Thanks for posting this. This kind of thing really drives me nuts - but if I write about it, it obviously looks like I'm just defending my absurdly long holidays. I, however, am not an MP, and the vast majority of them spend a fair chunk of recesses doing constituency work, seeing their families who don't see them for most of the rest of the year etc. etc.

Why do the press tell such lies about MP's salaries and holidays ?

Of course, the answer to this question is, "So people don't notice how absurdly overpaid the press are for being parasites."