In case you missed it in the post below, here is the Guardian’s take on tonight’s Channel Four “How to get a meeting with a Minister” with our own (current) MP, Hugo Swire, in a starring role giving his views on those on benefits and (allegedly, of course) how it used to be so easy to buy fast Italian cars on MPs expenses.
Missing from the article was this joke filmed by Channel 4 at the £15,000 per table Tory fund raising ball in January 2015:
“It’s quite naff to have Bentleys, Rolls Royces and Ferraris because anyone could have them in the good old days of MPs expenses, we could have them too but we don’t any more”.
and:
“That was the gentleman from Lycamobile. We all like a mobile and we like your mobiles”
Lycamobile avoids tax and is a large Tory donor:
“The Tories have come under fire for accepting just over £105,000 from telecoms giant Lycamobile, which has not paid corporation tax in Britain since 2007, despite making millions each year….”
… Lycamobile’s latest donation, accepted this March, means they have given the party well over £500,000 since 2011, making them one of the party’s biggest corporate donors. The firm gave £102,620 to the party, and a further £2,400 to the party’s branch in the Cities of London and Westminster. …
“… According to its latest accounts, Lycamobile posted a turnover of £142 million over the financial year 2012 to 2013, declaring a profit of just over £4 million. This marked an increase in turnover from £120 million the previous year. …”
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/05/29/lycamobile-donations-tories-tax_n_5409793.html
East Devon Watch 
Of course, this ‘joke’ is in addition to his ill considered joke about the Greek economy and austerity.
And it’s not as if Hugo is shy about claiming every penny he can, even as little as 30 or 40 for a Mars bar.
We are all in it together he says!
It’s time to be shot of the man.
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