GREENS NAME RUPERT READ AS CAMBRIDGE CANDIDATE
Party Leader Natalie Bennett set for candidate news conference
The Green Party tonight (Fri) named the academic, author and campaigner Rupert Read as its candidate in Cambridge for next year's General Election.
There will be a first opportunity to question Dr Read on his new campaign when he appears at an introductory news conference at King's College on Monday (Oct 6th), introduced with a personal endorsement from Party Leader Natalie Bennett. The event will also reveal further high-profile endorsements for Dr Read's candidacy.
Alongside his work as Reader in Philosophy at the University of East Anglia, Rupert Read is a former city councillor in Norwich, and already the Green Party's national spokesman on transport. He has been instrumental in helping to develop Green Party policy nationally. He said:
"I love Cambridge: probably the most 'networked' and 'thinking' city in Britain. Camb...
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Glad you recognised that MacShane is, how shall we put it, less than fair minded here.
However, Farage did state at the Foreign Press Association event that over 10 years he had received give or take about £2,000,000 in expenses.
That will be £200,000 p.a. Including staff costs, basic office costs, travel between home and Brussels/Strasbourg and so on.
Ask Ms Lucas how much she has recived over the same time, as a hard working member my guess it will be much the same. The difference is that Farage is open about it.
Oh, we did the math on MacShane. In the same period he has claimed (in th esame way) £1.6 million, and his doesn't have to travel to Brux/Stras and ony has central Rotherham, rather than the whole SE to deal with.