Here in the UK the major news this week has been about MPs fraudulently claiming things on their expenses, which the UK taxpayer has to foot the bill for. The latest scandal is that Labour MP Tam Dalyell is said to have claimed £18,000 for book cases. The thing I was most shocked about is that you can actually spend that amount of money on a book case, and so I decided to look into how what you can buy for that amount of money.

Cost: £27.99

Number you could buy with £18,000: 642

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Cost: £49.99

Number you could buy with £18,000: 360

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Cost: £329

Number you could buy with £18,000: 54

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Cost: £659.99

Number you could buy with £18,000: 27

 

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Cost: £1529

Number you could buy with £18,000: 11

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Cost: £8163

Number you could buy for £18,000: 2

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I don’t know what he spent his £18,000 on. All I can say is that I wish I had that amount of money to spend on book shelves, and a home big enough to put them in.

Do you like any of these book cases?

What is your idea of the perfect book case?