The Lockerbie Case (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
[What follows is the text of a report on the BBC News website. It replaces that which appears in the post immediately below.] Jack Straw has denied a suggestion the UK government guided Scottish ministers to release the Lockerbie bomber from prison on compassionate grounds. But ministers did tell the Scottish government prior to Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi's release the UK government was not seeking...
nufc1892 blog on Absolute Radio (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
An online video game which allows players to pelt MPs caught in the expenses scandal with custard pies has become an internet hit. Voters are not waiting until the general election to let politicians know what they think of them as thousands visit the The MPs’ Expenses Custard Pie Shoot-out site to vent their anger. MPs in the firing line include Douglas Hogg, the former Conservative Cabinet...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
Under Cameron's 'transparency revolution' the public would be able to monitor the finances of the BBC and other public bodies During the MPs' expenses row the large ticket and often complex abuses were often overshadowed by less costly but more offensive stories. The cleaning out of the moat around Douglas Hogg's castle, for example, and what must now be the most famous duck house in the world will...
Denverstrope (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
One wonders how many of these venerable political veterans are actually going to make it to the next election, let alone keep their seats by fighting in it. Mind you, quite a few of them have been found with snouts firmly planted deep in the trough during the expenses scandal, so they're already treading water until the arrival of the first gold-plated pension cheque that will signal the blissful,...
ConservativeHome's Seats & Candidat (Free subscription) | 18/10/2009
My sources in Lincolnshire report that Stephen Phillips QC was earlier this evening selected in the second ballot out of a field of six for the Conservative nomination in the seat being vacated by Douglas Hogg. Stephen was one of...
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 15/10/2009
His moat was mocked with merciless severity until it joined the duck house as a timeless symbol of Tory selfindulgence. In any corner of these islands one has only to say the word moat to indicate that our ruling class is rotten to the core.
Jess The Dog (Free subscription) | 15/10/2009
Harriet Harman is a shameless hypocrite. Earlier this year, Harman said that Fred The Shred’s pension was at risk even if legal action was required, and even retrospectively. Now, Harman is saying that any audit of MP’s expenses by Sir Thomas Legg should not be “arbitrary” and should be based “on the rules and standards” at the time. Then........ Harriet Harman has...
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 15/10/2009
The Tory MPs Alan Duncan and Douglas Hogg have joined a number of MPs at the centre of the expenses scandal to criticise the audit of claims being carried out by Sir Thomas Legg.
Evening Standard - News (Free subscription) | 13/10/2009
Tory grandee Douglas Hogg says he has not been asked to repay a penny of his expenses claims
Fair Deal Phil (Free subscription) | 12/10/2009
Local Conservatives are outraged at a decision by their Party to parachute another Londoner into a Lincolnshire parliamentary seat. Some are threatening to quit Cameron's Conservatives after learning that all local applicants to replace disgraced North Hykeham and Sleaford MP Douglas Hogg have been excluded from the selection process - without even reaching the interview stage. Mr Hogg hit the national...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 08/10/2009
Thirteen years ago today, the Tories held a conference as they were about to lose power. And they were mired in sleaze It is 8 October 1996, exactly 13 years ago, and the first day of the Conservative party conference. The Tories have been in power for more than 17 years. But there remains the odd frustration. A pensioner in sedate Henley-on-Thames has been hit on the head by a stone thrown, according...
ConservativeHome's Seats & Candidat (Free subscription) | 02/10/2009
"Sleaford and North Hykeham Conservatives have chosen six candidates to contest an open primary meeting on Sunday, October 18, to select a Conservative Candidate to succeed The Rt Hon Douglas Hogg QC MP, as the Conservative Candidate at the next...
ffranc sais (Free subscription) | 25/09/2009
The Indian Army got away (until now ) with hiding in the terrorist defence budget their acquisition of golf buggies for generals under the heading "silent reconnaissance vehicles". Now if Sir Peter Viggers had described his duck house as "secure reception area for foreign guests flying in", or Douglas Hogg had put his moat maintenance down to additional security measures, perhaps...
Olly's Onions (Free subscription) | 20/08/2009
Conservative leader David Cameron has moved swiftly to put distance between himself and the Tory party, which he described today as having 'some quite eccentric views.' This week Mr Cameron rebuked MEP Dan Hannan over his criticism of the NHS . Yesterday Mr Cameron moved to squash plans put forward by a Tory council to subsidise the fees of children attending private schools if their parents lose...
Fair Deal Phil (Free subscription) | 20/08/2009
The Lincolnshire Tory grandee famous for having his moat cleaned at public expense has backed calls by one of his Conservative colleagues for MPs pay to be doubled to £130,000. Douglas Hogg, MP for Sleaford and North Hykeham, and his wife "Lady" Hogg have both been embroiled in the expenses scandal, but Mr Hogg has joined Tory calls for MPs to receive a massive pay increase at public...
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