Telegraph near the bottom of the barrel?
"Clare Short makes excessive claim for mortgage payment"
Directly beneath this exciting statement, the Telegraph adds:
"Clare Short, the former international development secretary, admitted claiming thousands of pounds of taxpayers’ money to which she was not entitled within months of standing down as a Cabinet minister"
Game on! We've got a story here. The BBC are already headlining this shocker. Pass me that pitchfork. We march at midnight. .
But .. wait .. hang on.
Those without Attention Deficit Disorder, and without Anything Better To Do, can read further, when the magic begins to wear off. A good story is spoiled by the tedious intrusion of, dammit, facts.
Several years ago, she over-claimed on her mortgage, having become confused (bless) on the difference between interest payments and principal repayments.
The over-claims were picked up by the fees office
".. in May, 2006, when she was asked to provide a mortgage statement. A month later she wrote, agreeing to repay £8,436"
Clare Short is a silly bitch, and CF couldn't care less if she lives, dies, or ascends to the skies in a golden chariot, but quite frankly, this is a non-story. She paid the money back promptly, three years ago.
And this was worth holding on to for eight, long, tiring, repetitive days?
That noise you can hear is the scraping of the bottom of the barrel.
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