Graham Watson slams UKIP ‘embrace of corruption’
Lib Dem MEP for the South West Sir Graham Watson has slammed UKIP’s decision to appoint the disgraced former Tory MP Neil Hamilton onto their National Executive Committee.
“Hamilton has the audacity to claim that he wishes to restore self-respect to Britain. Pot calling the kettle black is all I can say to him.”
‘UKIP are not new to corrupt figures within their organisation. Former UKIP MEP Tom Wise was sent to prison for 2 years for spending over £35,000 on cars and wine at the tax payer’s expense. Another MEP Ashley Mote was jailed for 9 months for falsely claiming over £65,000 in state benefits.
The Lib Dem MEP continued: “I thought UKIP would have learnt their lesson but clearly not.’
“How can they ever be taken seriously when figures such as Hamilton occupy key positions within the party?”
Hamilton was embroiled in the ‘cash for questions’ scandal in 1994 in which it was reported that Neil Hamilton had accepted
money by the then Harrods owner Mohammed Al-Fayed to ask questions in the House of Commons.
Following a campaign by anti-sleaze campaigner Martin Bell, Neil Hamilton was heavily defeated in the
1997 general election.
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