Comments on: Mail http://www.mailwatch.co.uk/2010/03/19/mail-629/ Watching the Daily Mail Thu, 19 Jan 2012 21:38:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: karlo http://www.mailwatch.co.uk/2010/03/19/mail-629/comment-page-1/#comment-228322 karlo Mon, 22 Mar 2010 16:57:18 +0000 http://www.mailwatch.co.uk/2010/03/19/mail-629/#comment-228322 er Jake - last October the New Statesman estimated William Hague was worth £2.2 million. What on earth has he spent the other £7.8 million on? (Or were we just plucking figures out of thin air again?) er Jake – last October the New Statesman estimated William Hague was worth £2.2 million. What on earth has he spent the other £7.8 million on? (Or were we just plucking figures out of thin air again?)

]]> By: Jake http://www.mailwatch.co.uk/2010/03/19/mail-629/comment-page-1/#comment-228313 Jake Mon, 22 Mar 2010 13:40:26 +0000 http://www.mailwatch.co.uk/2010/03/19/mail-629/#comment-228313 "Personally I find it a wee bit distasteful if Tony Blair is profiting from a war that he helped start and I’m not really sure that I put William Hague’s after dinner speeches in the same league – but I’m just as interested in knowing about it. " William Hague is thought to have made over £10 million since he stood down in 2001. The tories spent nearly 2 years trying to block the official release of how much MPS make outside parliament. And successfully managed to create a deal, where they would only have to announce money made after a certain date. Allowing guys like Hague and Ken Clarke to simple quit their roles before the date, and keep all of the money secret. Seriously. Hague, Clark, have made numerous millions from private sector, commercial roles, in the last 15-20 years. “Personally I find it a wee bit distasteful if Tony Blair is profiting from a war that he helped start and I’m not really sure that I put William Hague’s after dinner speeches in the same league – but I’m just as interested in knowing about it. ”

William Hague is thought to have made over £10 million since he stood down in 2001.

The tories spent nearly 2 years trying to block the official release of how much MPS make outside parliament. And successfully managed to create a deal, where they would only have to announce money made after a certain date. Allowing guys like Hague and Ken Clarke to simple quit their roles before the date, and keep all of the money secret.

Seriously. Hague, Clark, have made numerous millions from private sector, commercial roles, in the last 15-20 years.

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