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Thousands of old houses in East Anglia have moats....

2009-07-10T18:35:52.227+01:00

Thousands of old houses in East Anglia have moats. They were a medieval status symbol for those who couldn't run to a deer park.

Hogg's moat is rubbish anyway. It's just a ditch with folie de grandeur.

I think TB is implying that because she has a moat...

2009-07-10T12:32:15.345+01:00

I think TB is implying that because she has a moat she'll be 100% more likely than somebody without a moat to claim on expenses for cleaning it.

TB isn't very subtle.

hehehe anyone who knows douglas hogg will know he ...

2009-07-10T12:22:03.600+01:00

hehehe anyone who knows douglas hogg will know he can easily afford his moat. the greedy hoon just thought he could get away with it.

So you mean that the Lib Dem candidate a a success...

2009-07-10T12:16:44.404+01:00

So you mean that the Lib Dem candidate a a successful and enterprising woman who has been able to pay for the cost of keeping her own moat, unlike the hopeless Douglas Hogg, who can only manage to do so at the taxpayer's expense?

I don't really get it. Is there an allegation ...

2009-07-10T10:55:29.082+01:00

I don't really get it. Is there an allegation of impropriety or prior or proposed expense fiddling?

If not I don't get what you're on about- will you devote space next time an MP or prospective MP buys a packet of Hobnobs?

Probably best to wait until they've clearly messed up before criticising, otherwise one just comes across as shrill and really quite ridiculous.