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The big difference between what Olly Grender said and what the Mirror said she said

By Caron Lindsay | Sat 4th October 2014 - 10:00 am

The Mirror ran a big splash yesterday saying that Liberal Democrat peer Olly Grender was complaining that her House of Lords allowance is insufficient. “We struggle to get by on £300 per day tax free allowance” screams the headline.

If you actually look at the substance of the story, there is absolutely nothing to substantiate that total misrepresentation of what she was saying. They even run a little poll asking if you could get by on £300 tax free.

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Posted in News | Also tagged diversity, house magazine, mail, olly grender, paddy ashdown and sexism | 25 Comments

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