14/07/2011
In the tradition of
Madame Defarge, we continue to record the 274 MPs
who gave away £9.8 billion of our money, with their votes. The next in our Hall of Shame is
Adam Afriyie, a Conservative (In Name Only), supposedly representing the constituency of Windsor. His facebook profile
is here.
Mr Afriyie,
so he tells us, "is known for his thoughtfulness, honesty and plain-speaking style". He has, or so he avers, "the courage to lead from the front" and a determination to gets things done. As one of those faux Tory eurosceptics, he was proud to be London chairman of
Business For Sterling - alongside George "Useless" Eustice - and a spokesman for the "no" to the Euro campaign.
Currently, Mr Afriyie's biggest bitch is the MPs' expenses system which,
he complains is a "complete mess" and discriminates against less well-off politicians â
like himself. He claims the new system forces some MPs to subsidise their work, leaving those who could afford it to continue unhindered while less well-off MPs,
like himself, are brought into disrepute.
However, this concern for the less well off (
himself) did not stop him tramping through the lobby to vote for giving our money away â much of it taken from those very few, desperately poor people who are
less well off than himself. And his personal share of this smash and grab is £36 million, which he now owes us. As our candidate to celebrate Bastille Day, he can now consider himself Noted By Madame Defarge (NBMD). The knitting grows longer.
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