Email received from "DT" concerning an article in the Argus on the 15th of May (see here)
"I read with interest the comments made by Torfaen Labour AM. Lynne Neagle. The way her and Husband Huw Lewis juggle there expenses so they can maximise their claims, together with her comments lead me to believe she really believes in the saying charity begins at home and will pocket every last penny? and I expect hubby Huw has been given his instructions.
They are probably already browsing holiday brochures. Or are they in Curry's looking for that third washing machine? One purchased 29 August 06 another purchased 29 September 07 will there be another sometime 08 but then they are claimed for on expenses.
Has this poor woman been forced to take in washing to make ends meet, that could be the explanation for what seems an excessive washing machine claim? This couple seem to have more bookcases than Ikea. Why all the half claims, half a bed, half a wardrobe etc. after all they are both claiming for the same second home which must be some pad with a mortgage that well exceeds one assembly Members expenses and so could in no way cover any of the second home council tax and day to day expenses?
Anyone who has the effrontery to claim for a second home and all the furnishing, television, broadband, Telephone and all the other general running costs that are involved, when their place of work can almost be seen from their home in Cwmbran, will have little or no compunction about acceptance, I am therefore not at all surprised Mike German AM. is taking the rise. I would have thought Mike German AM and his Councillor wife are doing very well already out of the public purse but it appears they have a desire to do even better. And as for Huw Lewis and Lynne Neagle they could well feel they have won the lottery.
I believe once an Item has been purchased it then becomes the property of the AM to do with it as they will. And so once they have purchased one, or a second item one could quite legitimately go to the main residence? At this moment in time peoples trust has been so seriously damaged by politicians and their behaviour, It even makes one suspicious of their neighbour.
I would like more information, I am not concerned that they are permitted to claim. I would rather have the details of the Assembly Members claims for what seem, unexplained excessively large sums for meals and subsistence.
At home or at work the vast majority of an Assembly Members constituents have to pay their own.
Exactly how many times per annum is the second home, in all honesty, justifiably required for members who live within the same or even shorter commuting distance than the many thousands who have to commute at all times of the day or night? Nurses, Steel Workers etc.
Is it possible to have more detail, example: Lynne Neagle AM. hire car £313.62 petrol.
Travel claims for regular journeys explanation and reason?
Some of these claims are vague and mean very little to any Assembly Members constituents.
I suppose in a lot of cases the second home could well be a very good investment and although the tax payer has generously contributed to this and the politicians lavish lifestyle we will see no reward."
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I do not quite understand what the politicians mean, I will return any profit I make on the sale of my second home to the assembly. What a grand gesture this is, Sounds good, perhaps they believe this to be a real face saver? How will they calculate what they consider to be profit? Will the many thousands of pounds we the taxpayer have contributed toward paying the mortgage, in one way or another swell the Assembly Members bank balance? And before, on or after the sale of the property all the extremely expensive goodies can be sold, given to the offspring and if they have not already been so, can be shipped to the main home? This grand gesture of returning any profit to the assembly may however not be all it seems, the house has to be sold first before there is any pay back. The AM may decide after no longer serving the community? To let the property as fully furnished accommodation?
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