Sex, Lies and Conservative Politics

One of my local councillors published an article in our local paper "The Stockport Times" which was a poor attempt at the art of obfuscation. Yes he condemned corruption by all parties but does this go far enough of course not. Giles Chichester resigned from his post when it emerged that he had transferred more than £400,000 of staff expenses into a family company. This is not a small amount unless you are a professional footballer like Rio Ferdinand. This is equal to 42 years worth of allowances that Councillor O' Neill would get from Stockport Council. Mr Chichester wasn't any old Tory hack, he was the head of the Conservative Party in the European Parliament. The chief whip of the Conservatives in Europe, Den Dover, was repalced after paying his wife and daughter £758,000 over nine years through a company for secretarial services. The second part of the Councillor's article deals with expenses incurred by Speaker Michael Martin and Tony Blair, John Prescott and Gordon Brown, the aim is to drown you in trivia so you ignore or forget to ask about Caroline Spelman who is responsible for the probity of the Conservatives in the House of Commons. Obviously she is n't very good at this as not only is she being investigated bu t so are Ann & Nicholas Winterton the MP's for Congleton and Macclesfield, for claiming £130,000 in rent allowances for a flat they already own. The question is who watches the watchers.

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