MP Who Claimed Mike Anti-Semitic Charged with Expenses

Ho ho! Much fun was had yesterday by Mike’s supporters on Twitter at the news that Chris Davies, the Tory MP for Brecon and Radnorshire, has been charged with two counts of making a false instrument, and one count of providing false or misleading information for allowance claims following allegations that he falsified two invoices for expense claims. Which, for laypeople, means expenses fraud.

Davies is a member of the Tory Eurosceptic group, the European Research Group and a member of the Conservative Friends of Israel. It was Davies, who leapt in publicly to support the howling denunciations of Mike as an anti-Semite by the Sunset Times and the woefully misnamed Campaign Against Anti-Semitism.

However, Mike also urges caution in the discussion of Mr. Davies’ case. Davies, like anyone else, deserves a fair trial. And it is important that it is a fair trial, because if Davies is found guilty, then the voters of Brecon and Radnorshire and sign a recall petition demanding his removal as an MP. If only 10 per cent of electors sign this, then a bye-election has to be held.

Mike concludes

As far as I’m concerned, that can’t happen soon enough. But it will only happen if justice is served so I must appeal for everyone to withhold their opinions until after the verdict.

Davies is due to appear before the beak on March, 22nd.

https://voxpoliticalonline.com/2019/02/21/mp-who-claimed-vox-political-writer-supported-anti-semitism-is-charged-with-expenses-fraud/

I’m reminded here of Private Eye’s ‘Curse of Gnome’ column. This is an occasional feature, which appears every time someone, who sued, or tried to sue the Eye gets caught breaking the law and is duly punished. The Eye then publishes an account of it, under a picture of a skull to celebrate their comeuppance. It’s too early for such schadenfreude just yet, but their is a kind of justice here all the same, although, I hasten to add, Davies’ guilt has yet to be proved.

Tags: anti-semitism, Anti-Semitism Smears, Brecon, Bye-Elections, Chris Davies, Conservatives, Cosnervative Friends of Israel, Expenses Fiddling, Mike Sivier, Private Eye, Radnorshire, Recall Petitions, Sunday Times, Twitter