Ashley MoteHaving claimed that “five years in the EU lunatic asylum showed me that EU corruption was truly out of control”, former UKIP MEP and immigrant hater Ashley Mote was jailed for five years in July 2015 after being convicted for fraudulently claiming some £500,000 in European Parliament expenses. Locked up previously for the theft of £65,000 in benefits, Mote blamed everyone but himself for his criminal activities. He went as far as to suggest that the timing of his trial was “blatant politics”, that he had “serious memory problems” and that he was only convicted because of “cynicism against anyone in politics”. This crook is delusion personified.

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Esther McVey MP
From the same Steeple territory

Esther McVey MP

An ambitious yet charming Liverpudlian television presenter who is now the Conservative Member of Parliament for Wirral West. Her family business is in demolition and for some eight months she was involved in her friend Kate McCann’s Madeleine McCann Fund.

Julia Hartley-Brewer
From the same Steeple territory

Julia Hartley-Brewer

Direct to her core, Birmingham born journalist and broadcaster Julia Hartley-Brewer tweeted: “I know absolutely nothing about the Greek elections. There, I said it. Any other pundits want to admit it too?” to her 24,000 followers in January 2015.