Surely the award for most extravagant/curious/intriguing claim must go to...you guessed it, the Honourable member for Montgomeryshire, Mr Lembit Opik!
Once again the Daily Sport's columnist, and one time star of Ant and Dec's Saturday night takeaway, has well and truly taken the biscuit:
"MPs' expenses: Mother of All Wigs for Lembit Opik's fancy dress" reads one headline on The Daily Telegraph's site today.
"Lembit Opik claimed £30 for two fancy dress wigs from Hamleys on his office expenses," we're told.
The Liberal Democrat housing spokesman submitted a receipt for the 'Mother of All Wigs', (£19.99), and a 'Filmstar Wig' (£9.99).
This of course comes after it was revealed he claimed for a court summons and tried to claim for a 42" plasma TV.
Now we all know how important it is to make an effort at these fancy dress parties. And I'm sure Lembit was carrying out some useful parliamentary duty at the shindig: a bit of networking here, a spot of lobbying there. All of which would have been seriously undermined without a thoroughly convincing and utterly impressive disguise.
There's nothing worse than turning up to an event dressed in jeans and a shirt when all the other guests are Marilyn Monroe, Darth Vader or Mickey Mouse (apart maybe from turning up to a party as the only one in fancy dress - Bridget Jones style - that is!).
In total a third of Welsh MPs have now paid money back. Find out more here.
What we'd like to know is which filmstar you think Lembit Opik was trying to resemble?
Send us your witty suggestions by the usual means!
Dewi Dau
2 comments:
Julie Roberts in Pretty Woman - a whore!
Dustin Hoffman in Tootsie
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