In May 2009 the Daily Telegraph, as part of its exposure of MPs' expenses claims, questioned whether the property in Dorries's constituency, on which she claimed £24,222 Additional Costs Allowance (for 'secondary' housing costs), had been in fact her main or only home from 2007 onwards.[46] The newspaper also queried hotel bills including one for 'Mr N Dorries': these had been disallowed by the Fees Office and Dorries said they were submitted by mistake. On 22 May she went on BBC Radio 4 to draw parallels between the McCarthy 'Witch-Hunts' and the press's 'drip-drip' revelation of MP's expenses, eliciting David Cameron's public criticism.[47] She claimed everyone was fearing a 'suicide', and colleagues were constantly checking up on each other.[48] Later in the day her blog was taken down. It transpired that Withers, lawyers acting for the Barclay Brothers, the owners of the Daily Telegraph, had required the removal of the blog, on threat of libel action against the service provider.[49]
In January 2010, it emerged that Dorries was being investigated by John Lyon, the parliamentary commissioner for standards, regarding her claim for second home expenses[50] There was some debate as to the location of her main home.[51] The outcome of the parliamentary investigation is discussed in the "blog fiction" section below. It was also revealed that Dorries had claimed £20,000 in office expenses for work undertaken by a media relations and public affairs company.[50][52]
Im not at all surprised given her previous track record. My only other regret is not seeing more of these imbeciles from Govt taking part. At least in Australia they won't be able to make more ridiculous policies for the taxpayers to fund
