Archive for mps expenses
Dawn Butler’s voting record #MPexpenses
Brent South Labour MP Dawn Butler has been under fire over her expense claims, as previously covered on this site (including a link to the fun BBC report timing the travel distance from her two homes). Her local newspaper recently reported:
MPs in Brent are facing heavy criticism over alleged expense claims.
and went on to cover [...]
First reactions to the Speaker’s statement on #MPexpenses
Two Liberal Democrat MPs have twittered their views on Michael Martin’s statement:
@joswinson resisting even debating the no confidence motion is the wrong path to take, this problem won’t just go away #MPexpenses
@lfeatherstone Speaker does not get it Another mtg is not the answer #MPexpenses
What’s your view? The comments thread awaits… (and by all means [...]
Just why did Fraser Kemp need 16 sheets?
Time for some guesswork please. Just why did Fraser Kemp buy 16 different bed sheets in a seven week period on his expenses?
I don’t mean, “Why did he think the public should pay for them?” but “Why did he need 16 bed sheets?” I mean, what would you do with 16 bed sheets?
That’s enough to [...]
The thing David Cameron wants you to forget when watching his election broadcast
Today’s election broadcast from the Conservatives simply features David Cameron talking to camera about MPs and their expense claims. The message is meant to be about him facing up to the problems and talking frankly about them.
But listen to his language:
I want to start by saying sorry … sorry for the actions of some Conservative [...]
Ros Scott on expenses
The Liberal Democrat President, Ros Scott, has emailed out the following message to party members:
It has not been a good few weeks to be a be a politician. Liberal Democrat parliamentarians have made mistakes and errors of judgement. I would like to apologise to you - the members of our party that tirelessly contribute so [...]
Alan Duncan’s garden gets a makeover
Courtesy of Don’t Panic Media:
As their blurb puts it:
Alan Duncan, the Conservative MP who is supposed to oversee the party’s policy on expenses, claimed £127,658 under the second home allowance and almost £4000 on gardening expenses. Alan made his millions in the oil industry before he became an MP working for the decidedly unethical Vitol, [...]
