It’s not every day that a politician puts their hand up to being a liar, and the ready admission by tory MP Nadine Dorries is something worth a mention.
The moral crusader found herself hauled up in front of Parliamentary expenses watchdogs over some confusion as to whether her house in the smoke or a constituency home in leafy Mid Beds was actually her main residence. She was claiming for a London address but was forever telling constituents via her blog how her primary domicile was the constituency.
Nadine cleared it up with the joyously contemptuous explanation:
My blog is 70% fiction and 30% fact. It is written as a tool to enable my constituents to know me better and to reassure them of my commitment to Mid Bedfordshire. I rely heavily on poetic licence and frequently replace one place name/event/fact with another.
Her admission has been enthusiastically seized upon by Tim Ireland (Bloggerheads) who condemns her as mendacious whilst Guido Fawkes thought the appropriate headline was Parliamentary Standards Commissioner clears Nadine. 'Guess they're both right.
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