Fraud is fraud, is fraud, is fraud……
Bill Wiggin filled in 23 consecutive monthly forms nominating his constituency house as his second home for the purposes of his parliamentary expenses even though he and his wife owned it outright.
After The Daily Telegraph disclosed his claims , he took to the airwaves to insist all 23 times were an “honest mistake” from which he had not profited.He said he had 23 times mistakenly written the address of his property near Ledbury, Herefordshire, as his second home on the forms instead of his townhouse in west London. He had claimed £11,514 in mortgage interest payments after filling in 23 consecutive handwritten forms.
David Cameron said: “It is a bad mistake but it looks like it is an honest mistake and he was not claiming money that he was not entitled to”, even though he submitted monthly mortgage payments on the property for two years, despite the fact that there was no loan on it.
Mrinal Patel, on the other hand, filled in the ‘wrong’ address once on a form to request a place for her five year old son at Pinner Park First School, and yesterday found herself prosecuted under the Fraud Act………..if she were to be convicted Mrs Patel could face a fine of up to £1,000 or up to five years in prison.
David Cameron didn‘t say: “It is a bad mistake but it looks like it is an honest mistake and she was not claiming money that she was not entitled to”
But then Mrinal Patel isn’t an MP, is she?
Grrr……..
Hat tip to Saul!
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May 30, 2009 at 3:40 pm -
I don’t think Mrinal Patel is one of Cameron’s best buddies either, is she?
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May 30, 2009 at 3:41 pm -
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May 30, 2009 at 3:59 pm -
So will I. I know from experience over the last 4 years what a nightmare the school admissions system is and how very difficult it can be to argue against the LEA’s decision to refuse a child a place if the LEA flatly states that the school is full. I think Ms Patel was mad to put down a false address but then so was Mr Wiggin, wasn’t he?
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May 30, 2009 at 5:00 pm -
Half-time at the Cup Final and all I want to say is that all these troughing MPs (altBastards) should be sacked not enabled to stay until the next election. Cameron as well as invisible Brown and Clegg are NOT, i repeat NOT showing leadership here rather conspiring to keep an unjust system for an unjust political establishment. This is ANTI-DEMOCRACY. The end. Thank you. Gotta go……
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May 30, 2009 at 5:42 pm -
God Bless Louis Saha.
Roberto Di Matteo’s fastest ever FA Cup final goal can now be removed from the opening credits of every FA Cup programme on television.
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May 30, 2009 at 6:08 pm -
It should defie belief really but as I have experienced the inconsistencies in the law it doesn’t.
Many years ago I removed my son from school because he was being bullied by his headmaster. I contacted the education authorities and explained what I had done and requested a meeting to discuss the matter. Over three months several phone calls later I finally got a date for my meeting. During the same period a woman was arrested, convicted and sentenced to several months in prison because she had kept her child off school for two months.
I suppose at least she had a fast trial, another anomaly!
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May 30, 2009 at 6:26 pm -
That doesn’t surprise me janes, although it should.
Has the football finished yet?
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May 30, 2009 at 6:28 pm -
What football?
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May 30, 2009 at 6:39 pm -
Football-free zone here too! -
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May 30, 2009 at 6:46 pm -
Off to partake of some outdoor G & S. La la, la la, la la, la la, la la la la la la la la, la la. I’m looking forward to the cornetto too!
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May 30, 2009 at 7:13 pm -
One has decided that all these politicians should be sacked immediately. Forensic accountants should be employed and their investigations passed to police officers from forces outside the areas and constituencies that these MPs live in or pretend to live in
Wiggin has not made mistakes at all. His entries are all lies and deception and he has fraudulently claimed monies that people working for £6 per hour paid to the tax-man.
I would hang him.
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May 30, 2009 at 7:20 pm -
Outdoor Gand S ………… How lovely. So refined. If only everybody in Parliament was the very model of a modern major general………… Well ……….. maybe not a modern one as in nowadays ………… but a modern one when Gand S were writing about them.
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May 30, 2009 at 7:52 pm -
Perfect evening for a bit of outdoor tra-laa-laa; I expect even Wagner couldn’t cloud tonight’s skies over, but music by G & S and picnic by M & S sounds just grand.
I like the idea of forensic accountants on the trail of the MPs’ expenses and a proper examination of the claims. I’d also like any investigative questioning to be televised. Bring on the televised Star Chamber!
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May 30, 2009 at 8:42 pm -
Coco – I just fleetingly wondered whether we could combine our cat collection and form a forensic feline division – The Kitten Inquisition perchance – and send all the purrers to hide behind the curtains during the Star Chamber sessions wearing jewelled collars fitted with teensy microphones ….
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May 30, 2009 at 8:46 pm -
They can hunt down cat burglars as well.
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May 30, 2009 at 8:47 pm -
G&S with the addition of a G&T might be rather nice.
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May 30, 2009 at 9:02 pm -
And Squeakers of the House!
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May 30, 2009 at 9:04 pm -
G&S, G&T, M&S? Sounds like a promising combination.
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May 30, 2009 at 11:07 pm -
The Chutzpah of Default Dave to say that is going to be his deathknell at the European Elections
If you can’t trust him now will you trust him with being Primisster?
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May 30, 2009 at 11:08 pm -
I got nine apricots today for 60p
At Tesco… and I know they even make a profit on that
What hell are they doing with the mark up ( actually I know the answer to that It lies in macro economics and the IMF)
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May 31, 2009 at 12:03 am -
With or without M & S and G & T, G & S can’t be beat, but I like the way you think.
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May 31, 2009 at 12:14 am -
Couldn’t agree more. I particularly like……………. “Claire” and
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May 31, 2009 at 12:47 am -
Just So You Know Saul, I think we did GO’S before. Nothing But the Best for this blog eh?
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May 31, 2009 at 12:55 am -
Bugger!
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May 31, 2009 at 1:00 am -
Just light that fag, you must be desperate by now.
Football-free zone here too!
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