Poor_JJ ,_, Poor_JJ Parliament_NN1 When_CS British_JJ politicians_NN2 go_VV0 astray_RR ,_, one_PN1 expects_VVZ spies_NN2 or_CC sex_NN1 ._. 
Yet_RR the_AT latest_JJT scandal_NN1 to_TO rock_VVI Westminster_NP1 is_VBZ about_II Parliament_NN1 members_NN2 --_NN1 and_CC their_APPGE expense_NN1 accounts_NN2 ._. 
One_PN1 charged_VVD the_AT taxpayers_NN2 for_IF hundreds_NNO2 of_IO pounds_NN2 of_IO manure_NN1 ._. 
Another_DD1 charged_VVD the_AT rental_NN1 fees_NN2 for_IF a_AT1 spouse_NN1 's_GE porn_NN1 movies_NN2 ._. 
Still_RR another_DD1 was_VBDZ reimbursed_VVN for_IF having_VHG a_AT1 tradesman_NN1 clean_VV0 the_AT family_NN1 moat_NN1 ._. 
The_AT British_JJ public_NN1 is_VBZ not_XX amused_JJ ._. 
The_AT speaker_NN1 of_IO the_AT House_NN1 of_IO Commons_NP has_VHZ now_RT agreed_VVN to_TO step_VVI down_RP ,_, although_CS he_PPHS1 wo_VM n't_XX face_VVI decapitation_NN1 like_II some_DD of_IO his_APPGE predecessors_NN2 from_II the_AT mid-16th_MD century_NNT1 ._. 
Some_DD members_NN2 ,_, the_AT owner_NN1 of_IO the_AT moat_NN1 among_II them_PPHO2 ,_, have_VH0 announced_VVN that_CST they_PPHS2 will_VM not_XX stand_VVI for_IF re-election_NN1 ._. 
Others_NN2 ,_, including_II one_MC1 politician_NN1 who_PNQS expensed_VVD $200_NNU for_IF having_VHG light_NN1 bulbs_NN2 changed_VVN and_CC several_DA2 members_NN2 who_PNQS live_VV0 near_II London_NP1 but_CCB still_RR used_JJ public_JJ funds_NN2 to_TO decorate_VVI their_APPGE city_NN1 pieds-a-terre_NN2 ,_, are_VBR clearly_RR hoping_VVG the_AT voters_NN2 will_VM lose_VVI interest_NN1 ._. 
All_DB of_IO this_DD1 is_VBZ now_RT known_VVN because_CS Britain_NP1 has_VHZ a_AT1 relatively_RR new_JJ freedom_NN1 of_IO information_NN1 law_NN1 and_CC a_AT1 journalist_NN1 (_( an_AT1 American_JJ freelancer_NN1 )_) filed_VVD a_AT1 request_NN1 ,_, three_MC years_NNT2 ago_RA ,_, to_TO see_VVI Parliament_NN1 's_GE books_NN2 ._. 
Before_CS they_PPHS2 were_VBDR finally_RR made_VVN public_NN1 under_II the_AT law_NN1 ,_, The_AT Daily_JJ Telegraph_NN1 got_VVD --_JJ or_CC possibly_RR bought_VVN --_NN1 a_AT1 bootleg_NN1 copy_NN1 and_CC has_VHZ been_VBN doling_VVG it_PPH1 out_RP ,_, one_MC1 excruciating_JJ scoop_NN1 or_CC so_RR per_II day_NNT1 ._. 
There_EX is_VBZ no_AT excuse_NN1 ,_, of_RR21 course_RR22 ,_, for_IF this_DD1 misuse_NN1 of_IO public_JJ funds_NN2 ._. 
Members_NN2 do_VD0 have_VHI a_AT1 legitimate_JJ complaint_NN1 that_CST they_PPHS2 are_VBR paid_VVN too_RG little_RR :_: less_DAR than_CSN $100,000_NNU a_AT1 year_NNT1 ,_, compared_VVN with_IW about_RG $170,000_NNU for_IF a_AT1 member_NN1 of_IO the_AT United_NP1 States_NP1 Congress_NN1 ._. 
Britain_NP1 's_GE taxpayers_NN2 want_VV0 changes_NN2 ._. 
They_PPHS2 want_VV0 to_TO make_VVI Parliament_NN1 's_GE doings_NN2 more_RGR open_JJ ,_, which_DDQ is_VBZ a_AT1 good_JJ thing_NN1 ._. 
They_PPHS2 also_RR want_VV0 to_TO cut_VVI out_RP these_DD2 fat_JJ and_CC far_RR too_RG easily_RR abused_VVN expense_NN1 accounts_NN2 ._. 
That_DD1 's_VBZ good_JJ too_RR ._. 
But_CCB they_PPHS2 will_VM also_RR have_VHI to_TO find_VVI a_AT1 way_NN1 to_TO pay_VVI their_APPGE representatives_NN2 a_AT1 better_JJR wage_NN1 ._. 
