Clegg's bid to create squeaky clean image falters as he is skewered over £90,000 expenses claims
By James Chapman, Tim Shipman and Nicola Boden (Daily Mail 20th April 2010)
Nick Clegg's bid to portray himself as an unsullied man of the people was dealt a blow today when he was challenged over his expenses claims.
The Lib Dem leader took the moral high ground during last week's live TV debate, accusing Labour and the Tories of failing to clean up Westminster.
But today he was brought up short over his own claims under the controversial second home allowance, which saw him claim for everything from a £2,600 kitchen to paper napkins worth £1.50.
The BBC's Andrew Neil ambushed the leader as he again tried to set the day's agenda with a series of banking reforms and a new attack on David Cameron.
Mr Clegg insisted the modest house in Sheffield was a 'complete eyesore' when he bought it and vowed to hand back any profits from selling it to the taxpayer.
The leader has previously been exposed for wrongly claiming for phone calls made to Colombia, Vietnam and Spain - for which he had to repay more than £80.
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About Me
- NIKOLAI TOLSTOY
- I am not a professional politician, but feel obliged to act on account of the dire state to which existing politicians have brought this country. In fact, my view of politics is simply expressed: I want to see this country's independence from foreign rule restored, as also our local liberties, which are threatened as never before by the political class.
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