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« Reply #271 on: June 07, 2009, 02:53:59 PM »
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« Reply #272 on: June 07, 2009, 03:20:21 PM »
He's sweating like a pig!
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Is he sweating like a stuck pig tho...?  rubschin:
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« Reply #273 on: June 12, 2009, 04:19:07 PM »
WTF is that rusty chipmunk Blears apologising?  ::)  Trying to ingratiate herself with her voters before the next election?

There was good line from a member of the audience on QT this week to Hain:

"You might have forgotten us, but we won't forget you!  evil:"
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« Reply #274 on: June 12, 2009, 05:24:12 PM »
And in one bound, she was ... in the shite!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8097955.stm
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« Reply #275 on: June 13, 2009, 05:30:12 AM »
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« Reply #276 on: June 17, 2009, 10:54:11 PM »
Cynical?

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Ms Ussher asked permission to carry out a full refit of her run-down Victorian house in south London.

She is said to have contacted the Commons fees office within 12 months of becoming an MP in 2005, despite having already lived at the house for some five years.

Ms Ussher, who was not a minister at the time, wrote: "The basic situation is that this house was relatively cheap to purchase but requires quite a lot of work."

She then listed repairs which she hoped to carry out, including a bathroom which did not "function" and "peeling" walls in the shower room.

On the cover sheet of her printed letter, Ms Ussher scrawled: "I am aware this takes us over our limit - please pay as much as you are able!"

In the end, Ms Ussher received the maximum permitted under the Additional Costs Allowance (ACA) for 2005-6 - £22,110.


She was a local councillor here a few years back. Career politician through and through; IIRC little or no contribution to the community.  ::)


My oh my.... way back on page 2... and now

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8106193.stm

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« Reply #277 on: June 18, 2009, 06:31:09 AM »
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Ms Ussher asked permission to carry out a full refit of her run-down Victorian house in south London.

She is said to have contacted the Commons fees office within 12 months of becoming an MP in 2005, despite having already lived at the house for some five years.

Ms Ussher, who was not a minister at the time, wrote: "The basic situation is that this house was relatively cheap to purchase but requires quite a lot of work."

She then listed repairs which she hoped to carry out, including a bathroom which did not "function" and "peeling" walls in the shower room.

On the cover sheet of her printed letter, Ms Ussher scrawled: "I am aware this takes us over our limit - please pay as much as you are able!"

In the end, Ms Ussher received the maximum permitted under the Additional Costs Allowance (ACA) for 2005-6 - £22,110.


She was a local councillor here a few years back. Career politician through and through; IIRC little or no contribution to the community.  ::)


My oh my.... way back on page 2... and now

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8106193.stm

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It can only get worse better when they publish the 'official' version of the expenses today...  cloud9:
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« Reply #278 on: June 18, 2009, 07:08:56 AM »
Oh no it can't ~ all the details that enable one to see the "fiddles" have been blacked out of the grounds of "Security"

They claim that MPs' safety might be at risk if their addresses became known ~ BUT they neglect to mention that legally the MP must put their address(es) on their nomination papers which are a matter of public record. They must also print the details on their election leaflets (although many hide behind their constituency office or even their agent's address to get round that one).

Also the details published "officially" only show those claims that were allowed ~ not as the Telegraph has shown, the letters between the MPs and the Fees Office which have resulted from many claims being rejected or "amended".
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« Reply #279 on: June 18, 2009, 09:58:12 AM »
Guido is inspecting the details. Updating all day

http://order-order.com/2009/06/18/pay-points
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« Reply #280 on: June 18, 2009, 11:09:49 AM »
How very revealing  ::) ::)


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« Reply #281 on: June 18, 2009, 11:10:32 AM »
Nothing to hide? Nothing to fear.  noooo:
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« Reply #282 on: June 18, 2009, 11:17:34 AM »
I wonder if I could put a claim into LL for £200 of 'petty cash'...?  rubschin:
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« Reply #283 on: June 18, 2009, 11:49:38 AM »
Just sell your motor bike, you know it makes sense  angel1
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« Reply #284 on: June 18, 2009, 11:51:33 AM »
Just sell your motor bike, you know it makes sense  angel1
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