Parliament of posers: Taxpayer billed 250,000 for MPs to order paintings, statues and photographs of each other

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2538658/Parliament-posers-Taxpayer-billed-250-000-MPs-order-paintings-statues-photographs-other.html

Since 1995, two dozen politicians have been captured on canvasTony Blair, John Major and Paddy Ashdown among those chosenEx-Commons Speaker Betty Boothroyd has been featured 3 timesJohn Bercow spent 22,000 on a painting and another 15,000 on a frame

The spree included 11,750 for an apparently topless painting of Labours Diane Abbott the same amount as was spent on a full-sized statue of Baroness Thatcher.Other works include an 11,750 portrait of former foreign secretary Margaret Beckett, a 10,000 portrait of Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith, an 8,000 painting of Kenneth Clarke and a 4,000 oil painting of Foreign Secretary William Hague.

for the leg end...

So thats 250,000 in 18 years. The crazy expense of it all. These portraits being public works of the people who have contributed to our nations political service.

why should I be footin the bill for a topless picure of diane abbott and why do we need THREE paintings of boothroyd ? U go ahead an jusify it just cos they'll end up in 1 of ur oh so boring history books some day...

Well Diane Abbotts contribution whether you like her or not is very significant. They're landmarks of our history. I thought that was clearly obvious.

its the tip of a rotten to the core iceberg... go Google MONEY WASTED IN LONDON then see how much of it u can come bak an justify mastermind...

I probably could if I was bothered enough to drag myself away from your foot stamping.