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I won't claim MP expenses, says David Van Day
3:00pm Tuesday 26th May 2009
David Van Day yesterday claimed "you don't have to be a brain surgeon to be an MP" as he launched his Parliamentary quest.
The pop singer and reality TV star is considering standing for election in Mid Bedfordshire in response to the expenses scandal.
Mr Van Day, 52, from Brighton, said: "MPs have had it too good for too long. They have taken too many liberties."
The former Dollar frontman said he was 85% certain he would stand against Nadine Dorries, the Conservative MP disowned by David Cameron after claiming the publication of the expenses had been torture.
He said he wanted to go to the constituency and gauge local opinion towards him standing under the banner of his own No Expenses Party.
Mr Van Day, who once ran a burger stall at Churchill Square shopping centre in Brighton, said: "There's no reason why I couldn't be elected.
"Being an MP is not rocket science you don't need to be a brain surgeon.
"Most of it is common sense, which most of the time you see a lack of.
"All I can do is offer them my services and not charge them for it.
"I would charge nothing at all in expenses and I wouldn't claim for a second home."
Mr Van Day has dabbled in politics in the past, standing unsuccessfully for a seat on Brighton and Hove City Council in the East Brighton ward.
He returned to fame last year during a high profile stint in I m A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!
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MarcoPolo, Brighton says...
3:16pm Tue 26 May 09
Osama bin there, Brighton says...
3:29pm Tue 26 May 09
Too right you won't. You aren't an MP, and the british public has far too much sense to vote you in.
Now please go away with your windtunnel stretched face and leave us alone.
RickH, Hove says...
3:32pm Tue 26 May 09
Abrightonian, Brighton says...
3:36pm Tue 26 May 09
censored, Brighton says...
3:43pm Tue 26 May 09
Brilliant
stan bailey, brighton says...
3:48pm Tue 26 May 09
Randy Lahey, Sunnyvale Trailer Park says...
4:01pm Tue 26 May 09
However;
you DO have to have some degree of intelligence, and if the live on-air dumping fiasco is anything to go by, Mr Van Day suffers from a serious lack thereof.
It's quite funny - i'm sure the people of Bedfordshire will sleep safe in the knowledge that their constituency is being fought over by a thief and a man holding a record for longest ever attempt at a comeback to the media spotlight.
Jim BB, Brighton says...
4:09pm Tue 26 May 09
As I used to live in Mid-Beds under the 'reign' of the appalling Dorries, I genuinely wish DVD all the very best and can guarantee no one will ever be as bad as her, no matter how many homes they claim!
chusan, brighton says...
4:20pm Tue 26 May 09
jonathon, Brighton says...
4:21pm Tue 26 May 09
Andre Spooner, Brighton says...
4:24pm Tue 26 May 09
Conor, Sussex says...
5:02pm Tue 26 May 09
Bobster, Shoreham says...
5:18pm Tue 26 May 09
At the start of the expenses scandal they all came out saying 'it's a tiny minority of us'. Well, sorry, but the list now stands at 57 and it's still rising. If nearly 10% of YOUR employees were on the fiddle I don't think you'd brush it under the carpet as a minority.
This eye opener has been a long time coming. The only tragedy is - who the hell is there left to vote for?
Bobster, Shoreham says...
5:20pm Tue 26 May 09
Bobster wrote:I'll just correct my own typo befor Bibble does. Thieving.
Oh really - don't you watch any tv? I am not seriously suggesting he'd make a good mp but if you really think most mps "have some political ideas, be organised, smart and dedicated" then you are in a dream world. Hopeless, theiving freeloaders without the intelligence to do anything other than jump on the idiot gravy train. At the start of the expenses scandal they all came out saying 'it's a tiny minority of us'. Well, sorry, but the list now stands at 57 and it's still rising. If nearly 10% of YOUR employees were on the fiddle I don't think you'd brush it under the carpet as a minority. This eye opener has been a long time coming. The only tragedy is - who the hell is there left to vote for?
Hugh Rinall, Brighton says...
6:23pm Tue 26 May 09
Guerrero, Alicante says...
6:42pm Tue 26 May 09
He reminds me of Boris Johnson.
custard custard, says...
7:31pm Tue 26 May 09
What an idiot !!
or to quote the great Buzz Lightyear
You are a sad, strange little man, and you have my pity
bugmenot, far away says...
7:50pm Tue 26 May 09
puddingandpi, Brighton says...
9:31pm Tue 26 May 09
DoWeHavTo, Patcham says...
11:47pm Tue 26 May 09
Better to elect Katie Price than DVD - she's got a better business brain.
Guerrero, Alicante says...
11:58pm Tue 26 May 09
DVD v Boris Johnson.
I'd pay setanta to watch that.
Vanessa Feltz v Fern Britton.
Full contact.Winner gets a daytime tv slot.
Imagine the agression.
Loser gets to be Home Secretary.
chris@chrisgray.net, Saltdean says...
12:35am Wed 27 May 09
if the burger van fails try Parliament....
he is just jumping on the gravey waggon.
deanaprior, Hove says...
1:54am Wed 27 May 09
Giles, Tarring says...
7:55am Wed 27 May 09
Jim BB, Brighton says...
10:20am Wed 27 May 09
DoWeHavTo wrote:Didn't Katie stand in the last election for Manchester when she became Katie again and not Jordan?
There may be a cult of celebrity in this country but there are limits to which we will not stoop.
Better to elect Katie Price than DVD - she's got a better business brain.
From what I remember, she didn't quite understand what she was doing - unlike her meticulously PRed split from Peter.
Voice of the silent Majority, Hove says...
10:28am Wed 27 May 09
Oh he really is as stupid as he acts, i feel sorry for his family
domcom, Brighton says...
10:52am Wed 27 May 09
Tye, Brighton says...
11:01am Wed 27 May 09
Bobster wrote:A dozen at most "MAY" be criminal so all the 645 are branded crooks - I hope there aren't any drug dealers in your street otherwise you'll end up in Jail if the Cops use your argument.
Go on DVD - go for it! Proof indeed that we could do no worse than the current criminal crop.
PS Don't show any more pictures of this man - It makes my kids have nightmares (and this is after the plastic surgey)
hove, Hove says...
11:41am Wed 27 May 09
I saw DVD in Hove on Sunday....wearing a Dollar t shirt! Hhah.
Mr. Kipling, Hove says...
3:52pm Mon 1 Jun 09
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3:16pm Tue 26 May 09