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Originally Posted by punky
That's the thing - he was brought down by £900/month that he refused to pay for himself and thought we ought to. Had he just paid for his own lovenest, he'd still be in office. Not too dissimilar from some of the MPs that claimed for small amounts that really they ought to have paid for in the first place. Had they did, they would have still be in office.
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I agree in part but don't think it was about the money - it was about keeping his private affairs private although in order to do that it appears he did misuse public money and the relatively small amounts involved have clearly cost him very dear on both counts.