
	Where results make sense

Topic: David McLetchie

Related Topics

David Bowie

David Hume

David Lloyd George

Henry David Thoreau

David Hilbert

David Letterman

David Gilmour

David Ben Gurion

David Lynch

The Late Show with David Letterman

David Beckham

David Ricardo

In the News (Fri 17 Feb 12)

EXECUTIVE POWER

Iran

ANALYSIS

Pakistan

Family compact

	David McLetchie - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		David McLetchie (born 6 August 1952) is a Scottish politician.
		It transpired that Tods Murray, the firm at which he was a partner, had advised the Royal Highland Showground, Ingliston, Edinburgh, who oppose the expansion of Edinburgh Airport.
		David McLetchie announced his resignation as Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party leader on 31 October 2005, after it was revealed he had spent £11,500 of Scottish taxpayers' money on taxi fares, more than any other MSP.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/David_McLetchie (292 words)

	Edinburgh Pentlands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		David McLetchie MSP, 9 th October 2001, on suggestions that the Union flag at Edinburgh Castle be replaced with the saltire.
		David McLetchie was born in Edinburgh in 1952 and educated at George Heriot's.
		McLetchie was President of the Scottish Conservatives from 1994 until 1997 and was elected leader of the Scottish Tories in 1998.
	www.alba.org.uk /scot03constit/l04.html (3105 words)

	CIPFA in Scotland - News
		In January, McLetchie bitterly attacked the present first minister, Jack McConnell, for failing to declare on the register of membersâ interests a family holiday in the Majorcan villa of broadcaster Kirsty Wark.
		McLetchie had been receiving around Â£25,000-Â£30,000 a year from his association with Tods Murray, a top-drawer Edinburgh legal firm.
		However, it seems that he had not taken the time to read the rules on parliamentary conduct, in particular the sections on advocacy, even while he was lambasting successive first ministers over their failure to observe the rules.
	www.cipfa.org.uk /scotland/news_details.cfm?news_id=23056 (812 words)

	Scotsman.com News - Taxigate: McLetchie bill hits £10K (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		McLetchie's aides have indicated that he used his office at Tods Murray to undertake Holyrood business, but this has raised further questions over why he also charged the public for his parliamentary office in Edinburgh.
		McLetchie has so far refused to say whether or not he used the taxi service to go to Tods Murray, while the Scottish Parliament authorities are also refusing to say, claiming that to do so would harm the MSP's "security" and "safety".
		With McLetchie now taking the brunt of the backlash for this six-year-long free-for-all, at least he can take comfort in his continuing popularity with the taxi drivers themselves - and not just because of the amount of money he send their way.
	news.scotsman.com /index.cfm?id=674542005 (1524 words)

	Observer \| The meter's running
		McLetchie's receipts have been made public because of allegations, a 'vendetta' according to his supporters, of a conflict of interest between his work for the law firm and his role as an MSP.
		McLetchie was accused of coming out against the expansion of Edinburgh airport because one of Tods Murray's clients runs the Royal Highland Show which has its home beside the runway.
		McLetchie has long been one of the finest performers in the parliament, and we would all be poorer if he was bundled into a taxi and sent home without his badge.
	observer.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,5310464-102273,00.html (774 words)

	David McLetchie: biography and encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		David McLetchie (born 6 August 1952) is a Scottish (The dialect of English used in Scotland) politician.
		It transpired that Tods Murray, the firm at which he was a partner, had advised the Royal Highland Showground, who oppose the expansion of Edinburgh Airport (additional info and facts about Edinburgh Airport).
		Similar allegations were made in relation to Murrayfield Stadium (additional info and facts about Murrayfield Stadium).
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/d/da/david_mcletchie1.htm (207 words)

	Scotsman.com Election - Scottish Conservative Party (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		DAVID McLetchie, the former Tory leader, yesterday admitted claiming almost £300 in travel...
		PRIOR to his resignation as leader of the Scottish Conservatives, David McLetchie promised to...
		DAVID Cameron, the Conservative Party leader, said yesterday he would not stand in the way of the...
	election.scotsman.com /topics.cfm?tid=812&id=674542005 (302 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Scotland \| McLetchie resigns as Tory leader (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Mr McLetchie said he was standing down with a "heavy heart" but said he recognised that recent coverage had been damaging for the party.
		Mr McLetchie said he had carried out parliamentary business from his firm's offices, but he also repaid £250 which had been misclaimed for a return flight to Bournemouth in 2002 and another trip to Selkirk in 2003.
		Mr McLetchie was little known outside the party when he took on the position that commentators had dubbed the "job from hell".
	newsblaster.cs.columbia.edu /dev/NBproxy.cgi?sentence=685 (802 words)

	Edinburgh Evening News - Top Stories - McLetchie denies party U-turn on free care for elderly (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		David McLetchie: denied there was any rethink on the policy.
		SCOTTISH Tory leader David McLetchie today moved to quash suggestions his party was preparing to drop its support for free care for the elderly.
		Mr McLetchie said there was no problem with the Tories taking different stances on the issue north and south of the Border.
	edinburghnews.scotsman.com /index.cfm?id=123432002 (339 words)

	Janis Hughes MSP - Working for the communities of Rutherglen, Cambuslang, Kings Park and Toryglen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		It was interesting to hear David McLetchie say this morning that he is keen on the SNP amendment because it provides a diagnosis.
		It is a pity that his party could not diagnose the terminal effect that it was having on the NHS when it was in charge.
		David McLetchie said that we should learn from the experience of others.
	myweb.tiscali.co.uk /janishughes/healthservicesspeech.html (1136 words)

	Hootsmon.com Putting Satire in the Saltire 29.01.03
		With the Scottish elections looming, David McLetchie, leader of the Scottish Conservatives, held a press conference yesterday with leader of the UK Conservative party, the anonymous, ineffectual Ian Duncan Smith.
		The competent McLetchie, answering all questions fielded to the pair, appeared to shake hands heartily and pose happily for a photo afterwards with his party leader.
		David's feet point away from Ian's, indicating that he does not want to be seen to be in step with him.
	www.hootsmon.com /archive/290103.html (718 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Scotland \| McLetchie expenses 'misclaimed' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The parliamentary body confirmed that David McLetchie misclaimed for a return flight to Bournemouth in 2002 and another trip to Selkirk in 2003.
		Mr McLetchie said these trips were legitimate because he carried out parliamentary business from his firm's offices.
		According to the parliament, Mr McLetchie spotted these errors in March 2005, just after some of the details of his travel expenses were made public in a freedom of information request.
	newsblaster.cs.columbia.edu /dev/NBproxy.cgi?sentence=683 (540 words)

	Meter ticks for McLetchie - [Sunday Herald] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		In interviews, he told selected journalists – notably excluding the Scottish political editor of this publication – that he was going to spend the next week going through his accounts in order to pay back any taxi trips that had been claimed in error.
		David McLetchie opened himself to ridicule by suggesting that his earlier assurances were unreliable and that there may be more taxi fares to unauthorised destinations than those he has already admitted.
		The First Minister realises that this kind of thing damages the parliament’s image as much as McLetchie’s – and anyway, the newspapers seem to be doing a pretty good job on their own.
	www.sundayherald.com /52529 (1206 words)

	Edinburgh Evening News - Top Stories - McLetchie warns of road tolls 'disaster' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Tory leader David McLetchie claimed the latest findings on congestion charges in London showed the scheme would be a disaster if it was introduced in the Capital.
		Today, Mr McLetchie said the London experience had convinced him that road tolls were not the way forward for Edinburgh.
		Mr McLetchie’s figures were based on statistics provided by Trafficmaster, a live traffic information service which looked at ten key routes across London.
	edinburghnews.scotsman.com /index.cfm?id=801942003 (694 words)

	Sunday Herald (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		McLetchie is a partner in top-drawer law firm Tods Murray and receives between £25,000 and £30,000 a year from this connection.
		Actually, under Holyrood rules, what McLetchie does in his spare time is very much parliament’s business, since the rules are all about avoiding potential conflicts of interest between and MSP’s private work and his or her public position.
		Hearing the Scottish Tory leader declare that “David McLetchie cannot be bought”, brought those evidence sessions vividly to mind.
	www.sundayherald.com /print47693 (1195 words)

	THE FIRM. Because there is life outside London (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		“David’s position has been a matter for discussion since December, with a view to his retirement from the firm later this year.
		David has decided that this announcement should be made now and we fully understand and appreciate his reasons for doing so.
		McLetchie’s resignation follows complaints over his conduct and allegations over potential conflicts of interest, which have plagued him for the last few weeks.
	firmmagazine.com /members/news.php?id=228&PHPSESSID=e44d6b2250226c55... (251 words)

	Scotsman.com News - MSPs under renewed fire over expenses
		David McLetchie, the Scottish Tory leader, has come under pressure to publish full details of his taxi claims.
		Only this week David McLetchie, the Scottish Tory leader, has come under pressure to publish full details of his taxi claims after suggestions that he may have used the parliamentary taxi account to go to the office where he practiced law until last year.
		Lindsay Scott, of Help the Aged Scotland, said: "It appears we are governed by a ruling elite who write the rules to suit themselves.
	news.scotsman.com /index.cfm?id=665282005 (1440 words)

	News
		Alex Johnstone thanks Scottish Conservative Party leader David McLetchie for his support at the end of the public meeting at Kintore Village hall.
		Conservative candidate for Gordon Alex Johnstone with over 100 supporters and interested parties welcomed Scottish Conservative leader David McLetchie to a public meeting at the village hall in Kintore last night.
		With senior representatives of the national press present, Mr McLetchie told an enthusiastic crowd that he expected nothing less than a Conservative win in Gordon.
	www.netcomuk.co.uk /~jstone/news.htm (771 words)

	Tories will rule Executive says Duncan Smith - Evening Times (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		TORY leader Iain Duncan Smith today predicted the next Scottish Executive would be led by his Holyrood counterpart David McLetchie.
		Even Mr McLetchie's spokesman distanced him from his UK leader's comments, saying his aim was to overtake the SNP as the main opposition party.
		Mr McLetchie's spokesman said: "David McLetchie has made it clear that his aim is to overtake the SNP as the main opposition party as the next stepping stone to being in government in Scotland."
	www.eveningtimes.co.uk /print/news/5019938.shtml (464 words)

	The Scotsman - Opinion - How the Tories' English intifada was put down by David McLetchie (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		SIX hours after David McLetchie demanded the resignation of the new Conservative shadow Scottish secretary, his demand was satisfied: James Gray yesterday made history as the shortest-serving Tory front-bencher in history.
		While this was music to the ears of fellow Tory MPs (who won more votes than Labour in England in the election), it tested the power dynamics between Scottish and London Tories.
		Mr McLetchie is all too aware that the little-Englanders in London are becoming more influential - and that Scotland is fading into a blip on their political radar.
	thescotsman.scotsman.com /opinion.cfm?id=551282005 (707 words)

	Medieval Sourcebook: England
		The poem still bears the scars of the fire, visible at the upper left corner of the manuscript.
		This is a modern verse trasnlation by David
		Roger of Hoveden: The Chronicle: On the Disputes between Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury and King Henry II of England, early 13th c.
	www.fordham.edu /halsall/sbook1n.html (1994 words)

	Scotland on Sunday - Top Stories - Taxigate: McLetchie bill hits £10K (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Scotland on Sunday - Top Stories - Taxigate: McLetchie bill hits £10K
		He explained that he had been invited because his Govan constituency included many people of Pakistani origin.
		A fisherman nets an unusual catch and 4x4 owners get mud in a can
	scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com /index.cfm?id=674542005 (1487 words)

	capitaltories.com - the Edinburgh Conservatives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Edinburgh Council's Tory group leader Iain Whyte says last night's by-election result in North Morningside - which saw the Conservatives slash the Lib Dems majority from more than 1200 to 140 - is proof families are losing faith in the Liberals hard left high tax policies.
		Speaking about the tolls referendum posters which remain around Edinburgh after being declared illegal, Scottish Conservative Leader, David McLetchie, said;
		Speaking in response to Peter Peacock’s announcement on discipline, Scottish Conservative Education Spokesman, James Douglas-Hamilton, said;
	www.capitaltories.com (325 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)