Former Tory Cabinet Minister Douglas Hogg says he and other MPs accused of abusing their allowances are entitled to keep their expenses based on the Norman law of 'estoppel' - derived from the French word for 'bung'. The law stops a person denying the truth of a statement of facts he has previously asserted to be true. The former barrister has spent weeks composing a 15,000-word, 30-page statement setting out his legal stand.
I VERY MUCH DOUBT IF THE LAW APPLIES TO SCOTLAND. WHY NOT SUE THE THIEVING BASTARD HERE?
