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Labour's class war explodes in its face: Expenses claims show Party's MPs milked the system to live like lords
Defence minister Quentin Davies included a receipt for bell tower repairs with his expense claims
A minister's £20,000 expenses claim for repairs to his roof and bell tower yesterday torpedoed Labour's class war campaign against 'Tory toffs'.
Details of MPs' most recent claims laid bare the way Labour members milked the system to live like lords.
Defence Minister Quentin Davies submitted an invoice for more than £20,000 to repair the bell tower and a lead gutter at his country home, but after the expenses scandal broke last May, he told Commons officials he never meant to claim for the tower.
The publication of 40,000 pages of new documents also revealed that:
• MPs claimed £10.7million last year - an average of £18,270 each - even after they knew their claims would be published;
• 60 MPs ' maxed out' their second homes allowance and 295, nearly half the Commons, claimed more than £20,000 last year;
• 79 MPs flipped the designation of their second home between April 2008 and the end of June this year;
• MPs went on spending sprees before the end of the financial year to get the most out of their allowances;
• MPs set to retire from the Commons claimed home improvements to make their retirement more congenial;
• Claims fell dramatically after the scandal broke.
Labour had made political hay when the first round of expenses revelations showed Tory grandees claiming for moat-cleaning and a floating duck house.
Gordon Brown then stepped up the class war assault on David Cameron's top team, saying last week that Tory policy was 'formed on the playing fields of Eton'.
But the accusations were left sounding hollow last night after details of Mr Davies's bell tower emerged.
Gordon Brown stepped up the class war assault on David Cameron's top team, saying last week that Tory policy was 'formed on the playing fields of Eton'
The MP submitted a £20,700 claim for roof repairs, including the bell tower, in December 2008, telling officials to work out how much he could be repaid. He eventually received £5,376.
But on May 18 he sent a letter insisting he 'emphatically was not seeking any reimbursement' for the bell tower. Mr Davies, a former Tory MP who defected to Labour, was far from alone in undermining his new party's class war.
Northern Ireland Secretary Shaun Woodward - another defector and the richest man in the Commons - used a firm of accountants who specialise in 'amassing wealth' to submit claims including £21,417 for maintaining one of his homes.
Labour Left-winger Harry Cohen, who claims his main home is a holiday caravan, left taxpayers with a staggering £1,997.65 bill for a luxury bath at his constituency home in Wanstead, East London.
Receipt: Details of Gordon Brown's claim for decoration work to a downstairs toilet at his constituency home in North Queensferry, Fife
Letters sent to Commons officials revealed the designer item by Studio Levien, which is advertised as 'the ultimate in freestanding luxury bathing', was bought to replace Mr Cohen's hot tub, which sat 'in a marble tiled surround' but had become 'unhygienic'.
£103 Emptying Michael Ancram's septic tank
£380 Liam Byrne's Kelso black kingsize bed with Kozee Olympic Kingsize mattress. Air bed claim rejected.
£437 Life insurance for Jim Knight (not allowed under rules)
£400 Sion Simon's bill for 16 nights' accommodation - during a 14-day period in April
£224.99 Dave Clelland's robot vacuum cleaner
£46 Sarah McCarthy-Fry's 'waterproof towelling mattress and pillow protector'
£350 Cleaning bill for Tommy McAvoy's 'full of crumbs and dirty' sofa and carpet with 'large spot marks and stains'
Backbencher Alan Meale claimed £1,070 of taxpayers' cash for a lavish garden shed - complete with 'glazed veranda' - at his second home.
Gordon Brown himself faced new embarrassment after repaying £500 he had claimed for decorating a 'summer house' at his Scottish home.
The Prime Minister also struggled to explain why he claimed for phone calls lasting nearly three hours to a mystery number in Canterbury.
Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg claimed £1,600 for gardening at his constituency home. The details of his claim revealed: 'My plan of attack this year will start with weeding the front garden'.
David Cameron escaped largely unscathed, although the Tory leader slashed the amount he claimed from £20,000 last year - £1,500 a month - to just £3,000 in the first three months of this year.
Critics pointed out that he submitted a mortgage interest claim two days after publicly declaring the system 'wrong'.
Fewer details of expenses were blacked out this time after a public outcry the last time claims were published.
The gravy train appears to have come to a juddering halt for many MPs after the scandal erupted. Dozens submitted no claims at all for the current financial year.
But the degree to which claims dropped is impossible to quantify because Commons officials did not give totals for both financial years.
Tory MP Douglas Carswell said last night: 'Yesterday the Chancellor hit home owners and anyone earning over £20,000 with tax rises.
'Today we discover that people in his party have been building property portfolios and getting their bell towers repaired.
'There is a clear double standard here - one rule for Labour MPs and one rule for hard-pressed people in the rest of the country.'
Sir Alistair Graham, the former standards watchdog, said: 'It doesn't appear as if the story is ever going to end. It seems to go on and on.'
The Tory turncoat who claimed £20,000 for his bell tower
By Daniel Martin
A minister who defected from the Tories to Labour submitted a claim for more than £20,000 of work to the bell tower and roof of his 18th century mansion.
Quentin Davies submitted the invoice in February for the work at £5million Frampton Hall in Lincolnshire.
Frampton Hall, the MP's £5million Lincolnshire mansion, with the bell tower inset
But as the expenses scandal broke three months later, with its embarrassing revelations over MPs claiming for duck houses and moats, he rushed to clarify to officials that he had never wanted the money for the bell tower.
By this time he had received £5,376.91 towards the work - the maximum allowed - so he did not need to write the letter, unless he wanted to pre-empt similar criticism.
Last night Mr Davies, MP for Grantham and Stafford, insisted that he only wanted the taxpayer to fund work to the roof of his mansion, but submitted all the receipts - including those relating to work on the bell tower - to help Commons officials in their calculation.
In a statement, Mr Davies said: 'The bell tower is an integral part of the roof. If it had collapsed, as it would have done if it had not been repaired, it would have smashed through the roof.
'I did not claim however in respect of it and I never had any intention of doing so. Moreover, I never intended my claim to be for more than a portion (around 50 per cent) of the roof repairs alone. This seemed to me - and seems to me - reasonable.'
Mr Davies is deeply unpopular among his former Tory colleagues after he defected to Labour in June 2007, just as Gordon Brown was preparing to take over as Prime Minister.
Just two years earlier, he had called Mr Brown 'extraordinarily incompetent'.
Nevertheless, in 2008 Mr Brown rewarded him by appointing him defence minister.
Last year, he had claimed £10,000 for cleaning Frampton Hall's windows.
This February, he submitted an invoice for work on the 'bell tower and lead gutter' which involved taking down the brickwork. It was then rebuilt using saved bricks and new 'York handmade' bricks.
The work also covered roofing work at the 'main house' using 'good quality' second-hand slates.
Last night Downing Street said the Prime Minister had 'full confidence' in Mr Davies. A spokesman said it was a decision for the minister whether any money was repaid.
How Shadow Chancellor's arithmetic let him down
By Dan Newling
George Osborne got his sums wrong by demanding more than the maximum allowable amount of expenses.
The Shadow Chancellor - who hopes to be in charge of the nation's finances next year - was rebuffed by the Fees Office when he claimed more than £24,006 last year.
Having already claimed up to £1,794 a month on mortgage interest, £225 for jet washing the side of his house and £3.20 for a brass lamp holder, Mr Osborne's request that the taxpayer foot his £654.91 home insurance bill pushed him over the limit.
Mr Osborne successfully claimed £112.70 for repairing his Aga in the following financial year. Fellow Shadow Cabinet member Jeremy Hunt was forced to repay £9,558.50 after allowing his agent and close friend Margaret Chellingworth to stay rentfree in his taxpayer-subsidised home.
Alan Duncan, the Shadow Prisons-Minister who notoriously complained that MPs were forced to live on 'rations', claimed for four phone lines at his home.
Stephen O'Brien, Shadow Health Minister, charged the taxpayer-826.46 to replace a broken window in his conservatory.
Mark Francois, Shadow Europe Minister, claimed for an array of snacks in June last year including Pot Noodles, Haribo sweets, Pringles, a Bounty and a Picnic bar.
Ken Clarke, Shadow Business Secretary, asked the taxpayer to pay £374 for fitting two 'tile cartoons' in his bathroom with other minor home repairs.
Crispin Blunt, Shadow Home Affairs Minister, asked for £400 towards repairing his water wheel.
Andrew Lansley, Shadow Health Secretary, claimed for insuring a medal and a painting.
And Laurence Robertson, the Shadow Northern Ireland Minister, claimed exactly £1 below the maximum £400 a month that MPs can claim for food without any receipt for 11 months of the financial year 2008 to 2009.
Gordon Brown repays £500 for his summerhouse
Gordon Brown has paid back £500 after he claimed taxpayers' cash for painting a summerhouse at his second home.
The Prime Minister admitted that the payment could appear 'questionable' and handed back the cash several weeks ago, Downing Street said.
Officials said the claim was within the rules and was not queried by Sir Thomas Legg, the auditor who is combing through MPs' receipts.
The summerhouse in Gordon Brown's garden, for which he has paid back £500 after he claimed taxpayers' cash for painting it
A spokesman for Mr Brown said the structure was more 'a building in his garden' which he used as a home office rather than a traditional summerhouse.
The publication of his expenses revealed that Mr Brown charged taxpayers for telephone calls lasting several hours.
He apparently made six separate calls from his second home in Scotland to a number in Canterbury.
The longest was two hours and 42 minutes in October last year, while another call last Christmas Eve lasted one hour and 50 minutes.
Downing Street refused to comment on the nature of the calls or even say who had made them.
One claim was rejected by Commons officials when Mr Brown failed to submit a £99 receipt for his Sky Sports subscription.
The summerhouse was the fourth repayment Mr Brown has made after overclaims for plumbing, electricity and service charge bills were uncovered earlier this year.
The prime minister's claims included £7245.22 in additional allowances with £2,713 dedicated to refurbishing a toilet at his constituency home.
Other expenses were £185 for gardening and £98.20 for dry-cleaning and laundry. Records for his phone bills revealed he had made three lengthy calls to Canterbury, one which went on for 1hr and 44minutes on March 27 2008.
The two other calls made at the end of October 2008 lasted 56 and 59 minutes respectively.
Mr Brown used taxpayer cash to have Sky TV extended to his bedroom. One of his biggest bills was for cleaning with fees regualarly reaching £700 for every three months.
The PM had paid back £12,000 for cleaning bills earlier this year.
Fresh scrutiny: Jacqui Smith claimed for a television, DVD and a new bed
Former home secretary Jacqui Smith's receipts include those for a £555.74 television, a £244.90 DVD player and £611spent on a new double bed and mattress.
The purchases were made in January this year, two months before the public revelation that the taxpayer had paid for adult films watched by her husband, Richard Timney.
Ms Smith repaid the money spent on the films which appeared on receipts submitted by Mr Timney himself, who works for his wife.
There was also a £136 claim for coal for the couple's family home in the MP's Redditch constituency, on which the taxpayer met the £1,000 monthly mortgage interest bill.
The standards watchdog ruled earlier this year that she had been wrong to count the house as her second home while listing as her main residence a room in her sister's house in London.
She insisted, however, that she had been poorly advised by the Commons authorities.
New expenses claims also revealed how Climate Change Secretary Ed Miliband bought gallons of taxpayer-funded spring water for his office - despite Government advice that it is bad for the environment.
He spent more than £1,000 on a water cooler for his constituency base.
The new papers show claims by Conservative leader David Cameron totalling £20,240.15 for his Additional Costs Allowances in 2008/09 and £3,066.91 in 2009/10.
The bulk of Mr Cameron's claim was made up by the £1,081 monthly mortgage interest payment on his second home, though there were also claims for phone bills, gas, electricity, heating oil, insurance and council tax.
The papers show that the Tory leader was caught out in September 2008 by the new rules requiring receipts for claims over £25, as his £194 claim for a utility bill was deducted because he had not supplied supporting documentation. The sum was later paid in full.
Junior pensions minister Helen Goodman claimed £600 to pay her husband of 21 years to advise her on the running of her office.
The MP for Bishop Auckland in County Durham paid the money to Charles Seaford from her office expenses in June last year.
Chairman of the Home Affairs Select Committee Keith Vaz was forced by the Valuation Officer to repay £840 because he had claimed for the same month (July 2007) twice.
Although the detail of what he claimed has been redacted, it appears to have been mortgage interest.
Vaz, who was exposed as a flipper in May, was also warned about changing the nomination of his second home within informing the Department of Resources.
Modest? Douglas Hogg's requests included £20 for a toaster, £19 for low-energy lightbulbs, £4.99 for weedkiller and £2.99 for refuse bags
The Tory MP, whose bill for moat-clearing came to symbolise the expenses scandal, switched the designation of his second home in 2008 from his Lincolnshire manor house to a property in London.
In addition to what he described as 'core expenses' of £1,091.42 a month - including £759 service charges and £40 a week for cleaning - he put in a series of claims for household items.
These included £20 for a toaster, £19 for low-energy lightbulbs, £4.99 for weedkiller, and £2.99 for refuse bags.
Mr Bercow, the Commons Speaker, claimed a total of £22,465.49 in Additional Costs Allowances during 2008/09, for mortgage interest, council tax, gas, electricity and cleaning on his second home.
The Foreign Secretary received a reminder notice from South Tyneside Council for failing to keep up his monthly council tax payments.
He was warned that he faced recovery proceedings for the full outstanding balance of £685.44 unless he paid the overdue sum of £64.44 within seven days.
Married Cabinet couple Ed Balls and Yvette Cooper refunded a total of £2,700 in mortgage interest claimed for their London home.
The Schools Secretary and Work and Pensions Secretary had claimed £22,000 - £1,000 a month each - but wrote to Commons authorities after falling interest rates reduced their mortgage bill.
It meant they claimed £19,300 in mortgage interest under ACA in 2008/09, along with £1,889.73 in council tax, £900 for electricity, £299.40 for an alarm system, £364 for water bills and £926.10 in home insurance - a total of £23,679.23.
The papers also show neither MP has so far submitted claims under under PAAE in 2009/10.
Each claim for ACA includes a signed statement from the MPs confirming that spending was 'wholly, exclusively and necessarily incurred to enable you to stay overnight away from your only or main home for the purpose of performing your parliamentary duties'.
Cabinet couple: Yvette Cooper and her husband Ed Balls, who have paid back some of their expenses claims after a drop in interest rates reduced their mortgage bill. They claimed a total of £23,679 in 2008/09
Alan and Ann Keen - the couple nicknamed Mr and Mrs Expenses - were asked to repay £353.41 after overclaiming for service charges on their London flat.
Health Minister Mrs Keen, MP for Isleworth and Middlesex, and Feltham and Heston MP Mr Keen also claimed mortgage interest, ground rent, council tax and telephone costs under ACA - despite their constituencies being less than an hour from Westminster.
ANDREW McKAY and JULIE KIRKBRIDE
Receipts for the married Tory couple show that Mr MacKay claimed £6,000 for redecoration of their second home in 2008.
This included £3,400 for applying masonry paint to stonework, cleaning down railings and painting woodwork. Some £2,600 was spent on scaffolding.
Ms Kirkbride, MP for Bromsgrove, claimed £175 for an 'extending mirror' from a department store in Sloane Square, London. She also claimed £50 a month for a cleaner.
Mr MacKay, MP for Bracknell, resigned as Mr Cameron's parliamentary private aide after it was disclosed the couple had effectively been claiming second home allowance for mortgage interest payments on two properties - one in London and one in the Midlands.
Ms Kirkbride has said she will stand down at the next election, although recent reports suggest she has changed her mind.
Peers' claims soar to a record £19m
By Jason Groves
Members of the House of Lords racked up a record £19million in tax-free expenses last year, with some claiming more than £70,000.
Peers are not paid but are entitled to lavish expenses funded by the taxpayer. Documents released yesterday show the total claimed jumped by 7 per cent last year.
On average the 724 members of the Lords received £26,245, although many pocketed far more.
Claimants included two Labour peers who have served recent jail terms. Between them they claimed almost £100,000.
Lord Ahmed of Rotherham, who was jailed for 12 weeks earlier this year for dangerous driving, claimed a total of £55,433. Lord Ahmed admitted sending text messages from his mobile phone shortly before his Jaguar ploughed into a stationary car on the M1, killing its driver.
His claims included £4,050 in mileage. He was also handed a free BlackBerry mobile phone.
Lord Watson of Invergowrie claimed £44,267 despite having served a jail term for arson.
Peers are entitled to generous expenses, including up to £174 a night for staying away from their main home. To qualify, they merely have to clock in once a day. They are not required to stay for debates or votes.
The biggest claim was submitted by cross-bench peer Lord Laird, who pocketed £73,804 in 2008-9. His claim included £14,564 in air fares from his home in Northern Ireland.
Government ministers in the Lords are not entitled to living expenses on top of their ministerial salaries. But Business Secretary Lord Mandelson, who is in charge of the Royal Mail, claimed £201 for stamps.
The House of Lords has been mired in its own expenses scandal following claims that some peers have claimed thousands in overnight expenses despite living in London.
Labour's Baroness Uddin is being investigated by police over claims that she had never stayed at her designated main home, a small flat in Kent.
Her family home is four miles from Westminster. New figures show that she claimed £24,979 in 'overnight subsistence' last year out of a total of £47,197.
Labour donor Lord Paul, thought to be worth more than £500million, claimed £55,970. Lord Paul stepped down temporarily as a deputy speaker of the Lords in October following an outcry over his expenses.
He told reporters he had never stayed at his designated main home in Oxfordshire, which turned out to be a flat occupied by an employee.
Lady Uddin, Lord Paul and other peers accused of faking their second homes to claim expenses all insist they have done nothing wrong.
Labour peer Lord Clarke of Hampstead, who this year admitted 'fiddling' his expenses by making claims for overnight costs he had not incurred, claimed £35,314 last year.
Adams, Gerry (Belfast West) £21,600.00, Ainger, Nick (Carmarthen West & South Pembrokeshire) £11,139.18, Ainsworth, Peter (East Surrey) £10,265.19, Ainsworth, Robert (Coventry North East) £22,248.80, Alexander, Danny (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & Strathspey) £22,025.41, Alexander, Douglas (Paisley & Renfrewshire South) £10,262.00, Allen, Graham (Nottingham North) £23,934.63, Amess, David (Southend West) £20,774.22, Ancram, Michael (Devizes) £11,898.82, Anderson, David (Blaydon) £22,895.45, Anderson, Janet (Rossendale & Darwen) £24,006.00, Arbuthnot, James (North East Hampshire) £24,006.00, Armstrong, Hilary (North West Durham) £08,970.45, Atkins, Charlotte (Staffordshire Moorlands) £18,193.80, Atkinson, Peter (Hexham) £24,006.00, Austin, Ian (Dudley North) £23,262.11, Austin, John (Erith & Thamesmead) £21,395.35
Bacon, Richard (South Norfolk) £24,006.00, Bailey, Adrian (West Bromwich West) £23,310.90, Baird, Vera (Redcar) £15,424.78, Baker, Norman (Lewes) £22,133.33, Baldry, Tony (Banbury) £09,953.11, Balls, Ed (Normanton) £13,189.61, Banks, Gordon (Ochil & South Perthshire) £21,148.36, Barker, Gregory (Bexhill & Battle) £22,880.00, Baron, John (Billericay) £18,747.75, Barrett, John (Edinburgh West) £23,376.57, Barron, Kevin (Rother Valley) £24,006.00, Battle, John (Leeds West) £09,995.47, Bayley, Hugh (City of York) £24,006.00, Beckett, Margaret (Derby South) £07,851.79, Begg, Anne (Aberdeen South) £22,579.42, Beith, Alan, (Berwick-upon-Tweed) £13,659.72, Bell, Stuart (Middlesbrough) £23,368.23, Bellingham, Henry (North West Norfolk) £20,951.49, Benn, Hilary (Leeds Central) £10,445.96, Benton, Joseph (Bootle) £07,630.22, Bercow, John (Buckingham) £22,965.49, Berry, Roger (Kingswood) £14,552.33, Betts, Clive (Sheffield, Attercliffe) £23,208.79, Binley, Brian (Northampton South) £21,100.00, Blackman, Elizabeth (Erewash) £21,920.79, Blackman-Woods, Roberta (City of Durham) £23,196.27, Blears, Hazel (Salford) £17,352.16, Blizzard, Bob (Waveney) £24,006.00, Blunkett, David (Sheffield, Brightside) £21,363.06, Blunt, Crispin (Reigate) £23,976.81, Bone, Peter (Wellingborough) £22,446.77, Borrow, David (South Ribble) £23,604.78, Boswell, Timothy (Daventry) £04,727.30, Bottomley, Peter (Worthing West) £11,698.00, Bradshaw, Benjamin (Exeter) £18,144.19, Brady, Graham (Altrincham & Sale West) £23,821.19, Brazier, Julian (Canterbury) £21,148.22, Breed, Colin (South East Cornwall) £16,815.87, Brennan, Kevin (Cardiff West) £23,311.91, Brokenshire, James (Hornchurch) £00,150.70, Brooke, Annette (Mid Dorset & North Poole) £16,604.98, Brown, Gordon (Kirkcaldy & Cowdenbeath) £09,492.05, Brown, Nicholas (Newcastle upon Tyne East & Wallsend) £15,454.53, Brown, Russell (Dumfries & Galloway) £20,668.21, Brown, Lyn (West Ham) £21,594.52, Browne, Desmond (Kilmarnock & Loudoun) £21,957.39, Browne, Jeremy (Taunton) £21,375.80, Browning, Angela (Tiverton & Honiton) £23,978.13, Bruce, Malcolm (Gordon) £22,816.42, Bryant, Chris (Rhondda) £23,367.23, Burden, Richard (Birmingham, Northfield)£15,705.93, Burgon, Colin (Elmet) £22,600.00, Burnham, Andy (Leigh) £13,175.58, Burns, Simon (West Chelmsford) £15,948.61, Burt, Alastair (North East Bedfordshire) £23,786.32, Burt, Lorely (Solihull) £21,306.84, Butler, Dawn (Brent South) £05,976.12, Butterfill, John (Bournemouth West) £18,882.36, Byers, Stephen (North Tyneside) £08,935.52, Byrne, Liam (Birmingham, Hodge Hill) £22,963.27
Caborn, Richard (Sheffield Central) £19,621.43, Cairns, David (Inverclyde) £16,034.14, Cameron, David (Witney) £20,240.25, Campbell, Alan (Tynemouth) £16,887.18, Campbell, Gregory (East Londonderry) £16,674.80, Campbell, Ronnie (Blyth Valley) £24,005.10, Campbell, Menzies (North East Fife) £15,041.34, Carmichael, Alistair (Orkney & Shetland) £19,371.58, Carswell, Douglas (Harwich) £24,006.00, Cash, William (Stone) £19,773.22, Caton, Martin (Gower) £08,404.76, Cawsey, Ian (Brigg & Goole) £03,875.00, Challen, Colin (Morley & Rothwell) £15,975.61, Chapman, Ben (Wirral South) £23,859.94, Chaytor, David (Bury North) £24,006.00, Chope, Christopher (Christchurch) £19,933.63, Clapham, Michael (Barnsley West & Penistone) £22,005.33, Clappison, James (Hertsmere) £10,085.27, Clark, Greg (Tunbridge Wells) £03,000.00, Clark, Paul (Gillingham) £19,862.34, Clark, Katy (North Ayrshire & Arran) £17,699.66, Clarke, Charles (Norwich South) £23,331.88, Clarke, Kenneth, (Rushcliffe) £15,560.33, Clarke, Thomas (Coatbridge, Chryston & Bellshill) £12,905.00, Clegg, Nick (Sheffield, Hallam) £17,561.11, Clelland, David (Tyne Bridge) £17,628.93, Clifton-Brown, Geoffrey (Cotswold) £24,006.00, Clwyd, Ann (Cynon Valley) £21,819.35, Coaker, Vernon (Gedling) £08,944.18, Coffey, Ann (Stockport) £17,443.00, Cohen, Harry, (Leyton & Wanstead) £24,002.82, Connarty, Michael (Linlithgow & East Falkirk) £24,006.00, Conway, Derek (Old Bexley & Sidcup) £23,994.20, Cook, Francis (Stockton North) £24,006.00, Cooper, Rosie (West Lancashire) £20,338.94, Cooper, Yvette (Pontefract & Castleford) £13,189.61, Cormack, Patrick (South Staffordshire) £23,530.34, Cousins, James (Newcastle upon Tyne Central) £09,290.58, Cox, Geoffrey (Torridge & West Devon) £23,000.00, Crabb, Stephen (Preseli Pembrokeshire) £20,371.13, Crausby, David (Bolton North East) £21,713.45, Creagh, Mary (Wakefield) £22,956.48, Cruddas, Jon (Dagenham) £23,994.46, Cryer, Ann (Keighley) £19,620.36, Cummings, John (Easington) £20,149.65, Cunningham, James (Coventry South) £16,678.38, Cunningham, Tony (Workington) £16,681.72, Curry, David (Skipton & Ripon) £12,932.59, Curtis-Thomas, Claire (Crosby) £23,660.22
Darling, Alistair (Edinburgh South West) £10,626.48, David, Wayne (Caerphilly) £17,652.51, Davidson, Ian (Glasgow South West) £23,866.89, Davies, Dai (Blaenau Gwent) £22,441.67, Davies, David (Monmouth) £23,815.60, Davies, Philip (Shipley) £23,886.02, Davies, Quentin (Grantham & Stamford) £24,006.00, Davis, David (Haltemprice & Howden) £18,481.68, Dean, Janet (Burton) £15,610.16, Denham, John (Southampton, Itchen) £23,805.56, Devine, James (Livingston) £23,658.72, Dhanda, Parmjit (Gloucester) £17,652.69, Dismore, Andrew (Hendon) £03,056.04, Djanogly, Jonathan (Huntingdon) £20,103.77, Dobbin, Jim (Heywood & Middleton) £04,366.63, Dodds, Nigel (Belfast North) £22,435.69, Doherty, Pat (West Tyrone) £21,600.00, Donaldson, Jeffrey (Lagan Valley) £13,460.52, Donohoe, Brian (Central Ayrshire) £23,995.96, Doran, Frank (Aberdeen North) £23,788.56, Dorrell, Stephen (Charnwood) £16,458.19, Dorries, Nadine (Mid Bedfordshire) £23,332.06, Drew, David (Stroud) £13,059.00, Duddridge, James (Rochford & Southend East) £23,499.11, Duncan, Alan (Rutland & Melton) £23,918.58, Durkan, Mark (Foyle) £18,808.91
Eagle, Angela (Wallasey) £07,483.82, Eagle, Maria (Liverpool, Garston) £14,367.66, Ellman, Louise (Liverpool, Riverside) £23,591.86, Ellwood, Tobias (Bournemouth East) £23,593.72, Engel, Natascha (North East Derbyshire) £19,942.64, Ennis, Jeffrey (Barnsley East & Mexborough) £14,242.28, Etherington, William (Sunderland North) £22,173.80, Evans, Nigel (Ribble Valley) £21,181.07
Fabricant, Michael (Lichfield) £16,298.52, Fallon, Michael (Sevenoaks) £23,659.58, Farrelly, Paul (Newcastle-under-Lyme) £24,006.00, Farron, Tim (Westmorland & Lonsdale) £23,484.46, Field, Frank (Birkenhead) £08,420.82, Fisher, Mark (Stoke-on-Trent Central) £20,063.10, Flello, Robert (Stoke-on-Trent South) £12,792.72, Flint, Caroline (Don Valley) £19,382.62, Flynn, Paul (Newport West) £10,008.93, Follett, Barbara (Stevenage) £18,908.09, Foster, Don (Bath) £19,017.93, Foster, Michael Jabez (Hastings & Rye) £13,865.19, Foster, Michael John (Worcester) £24,006.00, Fox, Liam (Woodspring) £20,045.74, Francis, Hywel (Aberavon) £24,006.00, Francois, Mark (Rayleigh) £20,690.56, Fraser, Christopher (South West Norfolk) £23,961.84
Gale, Roger (North Thanet) £05,648.25, Gardiner, Barry (Brent North) £21,106.59, Garnier, Edward (Harborough) £24,006.00, Gauke, David (South West Hertfordshire) £20,505.71, George, Andrew (St Ives) £21,236.04, George, Bruce (Walsall South) £08,762.47, Gibb, Nicholas (Bognor Regis & Littlehampton) £23,971.23, Gibson, Ian (Norwich North) £17,250.67, Gidley, Sandra (Romsey) £22,899.65, Gildernew, Michelle (Fermanagh & South Tyrone) £21,600.00, Gillan, Cheryl (Chesham & Amersham) £23,905.91, Gilroy, Linda (Plymouth, Sutton) £18,874.69, Godsiff, Roger (Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath) £24,006.00, Goggins, Paul (Wythenshawe & Sale East) £16,073.09, Goldsworthy, Julia (Falmouth & Camborne) £22,406.45, Goodman, Paul (Wycombe) £11,932.64, Goodman, Helen (Bishop Auckland) £24,000.32, Goodwill, Robert (Scarborough & Whitby) £21,669.88, Gove, Michael (Surrey Heath) £23,775.64, Gray, James North Wiltshire) £24,006.00, Grayling, Chris (Epsom & Ewell) £11,341.67, Green, Damian (Ashford) £23,324.30, Greenway, John (Ryedale) £23,725.11, Grieve, Dominic (Beaconsfield) £18,642.44, Griffith, Nia (Llanelli) £18,774.01, Griffiths JP, Nigel (Edinburgh South) £16,209.05, Grogan, John (Selby) £24,006.00, Gummer, John (Suffolk Coastal) £08,188.81, Gwynne, Andrew (Denton & Reddish) £23,497.21
Hague, William (Richmond) £13,641.15, Hain, Peter (Neath) £22,175.63, Hall, Michael (Weaver Vale) £22,929.69, Hall, Patrick (Bedford) £18,430.35, Hamilton, David (Midlothian) £12,727.11, Hamilton, Fabian (Leeds North East) £23,420.76, Hammond, Philip (Runnymede & Weybridge) £24,000.00, Hancock, Michael (Portsmouth South) £09,172.07, Hanson, David (Delyn) £24,006.00, Harper, Mark (Forest of Dean) £23,480.51, Harris, Evan (Oxford West & Abingdon) £19,257.00, Harris, Tom (Glasgow South) £19,741.93, Harvey, Nicholas (North Devon) £23,922.60, Haselhurst, Alan (Saffron Walden) £21,512.27, Havard, Dai (Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney) £24,006.00, Hayes, John (South Holland & The Deepings) £23,920.05, Heal, Sylvia (Halesowen & Rowley Regis) £10,543.85, Heald, Oliver (North East Hertfordshire) £21,887.31, Healey, John (Wentworth) £14,766.41, Heath, David (Somerton & Frome) £23,291.10, Heathcoat-Amory, David (Wells) £19,839.50, Hemming, John (Birmingham, Yardley) £17,535.99, Henderson, Douglas (Newcastle upon Tyne North) £24,006.00, Hendrick, Mark (Preston) £20,235.00, Hendry, Charles (Wealdon) £20,623.00, Hepburn, Stephen (Jarrow) £19,813.38, Heppell, John (Nottingham East) £24,006.00, Herbert, Nick (Arundel & South Downs) £22,720.20, Hermon, Sylvia (North Down) £01,252.37, Hesford, Stephen (Wirral West) £18,565.49, Hewitt, Patricia (Leicester West) £14,461.00, Heyes, David (Ashton-under-Lyne) £19,017.45, Hoban, Mark (Fareham) £18,464.52, Hodgson, Sharon (Gateshead East & Washington West) £24,006.00, Hogg, Douglas (Sleaford & North Hykeham) £14,180.02, Hollobone, Philip (Kettering) £23,906.00, Holloway, Adam (Gravesham) £06,783.45, Holmes, Paul (Chesterfield) £20,855.48, Hood, James (Lanark & Hamilton East) £18,519.60, Hoon, Geoffrey (Ashfield) £23,850.37, Hope, Philip (Corby) £14,674.52, Hopkins, Kelvin (Luton North)£01,123.10, Horam, John (Orpington) £07,072.71, Horwood, Martin (Cheltenham) £19,724.85, Hosie, Stewart (Dundee East) £21,962.51, Howard, Michael (Folkestone & Hythe) £17,883.42, Howarth, George (Knowsley North & Sefton East) £09,232.36, Howarth, Gerald (Aldershot) £20,042.80, Howell, John (Henley) £9,666.39, Howells, Kim (Pontypridd) £14,902.87, Hoyle, Lindsay (Chorley) £15,926.76, Hughes, Beverley (Stretford & Urmston) £21,979.92, Huhne, Chris (Eastleigh) £05,056.02, Humble, Joan (Blackpool North & Fleetwood) £24,006.00, Hunt, Jeremy (South West Surrey) £10,357.64, Hunter, Mark (Cheadle) £20,020.93, Hutton, John (Barrow & Furness) £23,437.91,
Iddon, Brian (Bolton South East) £14,983.47, Illsley, Eric (Barnsley Central) £17,648.01, Ingram, Adam (East Kilbride, Strathaven & Lesmahagow) £23,462.81, Irranca-Davies, Huw (Ogmore) £17,259.54
Jack, Michael (Fylde) £23,402.55, Jackson, Stewart (Peterborough) £24,006.00, James, Sian (Swansea East) £18,063.60, Jenkin, Bernard (North Essex) £24,006.00, Jenkins, Brian (Tamworth) £08,634.33, Johnson, Alan (Kingston upon Hull West & Hessle) £10,530.57, Johnson, Diana (Kingston upon Hull North) £18,153.21, Jones, David (Clwyd West) £16,750.03, Jones, Kevan (North Durham) £22,434.28, Jones, Lynne (Birmingham, Selly Oak) £11,188.69, Jones, Martyn (Clwyd South) £24,006.00, Jones, Helen (Warrington North) £22,095.59, Joyce, Eric (Falkirk) £21,805.93
Kaufman, Gerald (Manchester, Gorton) £15,962.13, Kawczynski, Daniel (Shrewsbury & Atcham) £15,953.82, Keeble, Sally (Northampton North) £12,236.65, Keeley, Barbara (Worsley) £23,252.57, Keen, Alan (Feltham & Heston) £18,685.91, Keen, Ann (Brentford & Isleworth) £18,640.27, Keetch, Paul (Hereford) £23,351.74, Kelly, Ruth (Bolton West) £11,293.56, Kemp, Fraser (Houghton & Washington East) £23,079.57, Kennedy, Charles (Ross, Skye & Lochaber) £21,101.52, Kennedy, Jane (Liverpool, Wavertree) £24,006.00, Key, Robert (Salisbury) £13,227.36, Kidney, David (Stafford) £18,230.48, Kilfoyle, Peter (Liverpool, Walton) £24,006.00, Kirkbride, Julie (Bromsgrove) £23,432.16, Knight, Greg (East Yorkshire) £20,618.31, Knight, Jim (South Dorset) £22,122.38, Kumar, Ashok (Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland) £23,999.00
Ladyman, Stephen (South Thanet) £23,740.70, Laing, Eleanor (Epping Forest) £19,665.40, Lait, Jacqui (Beckenham) £13,838.27, Lamb, Norman (North Norfolk) £18,998.62, Lancaster, Mark (North East Milton Keynes) £23,618.55, Lansley, Andrew (South Cambridgeshire) £21,451.65, Laws, David (Yeovil) £15,962.00, Laxton, Bob (Derby North) £18,588.86, Lazarowicz, Mark (Edinburgh North & Leith) £14,221.97, Leech, John (Manchester, Withington) £08,684.20, Leigh, Edward (Gainsborough) £22,139.43, Lepper, David (Brighton, Pavilion) £11,370.60, Letwin, Oliver (West Dorset) £21,073.12, Levitt, Tom (High Peak) £20,522.58, Lewis, Ivan (Bury South) £24,005.92, Lewis, Julian (New Forest East) £17,239.50, Liddell-Grainger, Ian (Bridgwater) £24,006.00, Lidington, David (Aylesbury) £22,345.32, Lilley, Peter (Hitchin & Harpenden) £18,268.46, Lloyd, Tony (Manchester Central) £18,544.26, Llwyd, Elfyn (Meirionnydd Nant Conwy) £19,773.16, Lord, Michael (Central Suffolk & North Ipswich) £18,428.35, Loughton, Timothy (East Worthing & Shoreham) £22,170.77, Love, Andrew (Edmonton) £20,119.34, Lucas, Ian (Wrexham) £21,173.87, Luff, Peter (Mid Worcestershire) £23,078.38
MacKay, Andrew (Bracknell) £23,538.58 MacKinlay, Andrew (Thurrock) £14,746.53, MacLean, David (Penrith & The Border) £18,763.47 MacNeil, Angus (Na h-Eileanan an Iar) £19,464.94, MacShane, Denis (Rotherham) £23,994.71, MacTaggart, Fiona (Slough) £01,810.58, Mahmood, Khalid (Birmingham, Perry Barr) £04,025.00, Main, Anne (St Albans) £17,859.37 Malik, Shahid (Dewsbury) £23,782.95, Malins, Humfrey (Woking) £06,798.43, Mallaber, Judy (Amber Valley) £05,656.67, Mann, John (Bassetlaw) £09,800.00, Maples, John (Stratford-on-Avon) £24,006.00, Marris, Rob (Wolverhampton South West) £10,426.74, Marsden, Gordon (Blackpool South) £08,958.92, Marshall, David (Glasgow East) £02,977.56 Marshall-Andrews, Robert (Medway) £18,080.92, Martin, Michael (Glasgow North East) £08,004.17, Martlew, Eric (Carlisle) £19,069.88, Mason, John (Glasgow East) £09,920.88, Mates, Michael (East Hampshire) £23,999.32, Maude, Francis (Horsham) £22,207.36, May, Theresa (Maidenhead) £02,077.95, McAvoy, Thomas (Rutherglen & Hamilton West) £23,757.41, McCabe, Stephen (Birmingham, Hall Green) £06,211.44, McCafferty, Christine (Calder Valley) £14,875.77, McCarthy, Kerry (Bristol East) £16,961.10, McCarthy-Fry, Sarah (Portsmouth North) £22,276.99, McCartney, Ian (Makerfield) £20,572.21, McCrea, William (South Ancram) £22,473.66, McDonnell, Alasdair (Belfast South) £19,650.98, McFadden, Patrick (Wolverhampton South East) £15,115.56, McFall, John (West Dunbartonshire) £18,837.64, McGovern, Jim (Dundee West) £24,006.00, McGrady, Edward (South Down) £08,456.57, McGuinness, Martin (Mid Ulster) £19,800.00, McGuire, Anne (Stirling) £18,473.20, McIntosh, Anne (Vale of York) £16,364.77, McIsaac, Shona (Cleethorpes) £11,084.49, McKechin, Ann (Glasgow North) £15,845.21, McKenna, Rosemary (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth & Kirkintilloch East) £22,040.11, McLoughlin, Patrick (West Derbyshire) £22,447.61, McNulty, Tony (Harrow East) £07,330.00, Meacher, Michael (Oldham West & Royton) £08,267.39, Meale, Alan (Mansfield) £23,959.00, Mercer, Patrick (Newark) £24,006.00, Merron, Gillian (Lincoln) £23,000.24, Michael, Alun (Cardiff South & Penarth) £20,951.10, Milburn, Alan (Darlington) £23,407.63, Miliband, David (South Shields) £09,082.71, Miliband, Ed (Doncaster North) £07,782.60, Miller, Andrew (Ellesmere Port & Neston) £17,754.67, Miller, Maria (Basingstoke) £24,006.00, Milton, Anne (Guildford) £00,184.85
Naysmith, John (Bristol North West) £19,846.34, Neill, Robert (Bromley & Chislehurst) £18,490.11, Newmark, Brooks (Braintree) £22,000.00, Norris, Dan (Wansdyke) £14,642.40,
Oaten, Mark (Winchester) £22,096.75, O'Brien, Michael (North Warwickshire) £10,685.97, O'Brien, Stephen (Eddisbury) £23,796.80, O'Hara, Edward (Knowsley South) £23,972.65, Olner, William (Nuneaton) £22,106.19, Opik, Lembit (Montgomeryshire) £23,778.73, Osborne, George (Tatton) £24,006.00, Osborne, Sandra (Ayr, Carrick & Cumnock) £16,601.36, Ottaway, Richard (Croydon South) £09,634.90, Owen, Albert (Ynys Môn) £18,923.41
Paice, James (South East Cambridgeshire) £20,513.22, Ian Paisley, Rev (North Antrim) £16,624.66, Palmer, Nicholas (Broxtowe) £23,393.45, Paterson, Owen (North Shropshire) £21,030.00, Pearson, Ian (Dudley South) £23,887.25, Penning, Mike (Hemel Hempstead) £07,387.87, Penrose, John (Weston-Super-Mare) £13,564.46, Picking, Anne (East Lothian) £22,594.61, Pickles, Eric (Brentwood & Ongar) £04,495.96, Plaskitt, James (Warwick & Leamington) £18,796.36, Pope, Gregory (Hyndburn) £21,613.60, Prentice, Gordon (Pendle) £19,381.88, Prescott, John (Kingston upon Hull East) £24,006.00, b £16,609.87, Primarolo, Dawn (Bristol South) £22,022.03, Prisk, Mark (Hertford & Stortford) £18,223.99, Pritchard, Mark (The Wrekin) £24,006.00, Prosser, Gwyn (Dover) £12,708.59, Pugh, John (Southport) £23,970.12, Purchase, Kenneth (Wolverhampton North East) £11,091.34, Purnell, James (Stalybridge & Hyde) £20,949.63
Rammell, Bill (Harlow) £04,211.62, Redwood, John (Wokingham) £19,931.36, Reed, Andrew (Loughborough) £20,386.55, Reed, Jamie (Copeland) £21,344.42, Reid, Alan (Argyll & Bute) £16,110.60, Reid, John (Airdrie & Shotts) £19,829.84, Rennie, William (Dunfermline & West Fife) £21,709.26, Riordan, Linda (Halifax) £23,215.31, Robathan, Andrew (Blaby) £24,006.00, Robertson, Angus (Moray) £23,921.11, Robertson, Hugh (Faversham & Mid Kent) £23,925.78, Robertson, John (Glasgow North West) £20,761.48, Robertson, Laurence (Tewkesbury) £24,006.00, Robinson, Iris (Strangford) £18,544.29, Robinson, Peter (Belfast East) £20,051.00, Rogerson, Dan (North Cornwall) £22,117.93, Rooney, Terence (Bradford North) £10,774.00, Rosindell, Andrew (Romford) £23,645.95, Rowen, Paul (Rochdale) £21,883.92, Roy, Frank (Motherwell & Wishaw) £16,033.39, Roy, Lindsay (Glenrothes) £12,003.00, Ruane, Chris (Vale of Clwyd) £23,939.96, Ruffley, David, (Bury St Edmunds) £13,152.30, Russell, Bob (Colchester) £06,400.74, Russell, Christine (City of Chester) £19,274.30, Ryan, Joan (Enfield North) £18,282.60
Salmond, Alexander (Banff & Buchan) £00,588.94, Sanders, Adrian (Torbay) £18,224.83, Sarwar, Mohammed (Glasgow Central) £24,006.00, Seabeck, Alison (Plymouth, Devonport) £17,959.68, Selous, Andrew (South West Bedfordshire) £22,296.99, Shapps, Grant (Welwyn Hatfield) £04,104.07, Shaw, Jonathan (Chatham & Aylesford) £21,220.07, Sheerman, Barry (Huddersfield) £22,577.34, Shepherd, Richard (Aldridge-Brownhills) £06,827.31, Sheridan, James (Paisley & Renfrewshire North) £24,006.00, Short, Clare (Birmingham, Ladywood) £10,818.56, Simmonds, Mark (Boston & Skegness) £24,006.00, Simon, Sion (Birmingham, Erdington) £23,819.91, Simpson, Alan (Nottingham South) £23,873.75, Simpson, David (Upper Bann) £19,664.45, Simpson, Keith (Mid Norfolk) £21,768.32, Singh, Marsha (Bradford West) £19,236.96, Skinner, Dennis (Bolsover) £12,229.90, Smith, Andrew (Ealing, Acton & Shepherd's Bush) £09,275.73, Smith, John (Vale of Glamorgan) £22,244.10, Smith, Angela (Basildon) £09,698.22, Smith, Angela C (Sheffield, Hillsborough) £23,253.86, Smith, Geraldine (Morecambe & Lunesdale) £21,744.40, Smith, Jacqui (Redditch) £19,581.87, Smith, Robert (West Aberdeenshire & Kincardine) £15,460.70, Snelgrove, Anne (South Swindon) £15,006.11, Soames, Nicholas (Mid Sussex) £20,736.98, Soulsby, Peter (Leicester South) £24,006.00, Southworth, Helen (Warrington South) £15,561.90, Spellar, John (Warley) £10,460.49, Spelman, Caroline (Meriden) £07,523.87, Spicer, Michael (West Worcestershire) £23,828.30, Spink, Bob (Castle Point) £23,925.89, Spring, Richard (West Suffolk) £23,991.92, Stanley, John (Tonbridge & Malling) £21,930.54, Starkey, Phyllis (Milton Keynes South West) £16,670.46, Steen, Anthony (Totnes) £20,228.83, Stewart, Ian (Eccles) £21,600.00, Stoate, Howard (Darftord) £11,255.26, Strang, Gavin (Edinburgh East) £09,521.01, Straw, Jack (Blackburn) £06,275.33, Streeter, Gary (South West Devon) £23,588.68, Stringer, Graham (Manchester, Blackley) £19,536.46, Stuart, Graham (Beverley & Holderness) £21,486.43, Stuart, Gisela (Birmingham, Edgbaston) £19,279.79, Stunell, Andrew (Hazel Grove) £12,402.80, Sutcliffe, Gerry (Bradford South) £15,079.20, Swayne, Desmond (New Forest West) £12,892.01, Swinson, Jo (East Dunbartonshire) £19,859.28, Swire, Hugo (East Devon) £23,890.50, Syms, Robert (Poole) £23,999.98
Tami, Mark (Alyn & Deeside) £22,142.86, Tapsell, Peter (Louth & Horncastle) £24,006.00, Taylor, David (North West Leicestershire) £09,890.44, Taylor, Matthew (Truro & St Austell) £23,963.34, Taylor, Richard (Wyre Forest) £19,984.08, Taylor, Dari (Stockton South) £18,780.91, Taylor, Ian (Esher & Walton) £24,006.00, Thomas, Gareth (Harrow West) £08,988.14, Thurso, John (Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross) £21,633.19, Timpson, Edward (Crewe and Nantwich) £10,337.00, Tipping, Paddy (Sherwood) £13,131.17, Todd, Mark (South Derbyshire) £09,869.81, Touhig, Don (Islwyn) £23,898.69, Tredinnick, David (Bosworth) £24,006.00, Trickett, Jon (Hemsworth) £02,200.00, Truswell, Paul (Pudsey) £10,210.86, Turner, Andrew (Isle of Wight) £15,090.56, Turner, Desmond (Brighton, Kemptown) £14,565.89, Turner, Neil (Wigan) £23,554.03, Twigg, Derek (Halton) £20,093.64, Tyrie, Andrew (Chichester) £22,726.15
Ussher, Kitty (Burnley) £23,671.21
Vaizey, Ed (Wantage) £19,103.88, Vara, Shailesh (North West Cambridgeshire) £23,475.00, Vaz, Keith (Leicester East) £24,006.00, Viggers, Peter (Gosport) £24,006.00, Villiers, Theresa (Chipping Barnet) £18,826.92, Vis, Rudolf (Finchley & Golders Green) £22,142.15,
Wallace, Ben (Lancaster & Wyre) £24,006.00, Walley, Joan (Stoke-on-Trent North) £11,436.44, Walter, Robert (North Dorset) £20,416.16, Waltho, Lynda (Stourbridge) £24,006.00, Ward, Claire (Watford) £24,006.00, Wareing, Robert (Liverpool, West Derby) £13,673.05, Waterson, Nigel (Eastbourne) £18,045.12, Watkinson, Angela (Upminster) £15,456.36, Watson, Tom (West Bromwich East) £14,487.44, Watts, David (St Helens North) £09,371.89, Webb, Steven (Northavon) £19,803.09, Weir, Michael (Angus) £21,544.21, Whitehead, Alan (Southampton, Test) £12,461.06, Whittingdale, John (Maldon & East Chelmsford) £17,978.60, Widdecombe, Ann (Maidstone & The Weald) £02,104.64, Wiggin, Bill (Leominster) £11,532.45, Willetts, David (Havant) £22,691.41, Williams, Alan (Swansea West) £05,074.67, Williams, Betty (Conwy) £12,919.81, Williams, Hywel (Caernarfon) £19,884.66, Williams, Mark (Ceredigion) £21,825.35, Williams, Roger (Brecon & Radnorshire) £19,499.35, Williams, Stephen (Bristol West) £23,301.44, Willis, Philip (Harrogate & Knaresborough) £24,006.00, Willott, Jenny (Cardiff Central) £23,187.26, Wills, Michael (North Swindon) £18,582.34, Wilshire, David (Spelthorne) £24,006.00, Wilson, Philip (Sedgefield) £22,219.91, Wilson, Sammy (East Antrim) £16,855.27, Winnick, David (Walsall North) £10,044.82, Winterton, Ann (Congleton) £22,700.40, Winterton, Nicholas (Macclesfield) £21,521.00, Winterton, Rosie (Doncaster Central) £16,884.48, Wishart, Peter (Perth & North Perthshire) £20,123.75, Wood, Mike (Batley & Spen) £11,686.93, Woodward, Shaun (St Helens South) £21,417.00, Woolas, Philip (Oldham East & Saddleworth) £23,987.94, Wright, Anthony David (Great Yarmouth) £12,770.44, Wright, Anthony Wayland (Cannock Chase) £14,742.25, Wright, David (Telford) £24,006.00, Wright, Iain (Hartlepool) £16,755.32, Wright, Jeremy (Rugby & Kenilworth) £21,939.68, Wyatt, Derek (Sittingbourne & Sheppey) £24,006.00,
Yeo, Timothy (South Suffolk) £24,006.00, Young, George (North West Hampshire) £23,297.26, Younger-Ross, Richard (Teignbridge) £22,414.30.
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A Cartoon Classic Turns 40!
Garfield, the most famous cat ever, is an evergreen multi-generational brand, with 40+ years in the market, that maintains the delicate balance of being cool and edgy with kids, while still widely accepted and loved by parents. With over 95% brand familiarity, two movies, a hit TV show, over 135 million Garfield books sold, and presence in 111 countries, Garfield has become one of the coolest and most important franchises of all times.
Garfield commands instant brand awareness and credibility, and to know Garfield is to love him! He is a pop-culture icon with total family appeal – a cat with an attitude! And Garfield brings a team of professionals with him, including his creator, Jim Davis.
Lots of great stuff is happening to GARFIELD! These are just a few of his latest plans:
- New GARFIELD animated movie in development with Alcon Entertainment!
- New TV distribution partner – 9 Story awarded exclusive worldwide rights for all platforms!
- New GARFIELD: A Musical With Cattitude theatrical production licensed by Rogers & Hammerstein!
- It's the BIG ONE: GARFIELD turned 40 in 2018!
Join us for the fun!
About Paws, Inc.
Cartoonist Jim Davis' company, Paws, Inc., located near Albany, Indiana, was founded in 1981 to handle the creative end of the Garfield licensing business. Today, Paws is the sole owner of all copyrights and trademarks for the Garfield property, and controls not only the creative angle of the fat cat's flourishing empire, but also the licensing, marketing, and brand management of Garfield and the Garfield characters.
GARFIELD was born on the comics pages on June 19, 1978. The creation of cartoonist Jim Davis, GARFIELD is a humorous strip centered on the lives of a quick-witted orange cat who loves lasagna, coffee, and his remote control; Jon Arbuckle, his owner; and Odie, a sweet but dumb dog.
GARFIELD was introduced to the world in just 41 newspapers and is now the most widely syndicated comic strip ever, appearing in 2100 newspapers. The comic strip, distributed by Universal Press, is read by over 200 million people each day and is translated into 42 languages.
The success of the comic strip spawned an entertainment empire including television: Garfield and Friends, The Garfield Show, and a dozen prime time specials; movies: Garfield: The Movie and Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties; hundreds of best-selling books, and thousands of licensed products.
Garfield has long been considered an evergreen property because he has not only endured, but continues to be fresh and funny after 40 years in the limelight.
Follow Garfield:
- GARFIELD TV Show currently viewed in over 130 countries, including Canada and USA
- More than 17 million fans on Facebook facebook.com/Garfield
- Twitter twitter.com/Garfield
- Website garfield.com
- Free educational site professorgarfield.org
- www.instagram.com/Garfield_real
- www.youtube.com/OfficialGarfield
- www.pinterest.com/garfieldpins
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I've managed to make a video this week! I'm pretty happy with it, too, which isn't necessarily a given when producing stuff all on your own. 😀 (we all suffer for our art don't we) This week, we're talking about historical non-fiction. Having already done a video on this topic before, I was kind of discouraged by the low amount of views. But, since then, I have received so much encouragement to continue on this route, especially since it's not as common of a subject on Booktube or Authortube. So here's hoping that there are more people out there who, like me, love this genre and find it very useful when researching for our own writing.
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2 August – 9 November 2014
The Body Beautiful in Ancient Greece is a visually stunning and thought-provoking exploration of the human condition seen through ancient Greek eyes; with a particular focus on the human form. For over 2,000 years the Greeks experimented with representing the human body in works that range from prehistoric abstract simplicity to the full-blown realism of the age of Alexander the Great.
The ancient Greeks invented the modern idea of the human body in art as an object of sensory delight and as an expression of the intelligent mind. Greek craftsmen gave form to thought in a rich harvest of artworks through which the human condition was explored and interpreted. By exploring this idea of representation, the exhibition invites visitors to engage with artworks that have shaped the way we think about ourselves.
Selected from the British Museum's world-famous Greek and Roman collection, this major international touring exhibition will give audiences the rare opportunity to see over 100 historical works including the impressive Discobolus; an iconic marble statue of a discus thrower from the second century AD.
The Body Beautiful in Ancient Greece is presented by the British Museum in collaboration with Bendigo Art Gallery and is the third exclusive exhibition in the Bendigo International Collection series to be staged at Bendigo Art Gallery in August 2014. Currently touring venues in Europe, Asia and the Americas, Bendigo Art Gallery is pleased to be the first Australian venue to host The Body Beautiful in Ancient Greece.
Dr Ian Jenkins is responsible for the ancient Greek collection in the British Museum and is a world authority on Greek architecture, sculpture and ancient Greek social history. He worked on The Body Beautiful in Ancient Greece with assistant curator Victoria Turner, with whom he recently published The Greek Body (British Museum Press, 2009).


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There's something special about this time of year.
While it is cold outside, it's not the "I'm so cold I may never feel warm again" cold that we get later into the winter. The snow - if we have gotten any - is still pretty. Houses are decked out for the holidays, with lights and garland decorating the outside, and the family Christmas tree glistening in the window. The music is cheerful and kids excitedly await the arrival of Santa. People are getting dressed up for holiday parties, selecting the perfect presents for everyone on their list, wrapping pretty packages, planning holiday meals, baking cookies and eagerly awaiting time with family and friends.
This is my favorite time of year. I generally have 'Nsync's Home for Christmas album on repeat, make sure I have watched It's a Wonderful Life, Miracle on 34th Street, Elf and The Santa Clause at least once. I bake hundreds of Christmas cookies and wrap presents in the prettiest paper I can find. In fact, I like wrapping Christmas presents so much, I often spend at least a day with my parents, helping them get all of their wrapping done. Despite the fact that their four children are grown, with three married with families of our own, my parents still treat Christmas as though we were kids and go just a little (read: A LOT) over the top on gift giving. It turns out they love Christmas, too. My husband and I always make an effort to get out to Christkindlmarket, take a drive around town to check out the holiday lights and generally enjoy spending time together, shopping for the holidays and decorating.
People are friendlier this time of year, wishing each other a Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and spreading messages of peace, joy and good cheer.
And I just love spending time with my family, not just on the holiday, but all the time we spend together leading up to the holiday. We still get the extended family together on Christmas day, bringing together four generations to spend a day together, enjoying the company of each other. Of course, there is always some good-natured ribbing, too. My family is close and for that, I am grateful.
So, what are your Christmas traditions? What is your favorite part about this time of the year? Enjoy a video from my very favorite Christmas album!


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Andover High School has recently committed to working with Visions Incorporated, a consulting company that is developing a positive cultural direction for our school. Principal Conrad said that the survey was rescheduled due to the snow days earlier in March. The new date of the survey is Monday, April 10th and will be 45 minutes long, according to Principal Conrad. Students will be asked questions concerning the climate at Andover High School and the impact that the environment has had on their education.
Ms. Costagliola, Administrative Assistant to Mr. Conrad, said that the feedback that the students have given back about the survey has so far been encouraging. "I think there's been a good diverse group of students who have responded and are interested in being a part of it," she said, adding that "[Visions Inc.'s] focus is to really bring kids in that are serious about having their opinions heard. I think that they have a good strong group of them."
After the survey, the next step that AHS will be taking as a community is to address the changes that need to be made in our school. Costagliola stated that the information will be collected just as the school collected information when they were asking students about whether or not they wanted a junior-senior prom. She also said that Visions will collect data to find a solution that they feel "will be embraced by the majority of the school community to move forward in a positive direction in terms of cultural and climate." Visions Inc. hopes to help AHS become a place where everyone feels comfortable and accepted, someplace where people can work together in accord.
As for the current cultural environment at AHS, Costagliola thinks we are off to a good start. "I think that it's getting better every year," she said. "The leadership and the stability of the leadership has certainly contributed in a positive way, and I think that the kids are developing pride and enthusiasm for the things that go on here. They want to be supportive of each other, so I think that we're on the right path. I think that a survey like this will refine what our goals need to be so that we can get back a real sense of school spirit and tolerance and community for everyone."
When asked what she would like to see as an outcome personally, Costagliola replied that she would love to "see there be a more collaborative spirit and a better sense of community." She thinks that "over the past few years, because of all of the different principals we've had and the transition the high school has been in because of that, it's been hard to focus on that sense of community." Her hope is that after the data is analyzed and definitive actions can be put into place, we'll have a better sense of togetherness in the building.
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Boredom isn't a subject that engages many writers or readers for that matter. You'd think boredom is bad enough to endure, so why add insult to injury by reading about it? But as Walker Percy noted in his best known novel "The Moviegoer," there's a distinction to be drawn between boredom as a subject and boredom as a condition. Boredom as a condition is…well, boring, tedious and sometimes painful. Boredom as a subject, on the other hand, can be fascinating. One view is that the reason we're bored so much these days is because, paradoxically, we're overstimulated – too many demands on our attention have left us bereft of sufficient imagination to cope when our digital devices are not accessible. (It was Pascal who famously said "All man's troubles come from not knowing how to sit still in one room" -- troubles that may include boredom. There isn't one type of boredom, either. There are at least two principal types. There is the common type which is equivalent to a dull, throbbing headache, tolerable (barely) but unpleasant. It's the kind of boredom you experience waiting in a long, unmoving line to buy groceries or mail a package or renew a driver's license. This is the boredom that saps the soul and numbs the mind. It is like a chronic, low-grade fever, it's endemic to routine, unrewarding jobs, narrowing the focus of one's day, making the passing hours obstacles to be overcome in order to get to five o'clock.
There is another kind of boredom – the acute kind, the painful, oppressive kind. It is the kind of boredom that you feel in every fiber of your being. What you're thinking, the only thing you're thinking is: I have to get out of here right now! You're trapped by someone at a party, someone who is telling you a story that threatens to go on forever, the sort of interminable story that if Scheherazade told it, the king would have killed her straight away rather than allowing her to go on for the next thousand nights. At a party, at least, you have some route of escape. ("I'm sorry, I need to freshen my drink.") But extricating yourself isn't so easy if you find yourself, as I have, at a dinner party where by ill luck you are seated next to a bore intent on bending your ear until dessert. What makes it even more agonizing is that the interesting people, the amusing people -- are far enough away so you have no chance of taking part in their conversation but are close enough to hear how much they're enjoying themselves. This is boredom. This is also torture.
What makes boredom so interesting (among other things) is that while it seems to take forever as long as you're suffering from it, it has no staying power, it dissolves once you're no longer bored. It's what happens when a sickness lifts. It's difficult to remember what it was like when you were in its grip. The duration of boredom, viewed in retrospect, is reduced to practically no time at all. Indeed, it could be said that boredom makes a mockery of time. (If you were bored stiff every day of your life would you feel like you were an immortal whom the gods had tricked like Midas? You get what you want but then find you don't want it at?) We all know what it feels like from when we were children and the days went on forever and nothing ever seemed to change or change fast enough? When am I going to be old enough to go to bed at nine? When will I be old enough to stay out past midnight or not to have a curfew at all? But then we forget what it's like. That's when time speeds it up relentlessly. That's what we get for wishing it could pass and now it is past. You've made a trek through an arid psychic landscape, only to discover that looking back on it, there's nothing there. As far as I know, one of the few authors to comment on this curious phenomenon was Arthur Koestler (whose reputation rests on his novel "Darkness at Noon" and several controversial works about science and history) in an obscure monograph called "Dialogue with Death." Imprisoned for several months by Fascist forces during the Spanish Civil War, he was forced to confront an experience known to soldiers – a combination of boredom and terror, boredom because almost nothing ever happened to distinguish one day from the other (an occasional visit from a barber was a big event) and terror because at any moment, with no warning, you could be taken out and shot. But what Koestler noted after his release was that this period in prison soon became compressed in his memory so that what seemed going forward to have taken years (though it was only months) seemed as if it taken only a few weeks. Conversely, he noted that when we are having a good time, when we are living through an eventful period – say a weekend which involves some traveling, interesting encounters, dinners and parties with friends – can seem to fly by, but viewed in hindsight, seems to expand in memory. No one probably summed it up better or more succinctly than Einstein whom, asked to define his theory of relativity, said that when you put your hand in a boiling pot for a minute it seems like an hour and when you're talking to a pretty girl for an hour it seems like a minute. Take it one step farther: That hour with the pretty girl, even if you never see her again, sometimes because you never get to see her again, once relived in memory, may last until the end of your life while that excruciating minute with your finger exposed to the boiling water fades to nothing at all.


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**This problem is addressed in ArcGIS 8.1 Service Pack 1.**
This error may occur when attempting to create a very small buffer around a point feature in ArcSDE and use the buffer to perform a search:
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This is a known issue.
The way in which the buffer has been generated is causing the buffer feature to collapse once it is passed to ArcSDE.
When a circular arc is densified, a parameter called maxDeviation (max distance of any of the resulting line segments from the original circular arc) is specified. maxDeviation can have any value. If the value is large, as compared to the radius of the circular arc, there is only one resulting line segment connecting the two endpoints of the arc.
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Why an Infinite Regress Among Proper Causes is Metaphysically Impossible
Presuppositions, definitions, and purpose: This article presupposes the metaphysical first principles of non-contradiction, sufficient reason, and causality, which I defended earlier in a Strange Notions article. By the principle of sufficient reason, I mean that every being has a sufficient reason for its being or becoming. This principle is recognized by virtually all mankind as essential to reality's intelligibility. By causality, I mean that every effect (a being whose sufficient... Read More
"Brute Facts" vs. "Sufficient Reasons"
The metaphysical principle that every thing must have a sufficient reason for its being or coming-to-be is challenged by those who claim that some "brute facts" exist, that is, things for which there are simply no reasons at all. The opponents of sufficient reason's universality claim that science works quite well by finding reasons for many things, even though we allow that one thing or some things might turn out just to be "brute facts," that is, things without a reason. But... Read More
Why Modern Physics Does Not Refute Thomistic Philosophy
by Dr. Dennis Bonnette
Filed under Philosophy, Science
Today some claim that modern physics evinces that Aristotelian-Thomist philosophy is an archaic myth that has outlived its credibility. They say things like, "If Thomist metaphysics contradicts modern physics, then Thomism is false." They make claims against Thomism, citing modern physical theories like quantum mechanics and relativity. We are told counterintuitive things, such as that (1) whole universes can pop into existence from nothing according to quantum mechanics, (2) effects... Read More
"Optimistic Nihilism" and Whistling Past God's Graveyard
by Matthew Becklo
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The colorful six-minute animation from the YouTube channel Kurzgesagt recently raked in millions of views with a brief history of...well, everything. The narrator offers a naturalistic view of the entire universe, but carries it to nihilistic conclusions. .embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%;... Read More
What Is the True Understanding of Causality?
The classical proofs for God's existence, particularly St. Thomas Aquinas' Five Ways, employ the notion of causality – both efficient and final. In that context, many misunderstandings arise concerning the true metaphysical meaning of the principle of causality. This article will assume the validity of the metaphysical first principles of non-contradiction and sufficient reason, which were established as true in my previous Strange Notions article on the first principles – and... Read More
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by Dr. Dennis Bonnette
Filed under Philosophy, The Existence of God
Today, certain lines of attack against classical proofs for God's existence, such as St. Thomas Aquinas' Five Ways, seek to undermine foundational metaphysical first principles such as causality, sufficient reason, or even non-contradiction.1 Such attacks employ, for example, claims that (1) David Hume's critique of causality is definitive, (2) the existence of the cosmos is simply a "brute fact," needing no explanation, and (3) modern physics shows that the principle of non-contradiction... Read More
Naturalism's Epistemological Nightmare
by Dr. Dennis Bonnette
Filed under Atheism, Philosophy
Metaphysical naturalism, usually identified with scientific materialism, is not to be confused with methodological naturalism, which maintains, at least in principle, that the scientific method confines itself to natural explanations without any philosophical bias against the supernatural. Metaphysical or philosophical naturalism insists that only entities empirically verifiable by natural science exist, which excludes all supernatural beings, especially God. The truth value of all scientific... Read More
On Liberty and Freedom: A Dialogue
by Lucas Holt
Filed under Man
I travelled down to New York Harbor to meet my dear friend Franz. No sooner had I arrived at our meeting place than when the sun began to emerge from its hiding place and light up the sky above and the waters beneath. As it leapt up from its abode its warm rays stretched out and rested on the cold and fragile buildings of the city. There is something about a sunrise that gives one hope. Soon I noticed Franz approaching in the distance. "Hello, friend!" he shouted from afar. "Good... Read More
Sympathy for the Borg
by Matthew Allen Newland
Filed under Anthropology, Movies/TV
The idea of the mystical body of Christ has always been one of great interest to me, as there was always something about it at odds with the mentality in which I was raised: "Be yourself", etc. was (and remains) the mantra of the day, and the whole idea of being but a single part of something larger did not always sit well. I remember being a ten-year-old watching as the Borg stripped Captain Picard of his identity and "assimilated" him into their collective (his pronoun "I" replaced with... Read More
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by Karlo Broussard
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At the heart of the philosophy of Aristotle and St. Thomas Aquinas is the idea that we come into contact with reality through the senses. But what if our senses are not a reliable source? Perhaps our senses are deceiving us, and everything we perceive isn't real but is merely an illusion like in the movie The Matrix. Descartes This skepticism of sense knowledge was part of René Descartes's methodic doubt, which many radical skeptics have adopted. Descartes argued: Whatever I have... Read More


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Energizer Holdings ENR, -1.85% is reporting first-quarter earnings of $86.4 million, or 95 cents a share, up from its year-ago profit of $70.4 million, or 76 cents a share. Excluding a gain of $3.7 million, or 4 cents a share, related to income from intellectual property rights, the St. Louis battery firm earned 91 cents a share, a penny ahead of the average estimate of analysts polled by Thomson First Call. Sales rose 1 percent in the latest three months to $572.4 million from $567.7 million in the same period a year earlier. The stock closed Friday at $22.94, down 3.3 percent.
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With Kent stuck on a runway, Richard and Brian discuss all the news of the day including the Solo trailer, Lord of the Rings, and...Rob Ford? Then Kent joins the gang from an airplane lavatory for a full breakdown of A Quiet Place and The Krasinski Curse.
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Ideation: Ear Bracelets
If you deconstruct the word 'bracelet' and focus on 'brace,' a bracelet could be anything that secures around any part of the body or object. In these sketches, I focuses on a wrapping gesture around the ear, creating a bracelet-like form in respect to the ear.
The sketch to the left features a cuff-like shape which would brace over the cartilage form above the ear. I was interested in how earring did not have to pierce through the ear, instead they could just hang or dangle off of a form. This could also be reconsidered as a variation of a clip-on earring which are quite uncomfortable and painful to wear.
This idea shifts cultural perceptions of how earrings are applied onto the ear lope, or not the lobe at all.
The sketch to the right scales the ear bracelet idea to a larger scale where the 'bracelet' is encasing the entire form of the ear. It hooks over the ear and extends pass the perimeter of the ear. This brings more attention to the ear and makes it look larger. Larger ears are not what we culturally associate with beauty, but the expanded surface allows for hair to be tucked behind the ear more securely. Hair stands naturally tuck away behind, but they never stay behind securely because of the flexibility of the ear and bodily movements.


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Samosa Kadi Chaat
BM # 48 Week 3 Day 3
For more than twenty years we lived in row houses. These are houses which have one common wall and so you have one neighbor on each side. So we had one Muslim neighbor and one Sindhi. The Sindhi lady was a young lady who was a good cook. Most mornings she would call out and pass a nice hot bowl of the vegetable of the day. Inspite of us being the same community, there was a vast difference in our cooking styles. She happened to take Maths classes for kids and one of her student was Rajasthani. This boy's mother made amazing samosas and served with a Kadi. Her batch was always big and our neighbor always used to get it. My neighbor knowing my love of chaats, always made it a point to share from her share....And that's the origin of this recipe. On my search I did find a Samosa Kadi by TD, but it was more a fusion chaat then a typical one. I could not get the perfect recipe but tried making it from the lost taste . It was very very close to what I ate years back. So enjoy this Rajasthani Chaat, which is really really delicious.
This time I made wheat based samosas and roasted them in a air fryer.
1 tbsp gram flour
1/2 cup curd
1/8 cup mint leaves
2-3 green chillies
A small piece ginger
Pinch black salt
Juice of 1 lemon
Blend all ingredients in a mixer.
Take a pan , pour the blended mix.
Cook on slow fire till slightly thick.
Cool .
Check the taste of the curry, it should be spicy and slightly tangy, you can add lemon juice to make it tangy.
To serve
Place a samosa in a bowl.
Pour the Kadi on top.
Sprinkle coriander leaves and pomegranate pearls.
The samosa will be hot and the Kadi should be at room temperature.
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Castello Di Amorosa
Great wines and fun times at the Castello di Amorosa. This authentic Tuscan castle is breath taking and has the coolest underground wine cave & tasting room! The Castle of Love is also family friendly; they had grape juice, breadsticks & coloring for the kids. The yards were also full of goats and chickens, which the kiddos loved.
Lace Dress | Handbag | Sunglasses | Shoes | Shoes (Dupes)
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Thursday, May 21, 2009
Gazing Upon the Gazer
That's the original above, just as I took it with just a little cropping and mild adjusting. Then, I thought this one was worthy of experimentation. First, I applied a few filters to give it a painterly look (note: they're all somewhat enlargeable by clicking on them).
So, wondered I, what would it look like in black and white. Here's the answer.
Finally, given the history and style of the Inn, I decided to go for sepia.
Somewhat unusually, I like all versions of this one and find it difficult to pick a favourite although I'd probably opt for the original if severely pressed. What about you?
11 comments:
- Amanda said...
It is a lovely picture of Cuppa ~ and all of the different versions are beautiful, but if i had to pick a favourite, i would pick the sepia.
- 6:47 am
- Tossing Pebbles in the Stream said...
You seem obsessed with this woman! You just can't get enough pictures of her in different moods.
Is that what marriage is all about. I never learned that lesson.
- 8:28 am
- jinksy said...
I think the black and white is the most atmospheric...
- 9:35 am
- Donna said...
Nice photos AC! Love the sepia! Nice warm look!hughugs
- 10:35 am
- Heather Plett said...
I think I'd go with the original too (though they're all lovely). I like the way there is very little colour in the rest of the picture, but the red sweater just gives it that little bit of magic.
- 12:21 pm
- Woman in a Window said...
Yes, I'm keen on the original too, although the sepia is lovely as well. What a great shot.
- 9:22 pm
- Lorna said...
My favourite is the sepia one, but that's probably more about nostalgia than technique. You sure take a good photo.
- 9:57 pm
- JunieRose2005 said...
This is a very nice pic of your wife! I think I like the original best. The second one is good too with the slight changes.
- 11:59 am
- ChrisB said...
Difficult to chose but I rather like the sepia one.
- 10:46 am
- Mary G said...
The colour values in the original are wonderful; I also like the sepia version. What about doing the four versions in one strip frame, or a square one?
Looking forward to the trip post. and Cuppa is one gorgeous lady.
- 1:57 pm
- Ruth said...
I also prefer the original...the light is perfect and I like red. But each of the others has its own merits too.
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TOPICS: Cantwell remarks; Kirkham report; Afghanistan transition.
PETER VAN ONSELEN: Stephen Smith, thanks very much for joining us on Showdown.
STEPHEN SMITH: A pleasure, Peter.
PETER VAN ONSELEN: I wanted to make my first question around John Cantwell. Now, he wrote this article on the weekend in the Sydney Morning Herald. It was more than a little vicious about yourself and Joel Fitzgibbon as well. What is the basis of this? How do you respond?
STEPHEN SMITH: Well, when I saw it I was surprised, I was disappointed and, frankly, I was saddened. I didn't think that it was a fair or accurate reflection of either that visit or my commitment to our troops in the field, and I made that point in the Parliament today, and Mr Fitzgibbon has also made the point that he doesn't believe he was fairly treated in that respect either. So I-
PETER VAN ONSELEN: And Minister, I heard you make those comments in the Parliament. I guess where I'm going with this is that the genesis of what he says, that you don't have respect for the troops. Now, I put it to you that the way that he's written this, he clearly doesn't have respect for Ministers, either yourself or Joel Fitzgibbon. Do you agree with that?
STEPHEN SMITH: Well, certainly, Joel Fitzgibbon, a former Defence Minister and I very strongly believe that his article is not an accurate reflection of our contribution and commitment to our forces in the field, or in Joel's case, to the White Paper process in 2009.
I'll deal with my own circumstances. I thought it was unfair, I thought it was wrong, and I don't believe it's an accurate portrayal either of that visit or of my commitment to our forces in the field.
I've been to Afghanistan on four occasions. No-one has put these or comparable points to me in the past. But the point I also make today is, in the end, judge us by what we do, not what we say. And both the current Government and myself, as Defence Minister, have always made sure that, in terms of kit and resources, our troops on the ground in Afghanistan have got everything they need. I think that's the real test of the Government's contribution or a Minister's commitment to our forces in the field, and in Afghanistan, it's everything from upgraded Bushmasters to better fire power in terms of rifles, to better armour, better camouflage and better equipment to protect against the roadside bombs, the IEDs.
PETER VAN ONSELEN: Interestingly though, I mean, you talk about judge you by what you do. One of the issues here seems to be that his argument is that you don't have respect for the troops.
Now, whether that's true or not, you must at least be worried culturally that if someone as senior as him, presumably, as respected within the Army as he is, that this attitude may well filter through if you don't, sort of, nip it in the bud. What can you do about it?
STEPHEN SMITH: Well, firstly, I reject absolutely the assertion that I don't have respect for our Defence Force personnel, for our troops in the field. I accept absolutely the obligation I have as Defence Minister to pay very careful attention to our national security interests, our national security obligations, but also, to our forces in the field, whether that's Afghanistan, whether it's peacekeeping or stabilisation in East Timor or in the Solomon Islands. So, I take that obligation very seriously. So, I reject that absolutely.
Now, I don't want to, and I'm not proposing to get into a running commentary with Major-General Cantwell. He's recently retired. He made a distinguished contribution and I'm not going to go into a blow-by-blow assessment in terms of what he's written. I simply make the point, I thought it was wrong,
PETER VAN ONSELEN: I can under-
STEPHEN SMITH: I thought it was unfair.
PETER VAN ONSELEN: Sorry to interrupt, but I can understand that that's your attitude, but, that said, it looks like he's only just getting started. I mean, the byline at the bottom of the article on the weekend says that he's now writing a book about his experiences, presumably in time when that comes out, or even with sort of precursors to it through the media, this is just the beginning of the beginning rather than the beginning of the end, as far as he's concerned.
STEPHEN SMITH: Well, if he wants to write a book it's entirely a matter for him. We live in a free society. That'll be a matter for him and he had wide experience in Afghanistan and other theatres, in particular Iraq. That's entirely a matter for him.
PETER VAN ONSELEN: Okay-
STEPHEN SMITH: And people will make their own judgments. I simply say I thought his characterisation of my trip was wrong and unfair and I reject absolutely the assertion that I don't have regard for our troops in the field. In that respect I say don't just judge me on what I say, judge me on what I deliver in terms of equipment and resources to our troops in the field.
PETER VAN ONSELEN: Now, on another matter, the ADFA Skype sex scandal, now, I wrote about this on the weekend, I backed your judgment in terms of what you've said in relation to Commandant Kafer, previously about a year ago.
Now, the issue however is going forward. Now, he's been reinstated. You did decline to say that you had or that he had your confidence as Minister, at the press conference at the time. Does he have your confidence as Minister?
STEPHEN SMITH: I've made the point on a number of occasions, as has the Chief of the Defence Force overnight, that his appointment is a matter for the Chief of the Defence Force and the Vice Chief of the Defence Force. I've got absolute confidence in the Chief of the Defence Force and the Vice Chief of the Defence Force and the Service Chiefs to make the appointments to these positions which is a matter for them not a matter for me.
PETER VAN ONSELEN: But is it a fair characterisation to say that you may not directly have confidence in him but you've got confidence in those that appear to have confidence in him?
STEPHEN SMITH: Well, it's an absolutely fair categorisation to say that I have absolute confidence in the Chief of the Defence Force, the Vice Chief and the Service Chiefs to make these appointments but it's also correct to say that I stand by what I said at the time of the ADFA Skype incident which is I believed then and I believe now that it's an error of judgment to allow the character of the innocent victim of an alleged sexual abuse to be brought into play.
Now, I make no apology for standing up for an 18-year-old member of the ADF when she was in difficult circumstances and in a vulnerable position and I make no apology for stating that I don't resile from what I said at the time in terms of bringing her conduct into play at a time of the height of the ADFA Skype incident.
PETER VAN ONSELEN: And I agree with you about that. Something that I don't agree with you about, however, was your decision to launch Karen Middleton's book The Unwinnable War about Afghanistan.
Now, I realise that people launch books that they don't always agree with all the content all the time but it strikes me that it's just not a good look for a Defence Minister when we've got troops on the ground in harm's way, in the theatre of war that is being described in the book, when the title of that book is The Unwinnable War.
STEPHEN SMITH: It was actually a quote from David Petraeus who was Commander of ISAF, Commander of the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan. He played a comparable role in Iraq and now of course he is the Director of the CIA. So it was a quote from him and I made some remarks at the time that I thought Karen Middleton's book was a substantial contribution to the history of our involvement in Afghanistan.
So I wasn't in any way thrown off by the title. If you go to the book you'll see the precise quote from General Petraeus.
PETER VAN ONSELEN: And, Minister, it is a good book, I mean, let me make that point. I mean, I've had a good read of it myself and it is a good book and it's far more nuanced than just that simple title but I guess I'm just wondering in the optics of politics it's just one of those things where troops considering the title of the book and you launching it - it's troops that have raised this with me, that they have concerns about this. They just don't think it's a good look. I wonder whether that is part of this issue about members of the Defence Force taking umbrage with yourself in some respect.
STEPHEN SMITH: I don't believe so. If you read the quote from General Petraeus, you see the context, there's that old adage don't judge a book by its cover, well, don't judge this book by its title. Nor can you ascribe to me or ascribe to the Government our commitment to seeing the mission through in Afghanistan because of the title of a book.
To me there was no reason to be scared from what was a thoughtful contribution to our history in Afghanistan but I also made the point then, as I do now, we don't want to be in Afghanistan forever, we believe we're making progress in terms of transitioning to Afghan-led security responsibility. We'll get there by 2014, indeed, if not earlier.
We think we'll be in the so-called third tranche of transition so far as Uruzgan Province is concerned. That should occur in the course of the middle of this year or the second half of this year so we're on track. We can't be there forever, we don't want to be there forever, but if we don't see the mission through then we run the risk of Afghanistan, the Afghanistan-Pakistan border area again becoming a breeding ground for international terrorists.
PETER VAN ONSELEN: All right, Defence Minister Stephen Smith, we'll let you go. We appreciate you joining us on Showdown. Thanks for your company.
STEPHEN SMITH: Thanks, Peter. Thanks very much.