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Sleazy Tory Party scores an own goal

By John Hirst

Sleazy Tory Party scores an own goal

The Conservative MEP charged by David Cameron with ensuring the probity of expenses claims admitted last night to breaking the rules by channelling thousands of pounds of allowances into a family company.

Giles Chichester paid more than £400,000 for office services to a company of which he was a director.

Don't tell me that's a sword of truth he's wielding? Didn't that other corrupt Tory Jeffery Archer wield one of these? Off with his head that's what I say!

UPDATE: I have just been reminded in comments that it was that other corrupt Tory MP Jonathan Aitken who wielded the sword of truth...

Full post as published by prisonlawinsideout on June 05, 2008 (boomark / email).