , its disgusting

[@roblloyd1879]

Total corruption!!!

[@steveayton1086]

Absolutely disgusting this NEEDS STOPPING!!!

[@betsyfamilyb9371]

Stop working simple lol

[@JackOfAllTrades-UK]

But there is no money for pensioners Winter Fuel Payments............😡

[@keithkench9432]

Sick to death of tax money being pissed up the wall on free loaders, make them pay out their own money.

[@codyjarrett9685]

And these type of people call other countries corrupt

[@SusanDean-n7x]

Total hypocrites

[@liahurst8575]

Exactly!

[@keithgoodrick-meech3921]

They're all just gangsters in suits.

[@hydraV1-c7d]

gangsters that are managers for bankers of the central ursury kind

[@sluginsunshine]

You ever seen Kier Starmer throw a punch?

[@Jay30-z1s]

gangsters had morals and lines they wouldnt cross .. this lot on the other hand

[@cgat1955]

@@sluginsunshine…Funiest thing I’ve ever seen, he couldn’t fight his way out of a wet paper bag.

[@pennybunny]

Let's not forget this is a labour speaker folks.

[@StephenSmall-sf5um]

Get this person out of that house

[@garyh1572]

It was the same with Tory speakers .

[@angeladallimore8079]

YES A SPEAKER NOT A LEADER OR A HEAD OF STATE

[@Wasssssup-3]

I'm sick of these greedy gits swanning around spending our money when we have to pay for everything and get nothing in return ,broken n.h.s ,crumbling roads ,mouldy houses , rent up council tax up , food up , this is unacceptable

[@ValTwineDeaner]

Not to mention us paying for foreigners to live in luxury here while we freeze.

[@8minimee]

@@ValTwineDeaner Three meals a day. Mobile phones, Clothing allowance.Heating on 24hrs a day. pocket money.I could go on and on. Our homeless sleeping in shop door ways and tents freezing to death.

[@JimmyJimmyRiddle]

@@ValTwineDeaner i wonder if some , with families , cost the country a similar amount over 2 years

[@KarenaDashfield]

Not one single one of them has any shame!

[@bernieb5233]

I think he's a dreadful person, and no better than the last...

[@Florencematilda1971]

@bernieb5233 he’s clearly not neutral and bends to Starmers will

[@jasminehobbs6188]

I preferred John become at least had sense of humour and laughed sometimes

[@MR.TB67]

It’s nothing to do with ego it’s about living a life of luxury at the TAX payers expense

[@garyh1572]

Yes, a bit like Boris .

[@Paul-e4e4v]

Thats part of there ego there need to feel important by going to wee dinners and stuff

[@pebbles123-e3j]

It's the workers money, it's there to be robbed and wasted by Parliament

[@keisha989]

they are taking the piss out of us

[@tubbytoboron1685]

Yet the UK has no money.

[@ceeceedawson2212]

There is a printing machine, so every time the silly twats want to give more money to fund things they make profit from, like war, weapons etc, the tax payer you, i the hard working shop owners etc, end up being taxed forever because of the interest accrued by those that own that printing machine....

[@ColinHirst-m8j]

Are you kidding me-when will this corruption end.

[@christinebrassey7877]

They have no shame!

[@JimCox-mi2qi]

What a joke !!!!

[@teresaclements6067]

He should be sacked for this , I am not paying for his trips . He is a rip off.

[@alecjefferson6993]

Net Zero Emissions and all that Bolocks ⛽️⛽️🇬🇧🤬

[@lisawillis2388]

I haven't had a holiday in yrs can't afford it but let my tax money pay for theirs something wrong here wake up Britain vote Reform

[@lee-jj1js]

Nigel dont pay for his holidays either.

[@LiveOrDieTryingLSA]

Who pays for Nigels holiday then?

[@mechtechmechanical1571]

@@lee-jj1js Nigel's holiday did not come out of the tax payers money. That is what it is all about.

[@james-0440]

Nigel doesn't claim expenses

[@MrNeilparry1]

My employer doesn’t pay for my holidays so why does his or we pay for his, absolutely taking the piss out of us they all are

[@elizabethsheffield6609]

........Holiday Pay?

[@PoolieYT]

@@elizabethsheffield6609 they are not employees, they dont get holiday pay. They just show up when they want to or not... and still get the same salary. Want a long weekend off...then they can just do it, they still get the same salary.

[@chookey999]

"He makes sure questions are answered properly"?? Never heard Starmer nor Raynor answer a question yet.

[@Misiu223]

....or Reeves

[@dorotheamorgan9853]

I don’t recall him asking anyone to answer a posed question , a big audit is required , who on earth can bring these people to justice

[@user-jg2nq6ll4c]

OR COOPER ........ OR REEVES🤬😡🤬😡🤬

[@michaellewis6510]

Yes indeed!!!

[@aquillaism]

he is like a parent trying to hush his kids so he can watch the telly , pointless just like pmqs , sit around all day arguing and not actually doing anything but getting paid very well to do so

[@oldshiny3012]

wonder if this is how the roman citizens felt just before Rome collapsed

[@kaybee2930]

We are having our bloody eyes ripped out!!

[@philsreef746]

This is a bloody disgrace. I can just about afford to live and these people are just laughing at us while taking all they can get for free. Shameful.

[@angeladallimore8079]

THINK AN AUDIT IS REQUIRED

[@JimmyJimmyRiddle]

the purpose of travel should be documented

[@jonstarbird8484]

Its pure greed and criminal

[@SusanDean-n7x]

This is just disgusting..🤬🤬🤬 So much selfishness, so much waste of our money.. Heartbreaking while I sit freezing under throws.

[@EileenGoehring-lb8hy]

He's Labour, so what do you expect !!!! 🤬

[@garyh1572]

Tory speakers were the same.

[@Sneezy563]

All of them are scamming the taxpayer-thieving barstools.

[@greyvoice7949]

@@garyh1572 Who was the last tory speaker?

[@daveroberts4086]

Yes Enlighten us with your knowledge and wisdom about this issue.

[@easyonenow]

£250,000 = 833 OAP winter allowance.

[@AdrianRouse-e1f]

Guy fawkes we need you now.

[@dorislee4694]

AND SOON 😂

do it correctly!!!

[@dawnf2z1]

Indeed! Mr Fawkes was a man ahead of his time!

[@thecomebackking737]

Careful, I was banned from commenting until few days ago just because I said something related to your comment. Stay safe😄🤝

[@Sharon_Mc]

I always put IMO after my comments. Scary isn't it. It happened to me once. Even though it was the truth ​@thecomebackking737

[@drum-jitsu]

And he will carry on this is absolutely disgusting

[@Tricia3499]

Absolutely! They're all a drain on the public purse. Disgraceful.

[@charlottedixon6052]

But IS he doing a good job? He gagged Parliament. I didnt think that was a thing

[@Clownstalkers]

When are the so called British public going to wake up

[@garyh1572]

They can't. They have voted for the Tories for 75% of the last 40 years !!!!

[@vicwiseman2340]

And they tell us there's a 22m black hole so we all have to freeze! 🤬

[@deanjames2476]

The bloke is worse than bercow he was as bent as a paperclip

[@garethwilson8113]

Disgraceful

[@barrymayson2492]

How many pensioners will die to let him have his jollies.

[@szilardretkes2703]

Sickening level of corruption 🤢🤮

[@bridiesmith5110]

Isn’t the Cayman Islands a tax haven?

[@robertadams1054]

Spot on, probably went there to check on his Bank Account ?

[@angeladallimore8079]

INTRESTING

[@michaelratcliffe7965]

havnt they heard of zoom for meetings ,its a complete corrupt system and needs to stop

[@angelaswales7492]

THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS AND NEEDS STOPPING

[@ronhope3970]

Does he know there is an erm....22 Bn black hole somewhere in space?.

[@carmensimms2446]

😹😂🤣🤩😹😂🤣🤩

[@carlarthur4442]

Like black holes in space hard to prove a bit like the 22bn blackhole Reeves supposedly found.

[@melodymoore9765]

Disgusting. And still we pay their heating bills too.

[@davidnoble1058]

The money would be better spent on keeping OAP's warm. These people have no morals at all.

[@craigdavis38]

Why can’t you go in a Travelodge and why do we have to pay for his alcohol and food? Can’t you pay for that himself? He’s just as bad as the rest of them.😂😂

[@yvonneevie9301]

stop ALL expenses, they get paid enough

[@redmondial]

Tell me it April the 1st … FFS this is sooooo wrong !!!

[@LiveOrDieTryingLSA]

Every F ing frees like April the 1st. Make me so angry it's unbelievable.

[@drum-jitsu]

Hes no better than the last guy

[@jfla5700]

They never go to Siberia or anywhere like that, always nice holiday destinations. They are not fooling anyone

[@19thFoot]

Tories and Labour are for themselves. This country needs reform not just the political system.

[@robertthorpe2722]

More shocking freebies.

[@Van-1954]

These are only the ones we know about

[@karenbartnett8312]

It's not free. The Taxpayers are paying.

[@leilahmanson]

And these people want to investigate benefit claimants bank accounts??? What a sick joke these people are!

[@ImJustGoingToSay.....]

Why are these people getting everything paid for them by taxpayers? They earn enough money to pay for themselves

[@Sneezy563]

They can probably save all of their salaries and claim for all they need on expenses, then walk away with a gold-plated pension paid yet again by the taxpayer. I would like to know how much tax they are paying as well. Bloody disgraceful.

[@petershapland81]

Why should we pay his holiday expenses. He doesn't represent us.

[@JimmyJimmyRiddle]

can you even GET a first class cabin to Gib ?

[@Sharon_Mc]

🇬🇧 GREED !

[@martinday2815]

Why, because the system allows it.

[@karenbarker9474]

What a bloody cheek! We are paying for him to have a free holiday!!!

[@SusanDean-n7x]

Several and he's obviously not holding back with his luxury entitlement

[@ericwhitelaw8560]

Get them out.

[@nf4505]

OUT OF ORDER.🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡

[@christopherpowers1298]

This is beyond belief. This is fraudulent behaviour. What i want to know is who approves these trips and who signs off on the "expenses" - does anyone know how these are authorised and signed off?

[@lesbuchanan2268]

NO slack given, they haven’t give the rest of us any, This should be STOPPED, if they want to go, pay for it themselves.

[@bradjones9625]

FFS

[@skolar1950]

PIGS, TROUGHS, SPRING TO MIND AS USUAL

[@eirini98]

This, my friends, is why we need media outlets like Talk TV! This is outrageous 🤬 I doubt you'll hear this on the BBC, Channel 4, or other government mouthpieces.

[@hydraV1-c7d]

Dont be mistaken , this is controlled as well. Its what is known as a pressure valve channel - you get SOME info . Rant about it in the comments , maybe even attend a protest or 2 but ultimately nothing is done . We are unarmed , our tax is taken at source and the judicial system can wipe your whole life with one bang of a gavel . They know this thats why they are so brazenly arrogant and let the info out.

[@derekwhitfield8]

Living high on the hog at our expense no surprise there.

[@peterteagleteagle9958]

The gravey train,it runs through the the houses of parliament making regular stops, dishing out 50 pound notes , to anyone who,s needs a top up

[@AllenTaylor-lu9bu]

The position does not even warrant foreign travel and is yet another reason that the HOC has consistently failed to police itself. It's time to end the corruption at the heart of parliament and the Civil Service and explains why they hounded the newspapers that reported their scandals.

[@drum-jitsu]

2.200 a week

[@RWVegan]

Who's signing this off?

[@SusanDean-n7x]

We can guess

[@Misiu223]

This is why Liebour need our money

[@idachau1080]

The whole lot of them are as bad and crooked as each other.

[@davidmilne9911]

Well named the Swamp is Parliament and he's running it.

[@garyloader1416]

"He's supposed to get the question answered properly" I have a question, when is he going to start doing his job. Whoever answers the questions at PMQs do not answer questions....

[@JohnRayKing]

Unbelievable

[@davidanderson2838]

HMRC should be investigating MPs expenses. How are they even getting around the 24 month and 40% rules?

[@jimhardy1897]

He should tell Starmer and his mates to answer a question.

[@dannym5345]

He was probably checking his bank account on the island dodging taxes in the UK

[@stevedaniels8982]

The whole place is a joke.

[@shantibel]

Kevin, you are the best.

[@johnbowkett80]

Rumour has it .......... Starmer's planning to visit Britain in the New Year !!!!! 😠🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@SusanDean-n7x]

Doubt he'll be seen

[@WillCamx]

Don't believe it. Unless it's to visit Lord Ali.

[@pj9606]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@angelaspicer5163]

God help us how much will that cost us

[@worldofameiso5491]

The Commons and The Lords is one big Gravy Train.

[@DavidJohnson-yg8qm]

Every overseas trip paid for by tax payers should be scrutinized and reasoned. A positive outcome and justification should be written at the end of each trip and out on record

[@notyourordinarygran]

Why exactly does The Speaker need to travel around the world at our expense? His job is in Parliament. He should know how to do it. Do you realise that this is approximately 1/5th of what they have taken from pensioners?

[@michaellewis6510]

Hear hear.

[@elizabethdalton9356]

While these low life cut the winter fuel bill for the elderly

[@SusanDean-n7x]

Sat reading this under throws no heating on. Because of this govt I'm trying to not go out in case I spend. Have to be prepared for next year's onslaught of rising costs

[@joelizabeth12]

​@@SusanDean-n7x this made me cry, so unfair😢 im so sorry you are having to go through this ❤ xx

[@SusanDean-n7x]

​@@joelizabeth12 Thank you, I'm not as bad as a lot of pensioners, I'm lucky. But I am very worried about increasing costs next year . I waited an extra 6 years for this. I knew because of past problems I wouldn't have a rich retirement, but Labour are threatening what little I have now.

[@GordonYule-d1y]

He should make starmer answer the question in the house of commons

[@SusanDean-n7x]

All of them

[@AndreNiemand]

Probably more doing this!

[@Sharpcarbon6]

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[@andystreet4022]

It's all "Theatre" and the cost of a ticket is outrageous. Parliament is a talking shop.

[@XHYTHTGFRVFGBV]

We need our own DOGE TEAM ASAP

[@yorkrose7689]

Plank of the Week nomination, for sure! 😆

[@running-n1c]

How to disgrace he's not even a serving MP

[@HenryWilkinson-c5n]

Self servicing more like… they all are! 🤷‍♂️

[@Rob-hy8vb]

We need Elon to set up a DOGE here in the UK

[@johnkitching2248]

Giving Musk the DOGE job is Trump's way of sidelining him. When Musk realises Trump has shafted him, he'll quit. Possibly the day before inauguration.

[@_Area-51]

Absolutely

[@dianemelia7286]

They are all grifters of the first order, we are all sick to death of MP milking our hard earned cash.

[@drum-jitsu]

Most people don't earn 28000 a year ,5 day holiday

[@christophergraham5673]

We all know he’s in Labours pocket ….nothing to see here 🇬🇧

[@joelizabeth12]

👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@Bluediamond200]

Unbelievable ! I have no other words.

[@W4tchWotU54y]

Did taxpayers pay for his wife to go too?? Obviously doesn't know how to use a computer.