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Archive for May 14th, 2009

David Cameron the conservative leader is trying to portray himself as tough and fearless when dealing with the voters anger at the antics of his MPs.
But look at how he handled the Andrew McKay affair.
Cameron sacked him as his parliamentary aide.
He didn’t withdraw the whip from McKay and he has done nothing to McKays wife [...]

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Roddons Housing Association, the state run organisation that owns all the council houses in Wisbech have ordered a group of elderly residents who brightened up their accomodation with some carpets and flowers to remove it immediately.
And this, to me, gets to the heart of why I am a libertarian.
The old people rent their current accomodation [...]

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Elliot Morley the labour MP and former environment minister claimed £16,000 for his mortgage AFTER it had already been paid off.
Andrew McKay conservative MP and aide to David Cameron, over claimed £141,000 together with his wife Julie Kirkbride, also a conservative MP. Mackay said he had claimed from the taxpayer for the house in London [...]

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The Telegraph reports
MPs’ expenses: Liberal Democrat claims for £308,000 flat used by daughter as ‘bolt hole’

Andrew George, the MP for St Ives, claims £847 a month from taxpayers on mortgage interest payments for the riverside flat. But the home insurance policy included on his expenses file is in the name of his 21-year-old daughter, [...]

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