I REFER to recent disclosures of lavish expenses, and lifestyles to match, that clearly demonstrate how many MPs are serving themselves, both here in Westminster and Brussels.

Funded by the taxpayer, their extravagance confirms what many of us have suspected for some time – that both greed and corruption is rampant in both parliaments.

It beggars belief that most of these people will have the audacity to seek further support as prospective candidates – from those they have fleeced – in future elections.

If what this whole sordid business has told us does not deter the electorate, then they deserve the contempt they’ve been shown.

Lewis See, Stockton.