Not So Divine, Jim Devine
According to the Sunday Herald this morning, Jim Devine, the Labour MP for Livingstone, has claimed a total of nearly £17,000 in "car" and "mileage" costs, saying his office manager drove him around his constituency in her own vehicle and he repaid her costs in full. But the office manager, Marion Kinley, told the Sunday Herald: "I received only £60."
I suppose this would be the reason that Mr Devine has never voted on the issue of a transparent parliament. Anything to do with the fact that he’s ranked 21 out of our 645 MPs in the level of expenses they claim? With a 2,680 majority he's one who's likely under threat from the SNP (Mr Devine replaced Robin Cook following the former Foreign Secretary's death)
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As a learned friend has just pointed out. "Better than that! Mr Devine was Cook's Agent in the constituency before he (Cook) passed on. He may therefore be assumed to know how the system (sic) works!"
I'd forgotten that small point....
What a crook. He'd fit right in in American politics.
you're welcome to him!!
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