Tom Wise

Unwise Wise.

Christianity-is-not-leftwing (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009

So Tom Wise the corrupt MEP got two years jail - GOOD!

Expenses fraud MEP Tom Wise was given 'all clear' by European Parliament

The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009

Tom Wise the former MEP sent to prison for stealing expenses was given the 'all clear' in a cover up by the European Parliament's authorities before investigators called in the police.

Tom Wise

Tim Worstall (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009

A FORMER MEP who fiddled a whopping �39,000 in expenses was jailed for two years today. About right don’t you think? This bit I hadn’t known: Wise, of Leighton Buzzard, Beds, who left Ukip after the scandal, originally denied false accounting between October 14 and November 16 2004. But during his trial, and just before Ukip leader Nigel Farage [...]

Disgraced exUkip MEP Tom Wise jailed for two years for expenses fraud

The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009

By Published: 4:20PM GMT 11 Nov 2009 Tom Wise, the disgraced former Ukip MEP, who has has been jailed for two years for expenses fraud Photo: PA Tom Wise, boasted openly about “repatriating” money from the EU to Britain as he lodged his £3,000-a-month claims for office staff, a court heard. But, paying his researcher only a fraction of the allowance, he funnelled the rest into a secret...

Banged up!

EU Referendum (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009

Tom Wise has been jailed for two years, according to The Times and others. That means he will do one year, less some, but the first two weeks are the hardest anyway. It has to be said that the sentence is well-deserved. Had not Daniel Foggo picked it up, the fraud would have been much more extensive than the £39,000 he actually ripped off. But this was not just a matter of theft. It was...

Tom Wise is jailed, but Timothy Kirkhope is defamed

Archbishop Cranmer (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009

A most curious juxtaposition. The article on the EU Politix site which recounts the sorry tale of former UKIP MEP Tom Wise, who was today jailed for defrauding the taxpayer of £39,000, actually carries a picture of leading Conservative MEP, Timothy Kirkhope. And Mr Kirkhope's picture also features prominently on the The EU Parliament main page (which will doubtless disappear overnight)....

Tim, Tom? What's In a Name?

Iain Dale's Diary (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009

I think if I were Timothy Kirkhope MEP I might be phoning m'Learned Friend tonight... This is from the Parliament.com website which is covering the jailing of former UKIP MEP Tom Wise. Unfortunately they have used a picture of Tory MEP Timothy Kirkhope to illustrate the story. They do quote him at the end of the story, to be fair, but you'd have thought a picture of Tom Wise might be...

Former UKIP MEP Tom Wise to face jail over expenses fiddle

Colin Ross News Stories (Free subscription) | 08/11/2009

According to the Times the former UKIP MEP Tom Wise is facing prison after confessing to an expenses fiddle worth more than £30,000. Tom Wise was the UK Independence Party's MEP for the East of England when he was accused of spending money allocated for office expenditure on a new car and expensive wines.

Former MEP Tom Wise jailed for £39,000 expenses fraud

Times Online (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009

A former MEP has been jailed for two years for channelling £39,000 of expenses into a secret bank account.

• MEP jailed for fiddling expenses - Metro.co.uk
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Wise jailed for two years

UKIP (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009

UKIP chairman Paul Nuttall has welcomed a judge's decision to jail a former MEP who fiddled £39,000 in expenses to two years today. "This whole sorry episode is now over and justice has been done," said Mr Nuttall. "We now hope that the CPS will be emboldened to look more closely at Westminster." Tom Wise, 61, who represented Ukip before turning independent, spent...

Tom Wise, former MEP, jailed for £39,000 expenses fraud

Times Online (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009

A former MEP was sentenced to two years in prison today after fiddling his expenses to channel £39,000 into a secret bank account.

Wise before the event

EU Referendum (Free subscription) | 08/11/2009

With Tom Wise awaiting sentencing for fraud, after changing his plea to guilty last week, Daniel Foggo in The Sunday Times gives the background to the case. Neither Wise nor UKIP come out well. Not least, as Daniel is now able to record, UKIP – contrary to its claims – went to great lengths in an attempt to cover-up Wise's criminal activities. This segment from his...

Tom Wise statement

UKIP (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009

UKIP today issued a brief statement after Tom Wise, a former MEP, pleaded guilty to false accounting, at Southwark Crown Court: A UKIP spokesman said: "Tom Wise broke faith with the UK Independence Party, which is why the whip was withdrawn. "We believe as a party it is vital as a matter of public confidence that justice is done and have no doubt that this will set a precedent...

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Britannia Radio (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009

Latest NewsTom Wise statementThursday, 5th November 2009UKIP today issued a brief statement after Tom Wise, a former MEP, pleaded guilty to false accounting, at Southwark Crown Court: MoreNuttall steps down as ChairmanThursday, 5th November 2009UKIP Chairman Paul Nuttall announced today that he will be stepping down from the helm after the new Party Leader is elected. MoreNattrass blast...

MEP Wise confesses to expenses fraud

The Independent (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009

Former British MEP Tom Wise, 61, who masterminded a £36,000 expenses fiddle, was facing jail today after he confessed during his Southwark Crown Court trial.