http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Cycling MP en Mon, 18 May 2026 02:12:51 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2186#post-23155 Fri, 04 Feb 2011 16:51:43 +0000 Kim 23155@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>You don't honestly expect the journalists who "wrote" these stories to do any work do you? They just took the press release from the so called TaxPayers' Alliance, then cut and pasted. These journalists, do however, know who pays their wages, just count the cars in each of these rags... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2186#post-23150 Fri, 04 Feb 2011 16:35:35 +0000 Dave 23150@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I'm outraged. It seems like instead of claiming 40p a mile to sit in a traffic jam, a politician has dared to save public money (and public time) by riding their bike instead.</p> <p>Travesty. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2186#post-23139 Fri, 04 Feb 2011 14:55:33 +0000 Arellcat 23139@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Min, I wondered about Ms Boon's point too. I originally thought her umbrage arose because although lots of people cycle to work because it's cheap compared with driving or buying season tickets for buses, not a lot of people can claim expenses for cycling <em>to</em> work -- as distinct from claiming expenses for cycling while on official business, and that the taxpayer was ultimately subsidising someone to have their commuting costs paid. But I think I read it wrong, as although the article initially states he was cycling to work, it later states he was cycling around his constituency, which presumably counts as business travel. Even the dear old Metro got confused.</p> <p>It would be great if we were paid for cycling to work! We'd probably all move further out. :-) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2186#post-23128 Fri, 04 Feb 2011 12:28:49 +0000 chdot 23128@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Nice to see swift response from CS -</p> <p><a href="http://www.cyclingscotland.org/news/paying-cycle-mileage-saves-money-says-cycling-scotland" rel="nofollow">http://www.cyclingscotland.org/news/paying-cycle-mileage-saves-money-says-cycling-scotland</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2186#post-23123 Fri, 04 Feb 2011 11:48:25 +0000 Min 23123@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>This bit is quite funny.</p> <p>"But Emma Boon of the TaxPayers’ Alliance said: ‘Lots of taxpayers cycle to work to reduce their own commuting costs, so if MPs cycle why should taxpayers pay them?’</p> <p>Read more: <a href="http://www.metro.co.uk/news/854617-bike-mp-saddles-us-with-40p-bill#ixzz1CzC3Ilo4" rel="nofollow">http://www.metro.co.uk/news/854617-bike-mp-saddles-us-with-40p-bill#ixzz1CzC3Ilo4</a><br /> "</p> <p>Uh yeah. REDUCE. Not bring to zero. You do know what that means right? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2186#post-23117 Fri, 04 Feb 2011 11:21:18 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 23117@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>This is the best line: "Mr Bayley made one claim of 40p for a 3km (two-mile) bike journey in September a day after claiming £84.80 for using his car."</p> <p>So the story is about how outrageous to claim for cycle journeys when the <em>total cost</em> is 5% that of <em>one</em> car journey.</p> <p>Sheesh.</p> <p>MP on Radio 5 the other night was complaining about the expenses system saying that she was left with only £20 over Christmas because of delays in getting expenses approved and paid. That just made me wonder where her (above average wage) salary had gone that she had to rely on expenses to get through the month... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2186#post-23111 Fri, 04 Feb 2011 11:02:14 +0000 kaputnik 23111@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>But cyclist-bashing shifts copies of the daily hate off the bottom shelves more than the following (which were confined to the infobox towards the bottom);</p> <p>* Labour MP Tristram Hunt (pictured) – 4p for ‘travel within constituency’ in his own car<br /> * Tory MP Sheryll Murray – five claims for 20p each for parking at her constituency surgery<br /> * Labour MP John Cryer – £10.52 for jug<br /> to fill kettle because sink is ‘too small’<br /> * Tory MP Mike Weatherley – 50p for a pint of milk </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2186#post-23108 Fri, 04 Feb 2011 10:43:55 +0000 cb 23108@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>A bit like the Evening News story <a href="http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1962">covered here</a> a while back.</p> <p>Three takes on an MP claiming as little as 40p for a journey by bike:</p> <p><a href="http://www.metro.co.uk/news/854617-bike-mp-saddles-us-with-40p-bill">http://www.metro.co.uk/news/854617-bike-mp-saddles-us-with-40p-bill</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1353207/MPs-thousands-pounds-expenses-claims-rejected.html">http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1353207/MPs-thousands-pounds-expenses-claims-rejected.html</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.bikebiz.com/news/read/newspaper-calls-it-wrong-on-mp-s-bike-expenses">http://www.bikebiz.com/news/read/newspaper-calls-it-wrong-on-mp-s-bike-expenses</a> </p>