Comments on: Richard Benyon: did he break the rules on Parliamentary funds? http://www.libdemvoice.org/richard-benyon-newbury-mp-4259.html Our place to talk - an independent website for supporters of the Liberal Democrat party in the UK. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 23:38:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: David Boothroyd http://www.libdemvoice.org/richard-benyon-newbury-mp-4259.html#comment-63890 David Boothroyd Fri, 26 Sep 2008 18:15:09 +0000 http://www.libdemvoice.org/?p=4259#comment-63890 Looks a very similar situation to Nadine Dorries' "blog". Looks a very similar situation to Nadine Dorries’ “blog”.

]]> By: Simon http://www.libdemvoice.org/richard-benyon-newbury-mp-4259.html#comment-63462 Simon Wed, 24 Sep 2008 13:28:15 +0000 http://www.libdemvoice.org/?p=4259#comment-63462 A pretty fundamental error though, wouldn't you say? The line about 'paid for by the Communications Allowance' is on every page of his website. But he clearly didn't give that a moment's thought. How did 'someone realise very quickly'? Someone added a blog comment informing him of the rules of which he was clearly ignorant. Specifically, me. It may well have been an honest mistake. But frankly it does call into question the whole nature of the communications allowance. What is there for an MP to say that isn't apolitical? For the record: I see all trace of the blog has now been removed. No mention in the navigation, and no news announcement on the homepage. <i>It just didn't happen, right?</i> The evidence is still visible at http://www.richardbenyon.com/blog/ though. A pretty fundamental error though, wouldn’t you say? The line about ‘paid for by the Communications Allowance’ is on every page of his website. But he clearly didn’t give that a moment’s thought.

How did ‘someone realise very quickly’? Someone added a blog comment informing him of the rules of which he was clearly ignorant. Specifically, me.

It may well have been an honest mistake. But frankly it does call into question the whole nature of the communications allowance. What is there for an MP to say that isn’t apolitical?

For the record: I see all trace of the blog has now been removed. No mention in the navigation, and no news announcement on the homepage. It just didn’t happen, right? The evidence is still visible at http://www.richardbenyon.com/blog/ though.

]]> By: Elaine http://www.libdemvoice.org/richard-benyon-newbury-mp-4259.html#comment-63371 Elaine Tue, 23 Sep 2008 15:31:29 +0000 http://www.libdemvoice.org/?p=4259#comment-63371 He may have broken the rules but someone obviously realised quickly and corrected the error. He may have broken the rules but someone obviously realised quickly and corrected the error.

]]> By: Paul Walter http://www.libdemvoice.org/richard-benyon-newbury-mp-4259.html#comment-63364 Paul Walter Tue, 23 Sep 2008 13:48:46 +0000 http://www.libdemvoice.org/?p=4259#comment-63364 Couldn't he just whip up a blog on Blogger or Wordpress like everyone else? It's a doddle. Couldn’t he just whip up a blog on Blogger or WordPress like everyone else? It’s a doddle.

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