Monday 1 June 2009: As promised street theatre group the Government of the Dead returned to parliament, this time with handcuffs to arrest the “criminals” involved in the never-ending story of MP’s expense claims.
Former East London University professor of Anthropology Chris Knight read out a long fraud list, naming the claimants and the ridiculous expenses MP’s expected the UK taxpayer to pay back, including “protecting shrubs from bunny rabbits”, “moat cleaning” and a “rocking chair”.
The small group of protestors then made several attempts to arrest those MPs they considered “benefit fraudsters” but were halted, in true irony, by the police.
The small group of protestors then made several attempts to arrest those MPs they considered “benefit fraudsters” but were halted, in true irony, by the police.
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