Asking MPs to claim their own expenses is like letting a kid loose in a sweetshop. Us ordinary folk can only dream of their perks. You've got to admire the sods. I mean, I've done a few cash jobs in my time, but I'm a rank amateur compared to MPs when it comes to diddling the taxman. It's as if I claimed my bleeding garden shed as my second home, then asked the taxpayer to pay for the mortgage on my house. Then, to add insult to injury, when the house triples in value, I pocket the difference, all tax free. I mean it's worth becoming a MP just to become a property millionaire, which isn't difficult since most of them claim for fancy pads in London. Most punters do something called commuting, whereby you get on a train or car and go to work and actually pay for your exorbitant transport costs. Not MPs. This is an alien idea for them as apparently they can't get home after 5pm so have to buy a London home thanks to the taxpayer. What do we get out of it? Sweet fanny adams. So, what I reckon is, us punters should monitor MPs' expenses and whatever they make on property goes back to the taxpayer since we funded it. Seems obvious to me, but, of course, MPs won't vote for it as turkeys don't vote for Xmas…and another thing…