No member is a hero to his valet
MPs' expenses part whatever it is now. A second Tory MP claims for his servants (sorry, staff).
Charles Hendry, a shadow minister, claimed more than £7,300 in taxpayer-funded expenses to pay for domestic staff at his second home.
Amusing, certainly. Bad for the Tories, sure. But should he (and Sir John Butterfill) not have tried to claim these as a legitimate political expense? Remember Balfour's wise words that he would sooner take political advice from his valet than the Tory Party Conference.
The worst thing about the political parties - all of them* - is their rank and file membership.
* Okay, Ed Balls for Labour then.
Charles Hendry, a shadow minister, claimed more than £7,300 in taxpayer-funded expenses to pay for domestic staff at his second home.
Amusing, certainly. Bad for the Tories, sure. But should he (and Sir John Butterfill) not have tried to claim these as a legitimate political expense? Remember Balfour's wise words that he would sooner take political advice from his valet than the Tory Party Conference.
The worst thing about the political parties - all of them* - is their rank and file membership.
* Okay, Ed Balls for Labour then.
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