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Tuesday, 15th June 2010
UKIP MEP William Dartmouth today condemned the hypocritical stance of Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, who complained about public sector pensions while eligible for considerable future benefits from the European Commission.
Clegg earned a pension worth up to £6,000 a year in return for less than five years work in the European Commission. The current state retirement pension is £97 a week, or a shade over £5000 a year.
The Earl of Dartmouth said: "Mr Clegg earned in just four years as a Eurocrat what hundreds of thousands of people spend a whole lifetime working for.
"For him to start lecturing us on the need for restraint on public sector pensions is the pot calling the kettle black, and exposes the deep hypocrisy behind the 'new politics' of the ConDem coalition.
"Mr Clegg has a clear conflict of interest in his dealings with the European Commission."
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