For those of us interested in behaviour and language, the ghastly and demeaning Maria Miller affair also has another interesting aspect. Her activities were supposedly peer-reviewed by a committee of MPs. It comes as no surprise that the independent parliamentary watchdog doesn't think peer-review by MPs is a good idea.
Iain Duncan Smith was speaking after the independent parliamentary watchdog said MPs should "no longer mark their own homework" on ethics.
It comes after a committee of MPs overruled investigators probing Culture Secretary Maria Miller's expenses.
There is no real alternative to personal integrity. Peer-review is no guarantee of anything and isn't restricted to dodgy scientists.
Reviewed by her peers indeed:
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(Guardian)
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/apr/06/mps-expenses-maria-miller-row-scrutiny
Mac - as bent as a nine pound note, yet I'm still tempted to wonder why. Something is very wrong yet I'm not convinced that we see it clearly.
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