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Best Value MEPs
Wednesday, 3rd June 2009 A new Taxpayers' Alliance study designed to analyse all UK MEPs for transparency, and for participation in the parliament's work, shows both of the Conservative East Midlands MEPs -- myself and Chris Heaton-Harris -- in the top 5 out of 78. Full details for all UK MEPs at www.taxpayersalliance.com/MEPAssessments.pdf (Requires Adobe Reader) Number One is my good friend and Northern Ireland MEP Jim Allister, formerly of the DUP but now an independent, and as sound a eurosceptic as you could hope to find. Chris comes in at second. I'm ranked fourth. And the other two top-five places go to Dan Hannan (SE) and Syed Kamall (London). Meantime Lib-Dem Bill Turncoat Dunn comes in at 57th, and Labour's Glenis Willmott at 63rd. In fact Labour performs very poorly overall, with most of the lowest places coloured red. So there you have it -- all of the top five are sound euro-sceptics, and four of them are Conservatives. I'm delighted to get this independent endorsement now, when the public are rightly worried and angry at the scandals in Westminster. And to get it just ahead of the European elections on Thursday June 4th. See also, The Daily Telegraph article on the best-value MEPs: Britain's best value MEPs revealed |