Leicester Mercury political correspondent
EU
Rogers Wins At Euro Lottery
Jan 23rd
East Midlands MEP Roger Helmer has been dragging out the will-he won’t-he saga of whether he’ll resign for several weeks now.
He had originally announced his intention to resign in December 2011, but delayed it when it became unclear who he’d be replaced by.
I suspect our readers are rather bored of the whole issue, which is why my last update on the story ended up on the no-man’s-land of page 12 in the Mercury.
What Roger may be pleased to know is that there could be one unexpected benefit of his stand against the “leftish Europhile eco-friendly metrosexual” bogeyman.
Bell Pottinger director Daniel Hamilton reports that MEPs are entitled to a higher rate of pension after 12 years, six months and one day in the job.
For MEPs elected in 1999 – such as Roger – that milestone was passed earlier this month.
Butcher and badger
Jul 12th
Politically incorrect crusader Roger Helmer is at it again.
Fresh from sparking outrage on his blog and Twitter account to question whether it’s wrong for a psychiatrist to try and “turn” a gay person, and saying that some rape victims are partly responsible for being attacked, he now turns his fire on badgers.
Discussing the sensitive issue of a major badger cull, he today tweets:
“And another good reason for a badger cull — it would bring down the exorbitant price of shaving brushes.”
Times must be tough for the £74,000 a year representative; a half-decent shaving brush can be picked up for just £6.99.
