Graham Clark's letter (25 June) keeps coming to mind. I can understand his consternation at the ease with which our politicians seem to help themselves to public monies outside of their very generous entitlements.
What has intrigued me was his expression, 'an opportunity to milk a sitting duck.”
The difficulty of milking a duck in any position, would be on a par with getting blood from a stone, or making love standing up in a hammock.
Unfortunately our MPs face no such challenge when it comes to milking the public purse. The leader of the pack is the Dipper from Dipton and his rorting of the accommodation allowance. Honest John with his blind trust tells us he has no idea where his money is invested (by the sound of it perhaps it is in Tui shares). There are a host of others from all parties who have tried it on and still continue to do so.
Out of all of them Graham seems to have picked out Dale Jones as more dishonest because 'he is a socialist” (his words). It just shows how the media can influence the public when they decide to pull a man down who might be a future danger to their choice of government.
Pip Worlledge, Tauranga.