howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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Guest 693- Registered: 12 Nov 2009
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They're all as bad as each other, Howard. Last week the tabloids were full of the rent scams going on with our elected good and great. It's institutional freeloading as far as I can see: like the guttersnipe press, they need legislating against.
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Guest 655- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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Our former MP, David Shaw, set up a charitable trust into which he paid fees such as these and tv appearance fees, to the benefit of Dover schools. Schools are still benefiting from this 15 years later.
Damian Collins would be well advised to do something similar to David.
It is a bit hard though describing him as a freeloader though, he was paid for making a speech and not for doing nothing. Plenty of people earn a living this way.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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the problem for me is this bloke doesn't see anything wrong with it andy. his own local party have urged him to donate his extras to charity.
Jan Higgins
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Do I detect a touch of sour grapes from our local press, I thought most MPs received occasional extra income from various sources of one kind or another.
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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Guest 710- Registered: 28 Feb 2011
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It is a little counterproductive to itemise the least thing while complaining of someone doing the same with his expenses. An MP getting a seat at a sporting event is no more than common curtesy. On the other hand is this chap invited to speak because he is an MP?
I like the idea mentioned by Barry, of someone who, through the nature of his position, earns bunce donates it to a worthy local cause. I suppose the the choice of where to donate the money is down to personal preference, but the air show?
[Is this all schools in Kent Barry?]
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Guest 655- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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Dover Constituency schools Tom.
Guest 710- Registered: 28 Feb 2011
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Thanks Barry.
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