Tag Archives: expenses

Sir Nicholas Winterton refuses to travel with ‘totally different type of people’

Update: Just seen that the wonderful Lionel Jeffries, the director of The Railway Children, has passed away. RIP. I trust you all understand that I put this together before I heard the news.

More at The Telegraph
Nicholas Winterton standard and first class

Nadine Dorries’ Daughter : “I woke up in work this morning”

continuing the Partridge Family theme..
Younger visitors may need a clue to the reference.
second nadine dorries daughter given job

Nadine Dorries – C’mon Get Happy

Nadine Dorries gives second daughter job at office – Liberal Conspiracy
Younger visitors may need a clue to the reference.

nadine dorries expenses and daughters

MPs’ expenses and black ink

I’m away for a few days and hurriedly packing, so excuse this repost from January.
If you remember, it was then that Harriet Harman was proposing to exempt MPs’ expenses from the freedom of information act.
harriet harman, freedom of information, expenses
Next week, I intend to start on a new video but not to ignore creating the odd still image while producing it.
A bunch of links for those still visiting and enduring the erratic posting of late:

David Miliband on torture
Tony Blair can’t be with us today.
video
Ewan McGregor’s Davidoff Adventure Commercial meets Trainspotting
Make Government Poverty History
MPs’ Expenses – A Musical Guide
MPs’ Expenses – Oliver! – The Sequel!
and finally,
Financial Gain Spotting / Plotting which is still on the front page of the blog but is here for those on feeds or who are linking to this post only.

Jacqui Smith to resign as Home Secretary

BBC and Sky reporting Jacqui Smith told Gordon Brown she wanted to stand down.
You can see one of her final performances in my Make Government Poverty History‘ video on YouTube. (Hopefully – as Youtube still seems extremely slow to connect since its problems with routing connections the other week. I’ve tried using 2 isps and have the same intermittent problems.)
jacqui smith resigns as home secretary
jacqui smith, second home peckham and redditch

Yes to ID

To ensure the designation of homes for expenses is no longer abused, it is proposed that all MPs should wear the appropriate kit at all times.
mps expenses id kits