So what about Baroness Uddin, who made expenses claims for a second home that was a social housing property? Mr Brown cannot evict her, but he can investigate her, report his findings, and expel her from the Labour Party if she has fallen short of his moral standards. I sent my column for this magazine about the Baroness (5 June) to Mr Brown, requesting a comment.
He has not replied. Looks like double standards to me.
Tim Leunig, London School of Economics
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Joe Halewood | 31/07/2009 5:37 pm
Its arrogance and conceit i would say ... on Tim Leunig's part not Gordon Browns. If I or anyone else writes directly to or indirectly to in a colum would we expect a reply? Precisely!
It is unlawful for an MP or Lord to have a second home? No. It is unlawful for an MP or Lord to claim expenses for a second home? No.
It is morally wrong for any MP or Lord to flip their second home to take the p**S out of the system? Yes.
Did all party leaders decry the fiddling of expenses? Yes
Do we see Mr Leunig ask for all MPs who did fiddle their expenses from all parties be expelled from those party's? No we didnt and that neatly reveals the real extent of Tim Leunigs comments. So who has the real double standard Mr Leuniig? These comments are a thinly veiled and politically motivated attempt to discredit his political opponents - and at the same time pander his own over-inflated ego with such conceit.
Is saying one thing about social housing when its clear that its political sophistry attempts to hide the opposite a better example of social housing fraud?
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