Smiths been caught at it. Well rather, her husband has been caught at it and then invoiced the tax-payer for the pleasure.
The Home Secretary today announced that she would repay an invoice from her husband and parliamentary aid to pay-per-view porn films.It comes only weeks after Smith was challenged over the second home allowance she has drawn from her second home, incidentally her sisters. This wouldn't be so bad if fellow minister Tony McNulty hadn't been found with his hand in the till as well. It comes as a particularly virulent period of 'sleaze' for the Government.
Remember the same thing happening towards the end of the Major government?
It is with all of this in mind that the comments of Diane Abbot seem particularly pertinent. After Easter the initial Freedom of Information Act request for Parliamentary expenses reaches its culmination. This shall see the publication of thousands upon thousands of receipts.
As Abbot intuitively notes, don't expect a few porn films for the Home Secretary's husband to be the worst of it.
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