Posted on 03/29/2009 9:25:12 AM PDT by Jakarta ex-pat
The Home Secretary's husband has apologised after the cost of two adult films watched by him was claimed back in her expenses.
Speaking outside their home in Jacqui Smith's Redditch constituency, Richard Timney said: "I am really sorry for any embarrassment I have caused Jacqui.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.sky.com ...
Maybe the time has come for governments to be run by people who are NOT there for the money, but for the love of their country.
Lower government wages by 90 percent and let's see who's standing.
The story makes it quite clear that the Home Secretary had nothing to do with what he did. Do you advocate the people decide the spouses of statesmen?
What!? This is about as newsworthy as Bristol Palin’s boyfriend breaking up with her.
Let the man take some time off, enjoy himself, and leave him alone. Two porn videos??? So what. It’s none of my business, and I really don’t want to know about it.
I think we need to come up with a term for this kind of news.
My suggestion: “embarressment propoganda.”
I wonder if the films were from the “Rude Brittania” series. I kid you not.
She might not have been there when he saw the movie, but was quite happy to trust his judgment when asking the British tax payer to foot the bill.
The VERY least she could do is resign.
Please read the whole article. The tax payer paid the bill.
Yes. What this says, of course, is that they have been charging ALL of their private expenses to the government as business expenses, and there just happened to be this one embarrassing item that had to be blamed on the husband.
Exactly, and so typical of government "workers".
Whoops. I’m on my first cup of coffee up here. Please excuse my early morning idiocy.
No worries as I’m on my last beer :-)
The titles of the films would help my research. Seeing the wife’s pic helped explain a bit also.
The guy looks a bit like Gene Hackman.
And her paid Commons advisor, who was behind a letter campaign to the newspapers in praise of her.
She might not have been there when he saw the movie, but was quite happy to trust his judgment when asking the British tax payer to foot the bill.
She put the bill on there; he added the movies.
The VERY least she could do is resign.
True, but not over this. "Jackboot Jacqui" should resign over her Bush-like anti-freedom policies.
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