Alex Salmond billed taxpayer £14,100 to try and impeach Tony Blair
Alex Salmond Posturing
I see that the nice Mr Salmond and his SNP party has been stealing from us, the taxpayers of this country, by trying to have that nice Mr Blair impeached. Whilst this might have been a “good cause” at the time, I don’t see why the taxpayer should fund this sort of party political posturing. I assume that this money will be repaid. According to the Telegraph
The Blair impeachment campaign, led by Mr Salmond, was charged at 150 per hour for 35 hours of work, and £6,750 of other costs. With VAT, the total came to £14,100.According to the invoice, Matrix charged the Nationalist MPs for “taking instructions regarding a case to answer against the Prime Minister for impeachment, and reading two lever arch files of documents” they had sent.
They also paid for barristers Rabinder Singh and Professor Conor Gearty to advise him on various matters, and liaise with his office and the media.
But further details of Mr Salmond’s expenses claims, released on Thursday included an invoice totalling £14,100 from Matrix chambers.
His share of the bill, shared out among all the Nationalist MPs involved, was £790. He signs this as being “wholly, exclusively and necessarily incurred on parliamentary duties” which is just plain wrong. I assume all the SNP and Plaid Cymru MP’s will be doing the necessary to repay this to the ever growing fund of MP’s repaid expenses, which now totals somewhat over £500,000.
Salmond Signs
Alex Salmond billed taxpayer £14,100 to try and impeach Tony Blair – Telegraph.
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Do you think it’s stealing? I think the £20,000 cost ex Speaker Martin made us pay to keep us from getting information is theft. This was in the public interest and no other party would challenge Blair. They all supported the hellish Iraq war and they all support this one – to their shame.