Time's Up Julie
Pressure is mounting on Tory backbencher Julie Kirkbride amid further damaging revelations about her Parliamentary expenses.
Her husband, fellow Conservative MP Andrew MacKay, recently announced his departure from Westminster after the Daily Telegraph broke the news that the pair had claimed second home allowance on different properties.
The Telegraph escalated its campaign against Miss Kirkbride today by publishing claims that the taxpayer part-funded a £50,000 extension at her flat so her brother could live there. It also claimed that the Bromsgrove MP allowed her brother to purchase £1,000 of electrical goods, funded by her Parliamentary allowance. Miss Kirkbride's sister, Karen Leadley, works as her £12,000 a year secretary even though she works 140 miles away from the constituency office.
Meanwhile in Bromsgrove a campaign to oust the money-grabbing MP continues to gather momentum. The 'Julie Must Go' pressure group has collected more than 5,000 signatures calling for Miss Kirkbride to stand down at the next General Election.
I can fully understand why her constituents are hacked off with her flamboyant use of taxpayer's money.
It pains me to see so many wayward Conservatives appearing in the pages of the 'Torygraph'. The only consolation is that these bad eggs will be dealt with, unlike their Labour counterparts skulking under their rocks until the furore has died down.
Enough is enough Julie. It's time to call it a day. It would be nice if you retained an ounce of dignity by stepping aside before you have to be pushed.
Her husband, fellow Conservative MP Andrew MacKay, recently announced his departure from Westminster after the Daily Telegraph broke the news that the pair had claimed second home allowance on different properties.
The Telegraph escalated its campaign against Miss Kirkbride today by publishing claims that the taxpayer part-funded a £50,000 extension at her flat so her brother could live there. It also claimed that the Bromsgrove MP allowed her brother to purchase £1,000 of electrical goods, funded by her Parliamentary allowance. Miss Kirkbride's sister, Karen Leadley, works as her £12,000 a year secretary even though she works 140 miles away from the constituency office.
Meanwhile in Bromsgrove a campaign to oust the money-grabbing MP continues to gather momentum. The 'Julie Must Go' pressure group has collected more than 5,000 signatures calling for Miss Kirkbride to stand down at the next General Election.
I can fully understand why her constituents are hacked off with her flamboyant use of taxpayer's money.
It pains me to see so many wayward Conservatives appearing in the pages of the 'Torygraph'. The only consolation is that these bad eggs will be dealt with, unlike their Labour counterparts skulking under their rocks until the furore has died down.
Enough is enough Julie. It's time to call it a day. It would be nice if you retained an ounce of dignity by stepping aside before you have to be pushed.
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