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Downing Street today defended Gordon Brown's claim of £500 for painting the garden summer house of his constituency home.
A spokesman for the Prime Minister said he used the building at his Scottish home for working.
The Telegraph claimed details of the expenditure would have been blacked out - only referring to the "paint and painting", the cost and date.
Mr Brown made the claim in April last year so it is not part of the million-plus documents published yesterday but was allegedly shaded to show it would have been partially redacted.
The No 10 spokesman said this could not be assumed as the receipts were yet to be published.
He added it was a legitimate claim for the upkeep of the house in North Queensferry, Fife, and made in good faith.
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£500 could have probably bought a new one at the sales. No wonder our country's finances are in a shambles, these people cannot run their own house how can they run the entire country's finances? Why should we pay for his garden to be cleaned every month? Why should we pay for Blairs windows to be cleaned every month? Why are we paying for their cleaners? Did they have all these before they became MPs or did they suddenly think we are too big to do our own dirty work so lets get the idiots who voted us to pay for it. If the money is not enough as a MP don't dont it! Why should we pay for someone of any background to get into politics - work yourself up, then you would know what it is for Joe Blog. They want housing, etc so to encourage poor people to enter politics - well they are all now very rich aren't they?The entire lot are a disgrace and I am so eager to know what Blair shredded at our expense? He and his extravagant wife would have been swimming in our money. Disgrace, disgrace, disgrace. The British were known as Gentlemen and Ladies this lot are good to govern alongside other dictators around the world and they talk of Mugabe and others shopping whilst their folk are suffering our lot have been upto it right along and its only now that we are finding out. They upgrade themselves from Parliament to the Lords and then the EU - like the kinnocks family - SOCIALIST brings a new meaning - help myself and not the masses. KICK THEM ALL OUT.
- S Eaton, ealing, 19/06/2009 14:35
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THE BIGGEST MAJORITY OF THEM HAVE BEEN PROVEN BEYOND REASONABLE DOUBT TO HAVE HAD THEIR FINGERS IN THE PUBLIC PURSE. THIS COUNTRY HAS NOW BEEN PROVEN TO BE BENT BANANA CORRUPT.HOW GORDON BROWN CAN STAND THERE AND TRY TO TALK TO THE UK CITIZENS MAKES ME PHYSICALY SICK. I ABHORE THEM ALL. IT IS DISPICABLE TO SAY THE LEAST AND AN OTHER THING THERE IS NOT £5OO WORTH OF WORK DONE TO HIS SUMMER HOUSE £45 FOR WOOD PRESERVE, AND 2 DAYS WORK FOR A DECORATOR AT MOST THE PRICE SHOULD HAVE BEEN ABOUT £285 HE WAS THAT GORMLESS HE WAS ROBBED ,BUT MY TAX PAYED FOR IT YOU COULD NOT MAKE IT UP IF YOU TRIED AND WHAT A WASTE OF TIME PUBLISHING THAT RUBBISH WE DID NOT WANT TO SEE THIS MAKEOVER, WAS THIS THE GUY WITH MORAL COMPASS ,HE GOES ON ABOUT HIS FATHER AS A MINISTER AND MOST FOLK I KNOW DID NOT LIKE HIM EITHER, AND PRUDENCE WHAT WAS THAT ALL ABOUT. HE LET US ALL GET ROBBED BLIND WHEN HE WAS THE ONE IN CHARGE AND HE WAS PARTY TO TRY AND COVER EVERYTHING UP FROM ME AND ALL OF YOU, HE SHOULD SHOW SOME SPINE FOR ONCE HANG HIS HEAD IN SHAME AND RESIGN IN ALL MY DAYS I HAVE NEVER EVER SEEN SO MANY ORDINARY FOLK FEEL SO UTTERLY LET DOWN BY THOSE THEY ENTRUSTED TO LOOK AFTER THEM AND LEAD OUR COUNTRY TO SOMETHING BETTER FOR US ALL NOW WE ARE ALL UP TO OUR EYES IN DEBT THROUGH LIEBOR PRUDENCE DECEIT AND PORKY PIES MR BROWN MR BUSH AND MR BLAIR THE THREE BEES SHOULD ALL BE PUT ON TRIAL AT THE HAGUE FOR WAR CRIMES, THEY HAVE TURNED THE US AND THE UK TO HELL ON EARTH PLACES TO LIVE. RANT OVER.
- James Fennessey, london, 19/06/2009 10:33
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