Sinn Fein MPs Claim 500,000 Pounds of British Taxpayers' Money to Pay for London Flats

Sinn Fein, the political arm of the IRA terrorist group in Northern Ireland, have elected five MPs to the British House of Commons in London. Yet these five people refuse to take their seats in parliament, because they are unwilling to take an oath of allegiance to the Queen.

I can respect that. I would not care to live in a monarchy either. Even if the monarch is no more than a figurehead, like Queen Elizabeth. But here is something the five MPs are doing that I cannot respect:

Five Sinn Fein MPs have claimed nearly half a million pounds in expenses on two rented London flats they share.
The MPs, who refuse to take their seats in the Commons, charged taxpayers £105,000 in the last financial year alone.
Gerry Adams, Martin McGuinness, Michelle Gildernew, Pat Doherty and Conor Murphy each claimed £21,000 under the controversial Additional Cost Allowances system - just short of the maximum.

So what was Sinn Fein's response to these charges?

A Sinn Fein spokesman said: 'Sinn Fein MPs do not receive a salary from Westminster, nor do they employ any family members. Sinn Fein makes no apology for refusing to sit in the British House of Commons. We also make no apology for ensuring that people who vote for Sinn Fein get the same democratic entitlements as everyone else.'

That takes the cake! Free London apartments for Sinn Fein politicians are part of their voters' "democratic entitlements". As if Sinn Fein/IRA ever believed in democracy.

Leftist politicians all over the world have two things in common. (1) They want the government to control the economy and people's private lives, (2) They are corrupt to the core, in order to live a lifestyle they could never achieve in a free enterprise system.