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Tag: parliamentary-expenses

  • What I said to IPSA

    My response to the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority consultation: Question 1: Do you agree that the CSPL’s principles, supplemented as proposed, should form the basis of the new expenses system? Yes Additional comments: The public must have a right to know the specifics of expenses. This implied by “open and transparent” but MPs have for…

  • Jo Swinson and The Telegraph: complaints, complaints, complaints

    Thanks a lot to everyone for all the positive feedback I’ve had about my article this morning. By happenstance, Alix Mortimer has just asked: Fucking disgusting. Can we get them on article 1 (accuracy) of the PCC code? The answer, at least in my view, is yes, which is why I’ve just spent the last…

  • Parliament, The Telegraph and Jo Swinson

    One of the advantages of being effectively out of action for the past month is that because I haven’t been able to even attempt to cover the expenses row, blow-by-blow, I can now afford to take a somewhat wider view. It has been a fascinating couple of weeks, revealing not just how Parliament works but…

  • URGENT – Help us to stop the plot to conceal MPs’ expenses (crosspost)

    I have crossposted this message from here and would urge people to do the same. More to the point, I’d urge them to carry out the action – we only have until Thursday! Dear friend, Today I had intended to write to you to encourage you to take part in the Convention on Modern Liberty,…

  • Paul Flynn a victim of net censorship? Don’t make me laugh

    Paul Flynn is crying foul over the Parliamentary authorities’ decision to force him to pay for his own blog. Prior to that, he had tried charging the costs to the taxpayer via the Communications Allowance. Derek Wyatt has also joined the fray: “They don’t get in the way of my letters or phone calls, so…