If you ever needed a reminder why not to vote Conservative, Eric Pickles is it
Quite astonishing from Conservative Party Chairman Eric Pickles on Question Time this evening.
I think he said his constituency was 37 miles from Westminster, and there he was on telly arguing passionately for his right to a second home allowance – because (I paraphrase) it’s really difficult to get in to work on time otherwise.
Beware those who tell you that the New Tories will bring a new dawn.
I have heard that somewhere before…
Nick Perry for Hastings & Rye (blog posts 2009-2017) 
To be fair, I find it hard to get to work on time as well. I wonder if the taxpayer will buy me a second home as well.
Really; we should all chip in to buy him a house in London so he doesn’t have to get up an hour earlier?
As a pedant, Brentwood Station is 18 miles from Liverpool Street and what another 3 miles across to Westminster. He must go the long way round or live the other side of Chelmsford.
Totally agree. He came across as an out of touch fool.
I have transcribed the exchange from QT on my blog here.