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MP David Amess's £1,500 mystery website
1:20am Tuesday 23rd June 2009
SOUTHEND West Conser-vative MP David Amess claimed more than £1,500 on expenses for website design and hosting.
However, the only website the Echo has been able to find dedicated to Mr Amess contained just one picture and no information about him, besides the statement he was the MP for Southend West.
Yesterday, a spokesman at MP’s London office was unable to confirm the web address to which of Mr Amess’s claim related or if it had ever gone live.
He said he would ask Mr Amess to call us back, but the MP did not contact us yesterday.
The Conservative party is encouraging all its MPs, prospective candidates and constituency associations to set up their own websites to boost its modern image.
Southend East and Rayleigh and Rochford Conservative associations already have their own websites, as do their MPs, James Duddridge and Mark Francois.
Mr Francois’s website admits it is paid for by money claimed on his Parliamentary expenses.
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Nebs, Westcliff-on-Sea says...
10:35am Tue 23 Jun 09
.con
Southendian, says...
11:20am Tue 23 Jun 09
Chris Black, Rayleigh says...
12:55pm Tue 23 Jun 09
Some of the Lib Dems in Rochford run a website called www.onlinefocus.org.
We get thousands of visitors every month and it only costs us a fraction of £1500!
Perhaps Mr Amess should have a look...
evilc, essex says...
12:08pm Thu 25 Jun 09
dap, s woodham ferrers says...
6:37am Thu 2 Jul 09
Mr.Westham., Laindon says...
3:00pm Fri 3 Jul 09
He's so arrogant he shows no remorse, he just shrugs it off as if it's nothing, too petty...
Lets face it, if you worked in a bank, stole £50 from your employer, whilst in a position of trust... Its not just the sack, you would face, its a criminal record & possible prison sentence to go with it, making sure you cannot hold a simular postion again!
Why should it be any different for Arrogant MP's...?
It's about time an example is made, that would shake MP's back into the land of reality..
For MP's, Theft should equal a Public Sacking & Mandatory Prison Sentence...
Once done, I bet not even 1 penny would be unaccountable in future!
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Dumbnut, Southend says...
1:28am Tue 23 Jun 09