Today's card came up reversed - in fact the whole pack was reversed, I was holding it upside down ;). This is just not looking good at all for anyone.
Labour's David Chaytor is the next victim. It is hard not to feel that this is a witch-hunt to rival those featured in The Crucible, but I just can't rouse myself to feel sorry for the people involved - even though the MP I helped campaign for in 2005, Rob Wilson, is so far in the clear over any excessive claims (he cites the fast train between Reading and Paddington as cause not to bother with the second home), he still used his blog for nasty political sniping unbecoming of serious political debate, and therefore I don't even feel anything for him any more. He also spams my letterbox at home with Christmas cards - not even sent to a constituent or member of his association - which are little more than glorified advertisements for the Conservative Party and his wonderful and glorious reign over the electorate of Reading East. They usually get torn up and thrown in the bin. Waste of money Rob - waste of my money. Can anyone say "communications allowance"?
I have decided to support the LibDems as the most palatable of the minor parties to give Labour and the Conservatives a boot. This is a real challenge to me - I have always voted "one or the other", not the "third party", and I did so want to vote Labour this time round - but I'm not currently a member of any party so I currently have, in Michael Howard's words, a Right to Choose.
Knight of Wands reversed
Disruption, conflict, quarrels, and sudden upheavals, either geographical or emotional, are indicated. Expect the painful breaking of old ties, either because of your own fickleness or someone else's.
In which case the card refers also to me, but this is the wave of support for minor parties, with UKIP gaining strength over the BNP, whose toxic reputation may well be a bit too much. Otherwise, this is simply the ongoing conflict up above, a deadly and losing battle against a tsunami of allegations, probes, claims and the destruction of a sitting political elite. The doomed battle between Loki and Heimdall at Ragnarok continues, with the outcome painfully obvious to those watching from below.
Re: Rob Wilson
He doesn't claim Additional cost allowance and his expenses are published on his website.
Hi website incidentally, was paid for by the Communications Allowance for the first year it was set up, it has subsequently been paid for by the local Conservative Association , so therefore can be party political. Although it is by no means a propaganda machine, it is highly informative of his work as an MP.
Regarding his Christmas cards, again, these are sent out by the Conservative association and are not paid for by the Comms Allowance - the rules state that you cannot fund such publications under that allowance. These are sent to all association members and people that have contacted him for assistance.
It is up to the local association whether they deem it to be a waste of money!
"He still used his blog for nasty political sniping unbecoming of serious political debate" - sounds very familiar!