I was very disappointed by the answer given by David Parsons, the UKIP candidate from Leicester, to what has been reported as the “elephant in the room” question at the General Election hustings.
Of grave concern is Mr Parsons’ claim to have been exonerated, when the report into his financial dealings concluded no such thing!
The report from the Standards Committee (available online) does state very clearly that “Mr Parsons displayed a cavalier attitude to the Internal Audit Service process and a lack of regard to the Corporate Governance Committee”, that “Mr Parsons gave misleading and inaccurate information”, that “Mr Parsons was obstructive in the investigation process” and, most damning of all, that “Mr Parsons put his personal and financial position above the public interest to the detriment of the public purse”.
Why on earth does David Parsons think that people in South Holland and the Deepings don’t have the wit, will or wisdom to see through him and his thoroughly disingenuous attempt to distance himself from his past?
This leopard from Leicester clearly hasn’t changed its spots!
Andrew Livsey
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