Quote of the day: Tories are good at building empires, living off allowances and ripping off taxpayers

7 Mar 2013

"Tories are good at building empires, living off allowances and ripping off taxpayers. Look at the £286,000 credit card bill run up by ex-Essex County Council Leader Lord Hanningfield for fiddling his Lords expenses and you see the problem"

Conservative commentator Simon Heffer (Daily Mail, Saturday 2 March 2013)

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