Friday, June 19, 2009

Ed Balls and his Expenses

We have to take instruction on how we should raise our children from this man?

6 comments:

  1. Anonymous8:21 am

    My OH also did a quick analysis of his expenses published yesterday:

    Nothing too major, except that he has blanked out many of his receipts. What is he trying to hide??? Speaks volumes!

    Poppy Wreath - £18.00
    Poppy Wreath x 2 £33.00
    Docklands Trading Post – everything blanked out. Why? £89.10
    Buildings Insurance on a rented property. Usually it's the landlord who has to
    pay buildings insurance on a property isn't it? £321.90
    Sponsor a football club – then claim it back off the taxpayer!
    Sponsor of Ossett Town Football club - £50
    Sponsor of Ossett Town Football club - £120
    He went on various IT training courses with "Computing for Labour" a branch of
    the Labour Party yet still had thousands of pounds of claims for IT consultancy.
    Office Products receipt where all the items are blanked out – why? If they are
    office products, what is he trying to hide - £175.77
    One receipt from Vodafone shows he is claiming for 2 mobile phones. Why 2?
    Glitter (yes glitter!!) - £1.30
    Gift Tags - £1
    Reasons to be Cheerful - £7.99
    Brass Plaque and Plinth - £105 (what for?)
    Nearly £2000 on 3 office desks. Of course, all of top grade quality.

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  2. Thanks Anon. It appears to go right through the whole gamut, from home flipping to phone flipping!

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  3. Anonymous9:12 am

    Yes, it's ironic, isn't it? Our standards have to be sky-high: we have to be perfect, yet this lot can do what they like and show a distinct lack of moral fibre.

    A case of Do as I say not as I do.

    Danae
    http://www.threedegreesoffreedom.blogspot.com

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  4. Anonymous9:16 am

    LOL - thanks. He did also seem to spend a lot of money at Asda getting photo's developed.

    He also spent a lot of money advertising in newspapers in his constituency. Pages and pages almost every week. Fine if you are advertising things like surgery times etc, but there was a lot and and one wonders if he wasn't just blowing his own trumpet: "look at me, aren't I great" type of thing.

    The problem is that they were blanked out why - so once again, you wonder what is he trying to hide!

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  6. It doesn't surprise me at all.

    Shirl x

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