tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1131658095945044290.post4881006742338317591..comments2023-10-09T11:27:46.098+01:00Comments on Shepherd's Bush: Bailey: Questions about missing receiptsChris Underwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03026438313352911527noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1131658095945044290.post-59053930315660475722010-04-19T18:13:41.109+01:002010-04-19T18:13:41.109+01:00Well, I hope he doesn't have "a little pa...Well, I hope he doesn't have "a little panic" if he becomes an MP. And I'm not sure how good he is going to be making decisions on banking reform and economic recovery if he "never had a wider view of accountants and lawyers".<br /><br />I thought he was portraying himself as a professional, in his thirties, with experience of running an organisation helping disadvantaged children not "a kid from the estate".<br /><br />How much money did he receive personally from the charity?<br /><br />If he can't keep track of £16 000 of his own charity's money, does he really expect us to trust him with taxpayers money?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1131658095945044290.post-48972561667175730182010-04-19T17:55:56.096+01:002010-04-19T17:55:56.096+01:00In Bailey's own blog post, the very next sente...In Bailey's own blog post, the very next sentence after he complains about Slaughter's lack of receipts is about his co-founding of MyGeneration:<br /><br />"expense records show he claimed between £100 and £250 of petty cash each month - cash given without the need for a receipt. Still, he claims to have some of the cleanest expences in parliament!<br /><br />For anyone curious about my CV, let me help. I co-founded and currently work with MyGeneration."<br /><br />Co-founded. Does that mean he was one of the "only two full-time staff" - and thus that some of this money was paying him as salary... or expenses?<br /><br />He's not being particularly clear about his own role and responsibility for the lack of receipts & accounts, is he?<br /><br />Perhaps he could also make clear whether or not he himself received any of this £16,000 that is not properly accounted for. <br /><br />Immediate transparency about his personal responsibility for and/or benefits from this money would clear it up quickly. If there's a lesson to be learnt from MPs expenses, it's that.<br /><br />Rather than just trying to brush it off by saying that it's a political attack from Labour, which frankly sounds a bit weak. <br /><br />...and also oddly reminiscent of the MPs during the expenses scandal - from a man who has repeatedly claimed to be different from "professional politicians".Ruperthttp://twittervlog.tvnoreply@blogger.com