Alistair Carmichael - Liberal Democrat MP for the Orkneys and Shetland IslandsJust a quick comment today…….
I see that the question of MP’s expenses is in the news again. It is rumoured that up to 300 MP’s will be receiving a letter from Sir Thomas Legg, asking them to either re pay, or furnish further details of their expenses claims.
It seems that at long last someone in power is getting real at long last – or maybe……
I have learnt from an impeccable source (Barry White – he of the WHITE STUFF Blog) that Alistair Carmichael (Liberal Democrat MP for Orkney & Shetland) has already fallen foul of the new, tighter regulations on travel claims.
It seems that in its wisdom someone in power has decided that MP’s should travel by train and not aircraft, so on the new claim form it clearly requests that you insert the name of the nearest main line station. Now Alistair, not wanting to fall foul of the new regulations rang the Houses of Commons Fees Office and explained that as he resided in what is essentially the middle of the North Sea, surely he didn’t need to fill in his nearest main line station.
The official he spoke to was one of those people obviously couldn’t or wouldn’t think for himself, and insisted that Alistair fill in the required mainline station.
God Bless him. Alistair did his homework.
His nearest mainline station?
Oslo!
I see that the question of MP’s expenses is in the news again. It is rumoured that up to 300 MP’s will be receiving a letter from Sir Thomas Legg, asking them to either re pay, or furnish further details of their expenses claims.
It seems that at long last someone in power is getting real at long last – or maybe……
I have learnt from an impeccable source (Barry White – he of the WHITE STUFF Blog) that Alistair Carmichael (Liberal Democrat MP for Orkney & Shetland) has already fallen foul of the new, tighter regulations on travel claims.
It seems that in its wisdom someone in power has decided that MP’s should travel by train and not aircraft, so on the new claim form it clearly requests that you insert the name of the nearest main line station. Now Alistair, not wanting to fall foul of the new regulations rang the Houses of Commons Fees Office and explained that as he resided in what is essentially the middle of the North Sea, surely he didn’t need to fill in his nearest main line station.
The official he spoke to was one of those people obviously couldn’t or wouldn’t think for himself, and insisted that Alistair fill in the required mainline station.
God Bless him. Alistair did his homework.
His nearest mainline station?
Oslo!
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