politicians' portraits

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Anne Greagsby
Anne Greagsby12:36am Jan 14
MPs spend/squander £250,000 of public money on vanity portraits - Self portraits are for the conceited - who would want to pay for one of ones self and look at it everyday???
MPs spend £250,000 of public money on vanity portraits
www.standard.co.uk
MPs have splurged around £250,000 of taxpayers’ money having portraits painted of fellow parliamenta...

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