The Speaker

[Midwest]

Said he was told not to use Public transport

Cheaper than him getting personal protection then, I suppose.

 

[Andy78]

We've got the prime minister telling us half a million quid to make big Ben go bong once is a fair use of public money.

We've got companies like Netflix earning £850m in the UK in one year and not paying a penny in tax, but claiming nearly a million in tax benefits.

I honestly couldn't be less concerned about a taxi ride.

 

[Pete999]

We've got the prime minister telling us half a million quid to make big Ben go bong once is a fair use of public money.

We've got companies like Netflix earning £850m in the UK in one year and not paying a penny in tax, but claiming nearly a million in tax benefits.

I honestly couldn't be less concerned about a taxi ride.

It isn't just the taxi ride

 

[snowhead]

I'm not trying to defend Bercow, far from it, but here are additonal facts to the Taxi fare;

Aides say he was encouraged not to take public transport to Nottingham Trent University, where he was giving a speech to the Political Studies Association conference about how Parliament should respond to the "anti-politics age", because of "security concerns".

The taxi, which waited for him during the talk and dropped his colleague off in Bicester on the way back, cost £836.50 before VAT was added, a Commons spokeswoman said.

Obviously Parliament will get the VAT back, although it may cost them more in admin fees that the amount recovered.

 

[Pete999]

I'm not trying to defend Bercow, far from it, but here are additonal facts to the Taxi fare;

Aides say he was encouraged not to take public transport to Nottingham Trent University, where he was giving a speech to the Political Studies Association conference about how Parliament should respond to the "anti-politics age", because of "security concerns".

The taxi, which waited for him during the talk and dropped his colleague off in Bicester on the way back, cost £836.50 before VAT was added, a Commons spokeswoman said.

Just the tip of the iceberg Mate, doesn't this sort of thing grate on your instincts of fair play? probably not judging from your reply