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Right Dishonourable Members: Do unto others… not us!

October 14, 2009 – 4:53 am

Some MPs are planning to challenge requests they repay money following an independent review of expenses claims.
Auditor Sir Thomas Legg has reviewed second homes expenses claims since 2004 and applied new retrospective limits on allowances for gardening and cleaning.
Labour’s Martin Salter, who does not claim for a second home, said some MPs were angry and [...]

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RDM: Damn poor show…

August 20, 2009 – 9:42 am

A senior Conservative has called for MPs’ pay to be doubled – in return for scrapping their second home allowance. Sir Patrick Cormack says MPs annual pay should increase from £64,766 to more than £130,000.
He was condemned as “out of touch” by Labour, while Lib Dem Foreign Affairs spokesman Ed Davey said the veteran Tory [...]

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RDM: Iron Rations

August 15, 2009 – 2:53 am

Shadow Commons leader Alan Duncan has apologised “unreservedly” after he was secretly filmed complaining about MPs’ pay and expenses.
The Tory MP was heard to say MPs were being treated badly after the expenses scandal and “have to live on rations”.
Mr Duncan said the remarks, made to film maker Heydon Prowse of Don’t Panic magazine, were [...]

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And they say all politicians are liars….

July 19, 2009 – 6:00 am

Jacqui Smith feared she was not up to being home secretary and wished she had been better trained for the role, she reveals in a magazine interview. She told Total Politics magazine she had “never run a major organisation” before accepting the job in 2007.
“I hope I did a good job but if I did [...]

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Are homosexuals still Toryphobic? (with bonus RDM* sprinkles)

July 5, 2009 – 2:43 am

Culture Secretary Ben Bradshaw has said “a deep strain of homophobia still exists on the Conservative benches”.
Mr Bradshaw, one of three gay men currently in the cabinet, made the comments as a new poll suggested more gay people were turning to the Tories. Chris Bryant, another gay minister, said: “If gays vote Tory they will [...]

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Right Dishonourable Members: STBO*

June 17, 2009 – 4:13 am

Sir Christopher Kelly today accused MPs of exploiting their allowances for personal gain, as he opened his long-awaited inquiry into Commons expenses.
The chairman of the Committee on Standards in Public Life said that MPs appeared to lack principles, when they should have shown honesty and integrity.
“These values are timeless,” he said, at the start of [...]

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Right Dishonourable Members: Will the last minister to leave, please turn off the lights

June 7, 2009 – 5:16 am

James Purnell the work and pensions secretary, last night dealt a monumental blow to Gordon Brown’s chances of holding onto office when he dramatically announced he was quitting the cabinet and asking Brown “to stand aside to give Labour a fighting chance of winning the next election”.
His statement, in effect declaring Brown unelectable, will [...]

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Right Dishonourable Members: Lest we Forget

May 31, 2009 – 6:23 am

FIFTEEN members of the Scottish Parliament have been shamed into repaying expenses they claimed for Remembrance Day wreaths. The MSPs – from the SNP, Labour and Liberal Democrats – reclaimed money that was paid to Poppyscotland and the Lady Haig Poppy Factory for the wreaths. Both charities raise funds for veterans.
It came as their actions [...]

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Right Dishonourable Members: Hoist by your own canard

May 24, 2009 – 6:00 am

A Tory MP is to retire after admitting he claimed a £1,645 “duck island” on expenses – as two Labour ministers face questions over capital gains tax.
Sir Peter Viggers, whose gardening claims totalled £30,000, is to quit at “the direct request of David Cameron”.
Meanwhile Gordon Brown defended James Purnell and Geoff Hoon, saying they had [...]

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Monday Funnies: The Right Dishonourable Members

May 18, 2009 – 9:56 pm

David Cameron has called for a wider crackdown on MP’s allowances as he and Gordon Brown clashed on the issue at prime minister’s questions…
The exchanges came after days of damaging allegations over MPs expenses.
A growing number of MPs from all parties have agreed to pay back thousands of pounds claimed in expenses after reports based [...]

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