The stink is not just at home

A Member of the European Parliament who was elected standing for a party that even David Cameron regarded as "fruitcakes" for their stance on Europe has been convicted of expenses fraud. It is not just the main parties who have rot, despite the samller parties attempting to claim they are pure from expenses fiddling. He claimed thousands of pounds a month for secretarial expenses, but actually paid his secretary a pittance of £500 a month, while spending the rest on fine wines and cars. But what interests me most is the name of his personal assistant he so grievously udnerpaid - Lynsey Jenkins. Not that one, surely?