What Mackay has done is inexcusable.

His expense claims may have been within the rules but it was certainly against the spirit of them.

I am amazed that he is still hanging on to his job as an MP. I can only assume he has to rake in as much salary as possible before the next election so as to be able to pay off the money he owes the tax payer.

   Details of the public meeting as follows:

Andrew MacKay, M.P. Public meeting. Friday, 22nd May, 7.00pm - Kerith Centre, Bracknell

For tickets: Please contact 01344 868286 or bracknellca@tory.org

Will there be a set of stocks?

   Well what a surprise that the 'honourable member' is not going to step down. He is typical of this breed of arrogant 'political class' MP which has emerged . No doubt he is hoping that when Cameron wins the election he will be back on the front bench again, 'business as usual'as he so glibly puts it.

If the Conservatives in the seat have any sense of morals they should sack him . If they will not voters should kick him out at the next election. The same should happen to his wife, politics can do without people like these.

MPs have no idea of the fury and contempt 'ordinary' people have for them!

   When he and his wife claim more each month in home allowances ALONE than the national average take-home salary; when he doesn't even live in the constituency that put him in power; when we all have to work hard to pay taxes to pay his expenses; when his party's leader was 'pleased' to see him leave, why the hell should this guy remain MP of Bracknell?

The cornerstones of any relationship is trust and integrity-and MacKay's broken both with his unacceptable behaviour (does anybody believe his protests of ignorance when his wife's claiming carpet cleaning expenses?)

Just a few weeks ago he took a cheap shot in the Commons at local firm Park Direct, jeopardising 35 employees' jobs, without getting his facts straight. MacKay hid behind his parliamentary privilege and implied extortion-I'm not a fan of parking enforcement but what a hipocrite!!!

Sack him as MP of our constituency, investigate what executive or board positions he's also milking and let him make his living in the real world like the rest of us! Wake up people...give him the boot!

   Yet more MPs with their snouts in the trough whilst working class people are thrown on the scrap heap as a result of the crisis of capitalism. We need real representation from workers' MPs on workers' wages. Make your vote count in the Euro Election vote 'No2EU - Yes to Democracy' on June 4th

   I do not think that Andrew Mackay should resign as MP of Bracknell.

Please let me say first of all that I most certainly do not condone some of the expense claims that have been highlighted in the media recently - no one in their right mind should be claiming for pool cleaning and some of the other outrageous claims we have heard about.

However, Andrew Mackay has served the residents of Bracknell and the surrounding areas for years. He has personally helped me with an issue in my area and I believe that he does genuinely care about the residents of the area.

I notice that the paper has highlighted the fact that Andrew Mackay does not have a home in Bracknell. Whilst it would be nice if he did, I can't see that it is of benefit to the tax payer for him to have a Bracknell home as well as the constituency in which his wife serves and in London. He can't really win can he - I'm sure he'd be slated for having three homes if he did live in Bracknell as well. I can understand the need for them as a couple to have a home in London when they are both visiting the Commons and to have a family home in the constituency where his wife serves and they have family.

I certainly do believe that British politics has been damaged by the recent expense revalations, but Mr Mackay is, I believe, a genuine MP who has been caught up in the foray. Outside of this, if we viewed his situation, I imagine most would support his two homes - one where the family is from and one in London near to the Commons. Outside of this, I imagine most people would say it would be right for some of the expenses of those homes to be met so he could fulfill his role as an MP. But given the current feeling about expense claims, Andrew Mackay is being picked on alongside those who really have been abusing the system.

As I understand it, Andrew Mackay asked the MP fees office what he should claim and they told him - he was then open about what he was claiming in the years since. In hindsight and with current public feeling, I imagine he realised that whilst it was acceptable to the expenses system, it wasn't the right thing to do so he resigned as aide to David Cameron. He showed integrity in doing so - he could have easily not done that, but I imagine he wanted to show that he realised the signifigance of the situation. Whilst some might call for him to show integrity even further and resign as an MP, I don't see that it would ultimately be of benefit to us for him to do so - he has served us better than most MPs.

I do not think the anger towards Andrew Mackay is justified - sure, he perhaps could have done better (he is human after all) but he asked the MP fees office what he should do and they told him. It would be no different to me asking my employer what business expenses I can claim and then doing so. Ultimately I believe the MP expenses system is flawed and anger should be directed at that, not Andrew Mackay who has worked hard for residents in Bracknell - I hope he continues to do so.

   This looks very similar to fraud. It may be "within the rules" but the ice he and Kirkbride are skating on is very thin indeed.

I have asked Both the Metropolitan Police and West Mercia Police to investigate them both with a view to bringing charges if appropriate. Their chief constables will receive identical letters on Saturday morning.

To the ordinary citizen this passes the "Duck test" that is, if it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, swims like a duck and quacks like a duck, then it is a duck. The law may take a different view.

But this MP, this pair of MPs, are morally bankrupt. Neither is fit to serve. No amount of apologising will do the job. An apology is no use in the case of murder, after all.

It doesn't take much of a brain to see that each claiming for one residence is very likely to be fraudulent, whatever the fees office might have said. These people are meant to be honourable. We elect them with our delegated authority to rule over us. And they have lost the plot.

The next question is "Will they be removed from any directorships they hold?"

And "He has served us well for over 25 years"? What of that? Baloney. And no excuse for ripping us all off.

Roll on the "meet the public" meeting! Perhaps he will tell us why he ought not to be prosecuted.

   Its a bit like a bank robber saying well now im caught i will hand it back!

   Andrew MacKay should be sacked, along with all the other MP's who made these unmoralistic expense claims. I no longer have any trust in any MP, no matter what party they belong too.

   He should stand down as MP for Bracknell immediately. He has let down everyone who voted for him - I certainly won't make the same mistake again!

   He should not resign - He should be SACKED !

   So, two second-homes MacKay and his honourable wife benefit from paying no mortgage, no rates, no utilities on either of their properties. They could spend £800 per week on food without receipts. And let's not forget the 2 x £10,000 communications allowances. And then there is the capital gains on the houses. And of course they trouser over £130,000 in their joint salaries. And I wonder if they have any Directorships to keep the wolves from the door. Their behaviour is worse than immoral. They both should resign immediately. In by day the very best they could have expected was being sent to the Tower.

   both he and his wife should resign as MPs

   Is Mary Ballin in this world

   Mr MacKay has to go. From the BBC interview it appears that he and his MP wife have "no first home" and that each claims for one of their homes as their own second home.

Any employee would be fired for this, and papers would be lodged with the police with a view to determining whether a crime has taken place.

Paying the money back? yes, do all of that, but, Mr MacKay is no longer worthy of being our MP. His nose is firmly in the trough.

yes, he was a good MP, but he has already said that he made a very basic error of judgment. That error shows he is unfit to serve. I will not be voting for him shoudl he be foolish enough to stand for re-election. The Chiltern Hundreds is the next place he shoudl be heading.