"Have some respect. How dare you."

The title of this post forms part of the comments reported to have been made by assistant government whip Dawn Butler who has claimed £37,245 in taxpayers' cash in two years to pay for a second property despite already having a property in London.

The second property allowance is a "snouts in the trough" scheme but it is the attitude of MPs like Dawn Butler that annoy me the most.

"I totally resent you coming to my private home. Have some respect. How dare you."

I wondered how the freedom loving Dawn Butler has voted in the past on related issues so I looked her up on They Work For You and see that she "Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.", what a surprise. She Voted very strongly for introducing a smoking ban. Voted strongly for introducing ID cards. Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. The Guardian record her voting on some more key "freedom" issues:

"Details of key votes

Counter-terrorism bill - 11.6.2008
Power to detain terror suspects without charge for 42 days For
MPs voted on a government proposal to extend the maximum period for police detention of a terrorist suspect without charge to 90 days. The government was defeated, with 49 Labour MPs rebelling. For
Terror bill 'intent' amendment - 2.11.2005
ID cards bill (3rd reading) - 18.10.2005
A government bill to introduce identity cards. 25 Labour MPs opposed the bill's third reading, and others voted for opposition amendments. For
ID cards bill (second reading) - 28.6.2005
MPs voted to give the ID cards bill a second reading, 20 Labour rebels voted against the government. For "

I leave you to draw your own conclusions.