The Telegraph’s at it again. It seems that the whole of the story about the MP below - David Curry- is entirely based on hearsay and malicious gossip. I hope that at the conclusion of the hearing the MP concerned will take action on his behalf but also on behalf of all the others so wrongly traduced.
There have been constant unsubstantiated allegations pouring out from an irresponsible paper whose circulation - I’m delighted to say - is falling more than most.
Now they’ve turned on another MP (Andrew Dismore) from the same committee and, from my reading of their accusations, there seems absolutely nothing for him to answer.
It would seem that the Telegraph are behaving like a rogue elephant trying to smash everything in its path. Their sole motivation seems to be to undermine all authority of any kind regardless of evidence - or lack of it. The headlines are all they have in these cases and nobody disputes that they invent those! This is typical of the way the Damien McBride school of journalism works
Christina
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GOOGLE NEWS 20.11.09
Expenses-row MP denies 'house ban'
(UK Press Association)
The head of the Commons committee that deals with MPs' expenses abuse has dismissed an allegation that his wife banned him from the constituency home he claimed for as "akin to Harry Potter".
Tory MP David Curry admitted having an affair but defended his record on expenses after being forced to stand down pending an inquiry.
Mr Curry is facing allegations that he claimed almost £30,000 towards the cost of a property that it was claimed his wife does not allow him to use.
But he said he has been spending more time with his wife of 38 years to patch up their relationship.
Speaking from his family home in Saffron Waldon in Essex, he said: "My wife has not banned me from anything. I had an affair, there is no denying that. We got over it.
"If you were repairing your relationship with someone, you would want to spend as much time with them as possible."
On his expenses, he added: "My expenses are very modest. They are completely above board. I am the second cheapest MP in Yorkshire."
According to the Daily Telegraph, Mr Curry's wife demanded he did not use the cottage in his Yorkshire constituency after she discovered five years ago that he was having an affair.
But challenged over the allegation, he said: "That's akin to Harry Potter. I have stayed in it hundreds, if not thousands, of times. I have had the house since 1987, I have not bought it on a speculative whim."
After the claims emerged, the MP for Skipton and Ripon referred his case to Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards John Lyon, who investigates alleged expenses misuse.
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