Archive for the 'expenses' Category
That Guido-Campbell spat in full
Yazan: sarabedford | 31 March 2009 | No Comments
Categories: blogs, expenses, radio
Finally you can ‘Listen Again‘ to the breakfast bust-up between BBC 5 Live’s Nicky Campbell and blogger Guido Fawkes, aka Paul Staines (starts at 01:07:50). This morning’s show failed to appear as expected on the web site and has only recently been uploaded. The interview starts with Campbell introducing Guido/Paul as ‘the right-wing political blogger’, Guido: [...]
How our MP takes more for her second home than most of her constituents earn in a year
Yazan: sarabedford | 31 March 2009 | No Comments
Categories: Claire Ward, expenses, Watford
In 2007-08, Watford’s Labour MP claimed the maximum £23,083 for her second home, despite living well under an hour’s journey from Westminster, a commute carried out by many local residents every day. This amount is paid free of tax and National Insurance, meaning that it is equal to a gross salary of £39,124. According to [...]
I don't really live in Watford because it's a long way from London, says town's MP
Yazan: sarabedford | 31 March 2009 | 2 Comments
Categories: expenses, MPs, Watford
Even I was surprised at the speed at which Claire Ward went to the local paper in an attempt to justify her second home allowance.You can see that her constituents don’t agree with her from the long list of comments (I’m the one using my real name, BTW). The paper reports Ms Ward as saying: [...]
Storm in a breakfast teacup
Yazan: sarabedford | 31 March 2009 | 1 Comment
Categories: expenses, MPs
A major incident was avoided this morning, when 5Live broadcaster Nicky Campbell withdrew his jokey comment that Guido Fawkes was a fascist. Nicky intrioduced Guido as ‘a right-wing blogger’, Guido responding by saying how nice it was to be on the ‘left-wing BBC’ Nicky’s response that it was good to have a ‘fascist’ on the show [...]
Catching up with Chairman Pickles
Yazan: sarabedford | 27 March 2009 | 1 Comment
Categories: expenses, MPs, Parliament
I didn’t catch Question Time live last night. That’s not unusual; the busy lives in the household mean that we are often dependent on the Sky+ box and its wonderful ‘Series Link’ feature. So this morning I sat down with a large cup of tea and a chocolate chip cookie and prepared for an hour of [...]
Hypocrisy – alive and well and living in the Labour Party's second home
Yazan: sarabedford | 26 March 2009 | No Comments
Categories: expenses, MPs
The last few days have been full of the large claims made by London MPs for second home elsewhere in the capital. Minister Tony McNulty has come under fire for claiming £60,000 for his parents’ home in Harrow, whilst living just nine miles away in Hammersmith. Labour MP Dawn Butler has claimed £37,245 over the last two [...]
