David Laws

[Lozzer]

I feel really saddened that this wonderful gentleman had to go, even though he's responsible for the robbery of £40,000 of British taxpayer's money. He never did it out of greed, but protect his sexuality from the ever prowling eye of the British media. He's surely a cunt, but a cunt desperate to hide an element of his personality that so many people would judge him for. Bless him.

[floppit]

from The Telegraph:

The little local difficulty was that Laws, over an eight-year period, had claimed more than £40,000 in expenses, against the parliamentary rules. It seems that further expenses remain to be scrutinised. According to The Daily Telegraph: “He also regularly claimed up to £150 a month for utilities and £200 a month for service and maintenance until parliamentary authorities began demanding receipts. Claims then dropped to only £37 a month for utility bills and £74 a month for his share of the council tax. Claims for service, maintenance and repairs dropped dramatically to less than £25 a month.”

Cameron went on to say in his reply to Laws: “I am sure that, throughout, you have been motivated by wanting to protect your privacy rather than anything else.” Reading that and the similar drivel that has cascaded out of the establishment over the past 24 hours, one would think that Laws was under some compelling duress to take £40,000 of taxpayers’ money in order to protect his privacy. On the contrary, his privacy was only invaded because he had taken public money.

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/geral ... went-away/

While I'm no fan of the paper in general - on latter point I'm inclined to agree. I think his play is for a sympathy card which ultimately does a certain degree of injustice to the many thousands actually proud to be gay.

[Rum]

I have to say I had guessed he was gay (not that I give a damn either way), but if his motivation was to keep it private - well for me he radiated it.