So the Commons Speaker, "Gorbals Mick" Michael Martin, is at it again, this time involving his son, Paul, who also happens to be a Member of the Scottish Parliament.
"COMMONS Speaker Michael Martin and his MSP son were last night embroiled in a free flights scandal. Martin, 62, used one million Air Miles funded by the taxpayer to treat seven relatives to business class trips from Glasgow to London. Martin's son Paul, the MSP for Glasgow Springburn, was among family members to benefit from the flights. Speaker Martin got the free tickets using Air Miles clocked up flying business class paid for by the taxpayer with his wife Mary, 63, between Westminster and their Scots home."
Two points occur to Mr Smith. Firstly, it has been a while since he flew on BA between Glasgow and London, but in his experience was that 'Business Class' wasn't really something which existed, everyone tended to get the same standards service irrespective of what they paid for their ticket, but how on earth could any MP manage to rack up one million Air Miles, and wouldn't they have been better used on flights to somewhere more exotic than Heathrow?
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