Iris Robinson hit the headlines last month after a fling with a 19-year-old man. Now, after the Sir Thomas Legg ruling on MPs’ expenses, it is the price of furniture which adorned the bedroom in her London flat — and the public money that paid for it that has captured headlines.
A receipt from Mrs Robinson’s expenses revealed that the wife of the First Minister Peter Robinson splashed out more than £1,600 of taxpayers’ money on a luxury bed.
The then MP for Strangford placed the order on January 10, 2006. Much of the receipt is blackened out, so the exact type of bed — Divan, adjustable, sofa bed, water bed or even bunk, is not exactly clear. The colour/fabric and tension of the bed is not revealed either.
What it does say, however, is that it was a ‘pocket superb 1800’ mattress, had four drawers and it cost £1,449.95.
But the claim also included a Rebecca style headboard — a curvaceous design in either antique brass or antique nickel |effect — priced at £169.95.
An additional £25 delivery charge was also included in the overall claim.
The total came to £1,644.90, which was an overspend of £544.90 according to Sir Thomas.
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