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Published Date: 12 May 2009
SENIOR Tory MPs used their taxpayer-funded expenses to pay for maintenance of swimming pools and gardening on their country estates.
And former Agriculture Minister Douglas Hogg even claimed over £2000 for clearing his moat, according to the latest revelations in the Daily Telegraph.

Former Edinburgh South Tory MP Michael Ancram claimed £98.58 for the repair of a swimming pool boiler, as well as £1117.43 for gardening at his country house in Wiltshire. He also claimed for Aga servicing.

Sir Michael Spicer, chairman of the powerful Tory backbench 1922 Committee, also spent £5650 of taxpayers' money having his garden maintained.

A new opinion poll shows both Labour and the Tories have dropped four points since the expenses revelations began. The Conservatives are on 39 per cent to Labour's 26, with the Lib Dems up four points to 22 per cent and "others" up four to 13 per cent.





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1

JulesF,

Kirkliston 12/05/2009 10:22:43
So the speaker is now a marked man ! About time !

One Tory MP laughed off his claim for hedge clipping his heliport as a 'running family joke'.

Who's the family joke now ?
2

The Master,

12/05/2009 11:30:27
At least you get a better class of scrounging with the Tories!

This is all becoming very much like the episode of "The New Statesman" in which everyone becomes so disillusioned with politics in general that support for all the parties reaches a record low and the public become so switched off that the politicians give up any hope of even trying to engage the voters.
3

Alice in Embraland,

12/05/2009 12:38:12
The Palace of Westminster's new motto:

"We few, we happy few, we Band of Bludgers*"

*Bludger (Australian): Someone who scrounges or cheats the benefits system.
4

antifa,

12/05/2009 12:49:47
It comes to something when a fellow has to pay to have his moat cleaned.
5

Ecto,

12/05/2009 12:59:20
You have to admire the blues leat they aren't paying for their cooncil tax with the money but spending it on luxury items!
6

Voice of reason,

EDINBURGH 12/05/2009 13:10:04
The Tory claims , though bad , are nothing like Labour's . The one MP I would love to see in jail is that ghastly , smug , smirking Hazel Blears - the one who spends her time on Question time rolling her eyes in disdain and laughing at the other panellists .
7

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12/05/2009 13:13:06
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8

Ecto,

12/05/2009 13:20:44
what really cracks me up is the labour puppets who are being put up to try and defend this nonsese, the whole thing is indefensible just pack up and **ck off. At the next elections we should all vote for minoruity parties just to get the point across that this lot need to sharpen their game. My tick is going in the UKIP box.
9

blackley,

Edinburgh 12/05/2009 13:41:59
#6 What nonsense! And leave wee Hazel alone! At least she's cute, unlike the Earl of Michael Ancram. And he can't even swim!
10

JulesF,

Kirkliston 12/05/2009 14:11:03
Why have I been censored in post 7 for reminding people of an article written about expenses by a well known MSP & Lord on the 15th of April 2009 ?

11

Brian Ferrari,

12/05/2009 14:14:35
#6

With you on Hazel Blears - I've never seen someone simper so smugly.

Quite classy of the Tories to claim for having your moat cleaned.

David Davis let the side down a bit though by claiming for the building of a portico. Bit nouveau.
12

steve 1511,

aberdeen 12/05/2009 14:43:52
the house of common thieves,needs to be raided by the polis to arrest all the defrauders of taxpayers.i thought we were heading to be a banana rebulic ,but we are a banana republic,bribes corruption lies sleaze sex theft votes denied the electorate all under the gibbering eejit big smile broons watch.
vote the trough feeders out
13

valleyjim,

12/05/2009 20:37:26
It's the BNP for me boys. I've had it with the lot of them.
14

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12/05/2009 22:20:54
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