Labour continue to gnaw at the juicy bone provided by justice minister Jonathan Djanogly who used private detectives to try to “blag” information from his party agent and constituents.
A while back, the Daily Telegraph revealed that Djanogly ordered Morris Chase International (MCI) to conduct “discreet inquiries under the pretext of writing a newspaper article” to establish the source of a their story about his expenses.
The Huntingdon MP paid MCI £5,000 to obtain information about his constituents, using “pretext calls” including to his [then] political agent, Sir Peter Brown. Sir Peter resigned after details of Mr Djanogly’s expense claims were published.
The practice of “blagging” has been roundly condemned by Prime Minister David Cameron and the expectation is that Djanogly will probably lose his post come the next reshuffle.
Labour hounds smelling blood have challenged an earlier decision by the information commissioner not to investigate the matter. A spokesman for the commissioner’s office has since stated that they are “carrying out inquiries into a complaint ... and will be responding in due course.”
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There is a load of blagging thats go's on here in Wales too. Mainly from government dept to quango to health board to council...minimal governemtn is the answer
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