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recurv11 14.01.14 - 07:43am
Could our politicians be any further up their own arses ? * +

recurv11 14.01.14 - 07:44am
Parliament of posers: Taxpayer billed 250,000 for MPs to order paintings, statues and photographs of each other * +

recurv11 14.01.14 - 07:44am
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2538658/Parliament-posers-Taxpayer-billed-250-000-MPs-order-paintings-statues-photographs-other.html * +

recurv11 14.01.14 - 07:45am
Since 1995, two dozen politicians have been captured on canvasTony Blair, John Major and Paddy Ashdown among those chosenEx-Commons Speaker Betty Boothroyd has been featured 3 timesJohn Bercow spent 22,000 on a painting and another 15,000 on a frame * +

recurv11 14.01.14 - 07:45am
The spree included 11,750 for an apparently topless painting of Labours Diane Abbott the same amount as was spent on a full-sized statue of Baroness Thatcher.Other works include an 11,750 portrait of former foreign secretary Margaret Beckett, a 10,000 portrait of Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith, an 8,000 painting of Kenneth Clarke and a 4,000 oil painting of Foreign Secretary William Hague. * +

recurv11 14.01.14 - 07:43pm
for the leg end... * +

propidol 14.01.14 - 07:54pm
So thats 250,000 in 18 years. The crazy expense of it all. These portraits being public works of the people who have contributed to our nations political service. * +

recurv11 14.01.14 - 08:01pm
why should I be footin the bill for a topless picure of diane abbott and why do we need THREE paintings of boothroyd ? U go ahead an jusify it just cos they'll end up in 1 of ur oh so boring history books some day... * +

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