Paid £40,000 of taxpayers’ money to his own sister while claiming that he lived at her home. This was in total violation of the rules which forbid MPs from renting properties from family members with taxpayers’ money.
After being found out by the Daily Telegraph, Simon then bought a flat in Camden and claimed thousands of pounds of taxpayers’ money to renovate and furnish it, and a further £5,400 towards its stamp duty.
Hilarious bit at around1.00 in - "one of the key elements of the Skills Funding Agency will be Train to Gain, National Employer Service, National Apprenticeship Service - well, er, that's three of the key elements..." Sounds like Python's Spanish Inquisition - "the main element in our weaponry is suprise, and fear." Pause. "Two, the two main elements are surprise, fear, and an almost fanatical devotion to the Pope." Pause. " No, hang on. Amongst our weaponry are such diverse elements as...."
This has been flagged as spam show
Sion Simon’s expenses record:
Paid £40,000 of taxpayers’ money to his own sister while claiming that he lived at her home. This was in total violation of the rules which forbid MPs from renting properties from family members with taxpayers’ money.
After being found out by the Daily Telegraph, Simon then bought a flat in Camden and claimed thousands of pounds of taxpayers’ money to renovate and furnish it, and a further £5,400 towards its stamp duty.
Source: Daily Telegraph, December 18, 2009.
felix3840 8 months ago
Comment removed
felix3840 8 months ago
Sion Simon’s record
Voted very strongly for the illegal Iraq war
Voted very strongly against any investigation into the illegal Iraq war
Voted strongly for introducing ID cards
Voted very strongly for Labour's so called "anti-terrorism" laws (a.k.a. totalitarian police-state laws)
Source: TheyWorkForYou website.
Those are the four big tests of whether an MP has any honour and decency, and, as we can see, Sion Simon failed all four of them.
felix3840 8 months ago
He said he'd work for nothing if they made made him a minister- so here he is (was).
floppyd0g 9 months ago
Hilarious bit at around1.00 in - "one of the key elements of the Skills Funding Agency will be Train to Gain, National Employer Service, National Apprenticeship Service - well, er, that's three of the key elements..." Sounds like Python's Spanish Inquisition - "the main element in our weaponry is suprise, and fear." Pause. "Two, the two main elements are surprise, fear, and an almost fanatical devotion to the Pope." Pause. " No, hang on. Amongst our weaponry are such diverse elements as...."
ionlydressinblack 2 years ago
Spectacularly inarticulate. It sounds like he's read and memorised a leaflet with some key words torn out. He makes no sense whatsoever.
ionlydressinblack 2 years ago