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A Matter of Principle
July 7, 2009 | Comments Off
The Editor
The Times
London
June 09
Sir
Your report (29 May) about MEPs employing family members makes a reference to my court case, but fails to mention that I have never employed any member of my family during my time as an MEP.
Despite my wife being a graduate linguist, we agree from that start that – as a matter of principle – all the translation work that she would do (and it was a great deal over the years) would be unpaid.
Ashley Mote MEP
Independent, SE England.
PS to the Editor: Had any of your staff bothered to ask, I employed full time a PA, and assistants on both sides of the English Channel. I also employed several specialist researchers and advisors, including a forensic accountant (who took only his expenses involved in analysing the EU’s accounts every year) two constitutional lawyers (one of whom specialises in international law) and a number of political activists with specialist knowledge which I needed at various times. Heavy traffic through my website suggests the British taxpayer got good value – which was certainly my intention.
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