I feel sympathy for many MPs, even some of the guilty. In particular those whose only guilt was questionable judgement of what was reasonable as informed by custom & practice and indications from the deeply flawed fees office. However I have absolutely no sympathy for some others.
The predominant distinction between the two groups is my view of their integrity and sense of responsibility towards the taxpayer and constituents.Nadine Dorries is a particularly bad case. It is clear to me that:-
- She appears to have initially admitted submitting expense claims that were in breach of the rules.
- She refuses to face up to even the possibility that she may not be perfect. She just does not get it.
- She is very quick to blame everyone else, from her own PA to the Barclay brothers (who had her blog pulled for defamation).
- She does not hesitate to misrepresent facts to the extent of fooling only herself.
She heavily moderates comments on her own blog, and is now saying that she will not publish comments that try "to misinterpret the position I have laid out in a blog".
Those who follow this mendacious dingbat's behaviour will recognise that Nadine is quick to express her wishes as truths and has obviously found it inconvenient to allow people to point this out on her blog.
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