http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-33508850

On sentencing, Mr Justice Stuart-Smith told Mote: “[The jury] listened to you closely for days as you lied, protested, lied and lied again about the monies you had fraudulently claimed as expenses while serving your constituents and your country as an MEP.

“During the period from 2004 to 2009 you corruptly fiddled over £400,000 in expenses.

“Your greed and dishonesty were matched only by your hypocrisy, because while this was going on you carried out a high-profile campaign condemning corruption and the improper use of public money in the very institution from which you were leeching it.”

Amazed he wasn’t a Tory, sounds fully qualified….

The article doesn’t mention that he has already served time for benefit fraud

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1562127/MEP-jailed-for-benefit-fraud.html

benefit and expenses fraud. Impressive

Nearly half a million? He shows up the woeful lack of ambition in Westminster, with their duck houses, and moat cleaning, and whathaveyou

If you’re going to do something, do it properly….

He shows up the woeful lack of ambition in Westminster

Different type of politics innit………..that’s why people vote UKIP.

The offences took place between November 2004 and July 2010

Only took five years to secure a conviction, Swift Justice…

God bless the Kippers though, they might boot ’em out promptly enough, but the easily corrupted, hypocritical shites they put forward for election keep coming back to help them polish their image long after they’ve left…

what is Nigel’s current status within the party? Is he their leader this week or not?

The article doesn’t mention that he has already served time for benefit fraud

Apart from the bit where it mentions and links to the article on his previous conviction for benefit fraud

Mote sat as an independent from 2004-2009 after being expelled from UKIP for benefit fraud.

He was jailed for nine months but was able to keep his seat because his sentence was under a year in length.

Apart from the bit where it mentions and links to the article on his previous conviction for benefit fraud

It’s been updated considerably – the last update was 9 minutes ago. The original article was much shorter – it didn’t mention his previous jail sentence.

Perhaps someone in the BBC read this thread 🙂