Corrupt Tory vows to fight to keep his seat
I agree with David Cameron that the theft of taxpayers money by Sir Nicholas and Ann Winterton is indefensible. And yet, this pair of Tory crooks are doing precisely that trying to defend the indefensible. It does not help matters when "the Parliamentary Standards Commissioner found that Sir Nicholas and his wife Ann, the MP for Congleton, had "unknowingly" broken parliamentary rules by claiming taxpayer-funded expenses for a house on which they had already paid off the mortgage".
You know when you pay off a mortgage that there is no outstanding money to pay on it. And you know when you claim expenses to pay off what has already been paid off, that this is fraud. And the legal maxim states "ignorance of the law is no excuse". So, why is the Parliamentary Standards Commissioner making pathetic and unbelievable excuses for this crooked pair rather than condemn them outright for their actions?
It is pathetic that Sir Nicholas Winterton is now claiming that David Cameron is being unlawful in an age discrimination attack upon him. It has nothing to do with ageism and everything to do with rooting out corruption. There again, if Sir Nicholas Winterton does not know when he is doing wrong he may be suffering from senile dementia and therefore its time for him to move on...
A mixture of law, politics, autobiography and humour. Once described as "The Devilish Advocate" (Guardian), I do have the ability to provoke a response. Sometimes it comes from someone who uses a thought process, and sometimes from jerks usually associated with the knee.
Much though it grieves me to be supportive of the Wintertons generally, in this case they are probably more honourable than most of their parliamentary colleagues.
ReplyDeleteThey have claimed the rental value for a property owned by a trust on behalf of their children.
The irony is that this is actually more logical and reasonable than claiming for mortgages as most of the others do. If you look at the figures I think they claim much less than most others.
Claiming mortgages is stupid and illogical but is allowed. Mortgages are financial items - nothing, NOTHING, to do with the cost of housing as such.
It actually seems a pity that hardly anybody in government has the same grasp of economics as the Wintertons have!
David Cameron claiming the maximum allowance for his constituency home (not too far from his London home)is much more indefensible.