MPs expenses

[orangeman]

DUP MP repays cost of hotel films 

Jeffrey Donaldson has denied any wrongdoing
Jeffrey Donaldson has paid back £555 to the Commons authorities for the cost of watching pay-to-view movies in hotel rooms in London.

According to the Daily Telegraph, the DUP MP submitted 68 receipts related to films.

The Lagan Valley MP shares a flat with DUP MP Sammy Wilson, but before that was bought four years ago he stayed in hotels when on parliamentary business.

In a statement to the paper Mr Donaldson denied any wrongdoing.

His lawyer told the paper "it would have been common practice to have used pay TV, including internet access and other media services".

His receipts for the year 2004-5 contain charges for room service, in-room media and Video Pay TV.

DUP leader Peter Robinson told the Daily Telegraph that Mr Donaldson should be "entitled to a presumption of innocence

[Maguire01]

 
Brilliant! Best yet.

[orangeman]

I never realised that Jeffrey was a film buff !!! 

[orangeman]

DUP MP repays cost of hotel films 

Jeffrey Donaldson has denied any wrongdoing
Jeffrey Donaldson has paid back £555 to the Commons authorities for the cost of watching pay-to-view movies in hotel rooms in London.

According to the Daily Telegraph, the DUP MP submitted 68 receipts related to films.

The Lagan Valley MP shares a flat with DUP MP Sammy Wilson, but before that was bought four years ago he stayed in hotels when on parliamentary business.

In a statement to the paper Mr Donaldson denied any wrongdoing.

His lawyer told the paper "it would have been common practice to have used pay TV, including internet access and other media services".

His receipts for the year 2004-5 contain charges for room service, in-room media and Video Pay TV.

DUP leader Peter Robinson told the Daily Telegraph that Mr Donaldson should be "entitled to a presumption of innocence

How many of these were red white & blue movies?

Was yer man Berry in any of them ?. 

[red hander]

Apparently "Film prices ranged from £7.50 at the Marriot, County Hall, to £14.95 at the Renaissance Hotel, Heathrow Airport.
He was also billed for 30 films at £7.95 each during stays at the Jolly Hotel St Ermine near Westminster and claimed on four occasions for £9.95, the cost of watching a film at Hilton Hotels."

The Daily Telegraph quoted sources in the hotels who said the movies watched by Mr Donaldson were in the highest price category, made up of recent box office smashes and adult movies.

[pintsofguinness]

How could anyone be so stupid? 

[StGallsGAA]

The Daily Telegraph quoted sources in the hotels who said the movies watched by Mr Donaldson were in the highest price category, made up of recent box office smashes and adult movies.

I am sure an hotel employee on min. wage could be persuaded to reveal which movies wee jeff watched.  Mind you he's rooming with Sammy Wilson so not hard to guess.......

[Maguire01]

How could anyone be so stupid? 

Yes - one thing to watch them, another thing to actually claim for them! It is highly entertaining all the same - as a taxpayer, I think this is value for money.   

[orangeman]

How could anyone be so stupid? 

Yes - one thing to watch them, another thing to actually claim for them! It is highly entertaining all the same - as a taxpayer, I think this is value for money.   

The Sun will make great reading this week ! 

[Archie Mitchell]

So Jeffrey was watching films such as the Star Wars Trilogy and The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe 

Im not sure what sort of films that hotels offer on room service but I find it hard to believe that hotels offer these films as well as charge up to £15 for them.

[ziggysego]

It's not his fault, people wanted to shoot him 

So did he take his whole family with him when he went to do Parliamentary work in London?

[Maguire01]

Martina Purdy reckoned he watched two in one night. That's good going.

I'm sure one of the local papers will probe (oooh-er!) this a bit further.

[pintsofguinness]

Mr Donaldson also said he regretted innuendo in some media that the films could have been pornographic in nature.

"I have been very clear about the nature of those films and what I was watching," he said.

"I did not at any time watch a film that was adult in nature.

"The films that I watched on pay Tv would have been films that you would have seen in the cinema.

"Unfortunately, because of my security situation at the time, my family and I can't go to the cinema, so I took the opportunity to watch some of the films at the hotel."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/8137243.stm
   

Anytime I was in a hotel they only ever had about 1 non porn film and about 10 porn films on the pay per view.   

[fred the red]

Mr Donaldson also said he regretted innuendo in some media that the films could have been pornographic in nature.

"I have been very clear about the nature of those films and what I was watching," he said.

"I did not at any time watch a film that was adult in nature.

"The films that I watched on pay Tv would have been films that you would have seen in the cinema.

"Unfortunately, because of my security situation at the time, my family and I can't go to the cinema, so I took the opportunity to watch some of the films at the hotel."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/8137243.stm
   

Anytime I was in a hotel they only ever had about 1 non porn film and about 10 porn films on the pay per view.   

which 1 did u pick then

[pintsofguinness]

None, I seen them all before.