MPs - a plague on all your houses (and contents)?

It's now Day 25 (or thereabouts) of the MPs allowances scandal that is literally rocking the nation (obviously, not literally). Pretty much everything has been said about regarding snouts in trough, 'rotten' rules, and the need to apologise.

A few thoughts:

The new rule book - that doesn't need to be written

Much of the talk is about the 'rotten' rules that sit in the Green Book that determines what can and cannot be claimed for (any reminders on who created - or has failed to reform - these 'rotten' rules?). Isn't it all a bit more simple than everyone's going on about? The only rule book required is the rule of not taking the piss.

They should be allowed to claim for things that are required for their work (including accommodation) like any businessman. Perhaps I could set up the Parliamentary travel agents that books hotels and travel. Give them a Parliamentary credit card. The credit card statements would be available and MPs able to make comments on any unclear listings on the statement. Give them costs for second home similar to relocation expenses, market rated, that are given in the private sector (a couple of grand for white goods, etc).

Unfortunately, the only problem with my rule is that some MPs have enormous majorities that gives some flexibility on misbehaviour. In such cases it's up to the local Party to do the decent thing.

A plague on all your second houses
Unfortunately, there's now massive interest in politics for all the wrong reasons. They aren't all at it. Many (difficult to judge what proportion) are entirely decent, trying to do the right thing. Let's not hate all of them but there should be a responsibility on the good ones to expose or put pressure on the dodgy ones. At the moment it feels like there's not enough of it and the public then have the impression that they're all at it. Speaker's behaviour doesn't help.

Anyway, maybe it's easiest to get HM The Queen to step in, dissolve Parliament and get Philip running things.