Heather Brooke Quotes

When it comes to reforming MPs' expenses, the answer is simply to keep it simple: show us receipts as they're claimed and, where there are abuses, enforce the law.

Heather Brooke

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• What is cool today is not going to be cool tomorrow, and what wasn't cool yesterday is going to be cool tomorrow.

  

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• Slavery is a weed that grows on every soil.

  

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• Seeing me in love is a constant state: there are no questions, as the answer is simply there.

  

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• Forensic science offers great potential, as it draws on almost every discipline and, in doing so, creates widespread opportunity for innovation.

  

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• I've been looking for a versatile and writer-driven home that could help me bring more complex, exciting, and potentially murderous characters to television - and the team at Skydance is the ideal partner for that.

  

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• When it comes to reforming MPs' expenses, the answer is simply to keep it simple: show us receipts as they're claimed and, where there are abuses, enforce the law.

  

  Heather Brooke
  • Law
  • MPs' expenses