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To: Ilaine who wrote (96387)	4/26/2003 10:18:22 AM
From: Sun Tzu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

> Wonder how he affords it? I don't know but I think all public figures should be audited before and after their terms.

To: Ilaine who wrote (96387)	4/26/2003 10:35:20 AM
From: maceng2	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Keeping things in perspective on Galloway. In addition to his earnings as an MP he gets a nice little wad writing for the "Mail on Sunday" £70-75k per annum. That would pay for his £80k Portugal holiday home by itself after taxes. All outside income has to be declared these days... parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk GALLOWAY, George (Glasgow Kelvin) 1. Remunerated directorships Finjan Ltd.; a media company. 2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc Regular column in the Mail on Sunday. (£70,001-£75,000) 6. Overseas visits April 2002, to Paris, to the French Senate. Flight from Faro to Paris and one night's hotel accommodation paid for by French anti-sanctions campaigners. (Registered 14 May 2002) April 2002, to Rome to speak at the Italian Parliament. Flight from Paris to Rome and Rome to London and one night's hotel accommodation paid for by an Italian-Palestinian solidarity group. (Registered 14 May 2002) April 2002, to Rabat for a meeting on Iraq. Return flight from London - Rabat and two nights' hotel accommodation paid for by the Great Britain Iraq Society, of which I am Chairman. (Registered 14 May 2002) May 2002, to Amman, return flight paid for by the Great Britain Iraq Society, who also paid for a car from Amman to Baghdad and flight from Baghdad-Amman. Three nights in the al Rashid hotel paid for by myself. A car and bus from Amman to the West Bank and from West Bank to Gaza and two nights in a Jerusalem hotel paid for by the Emergency Committee on Iraq and Palestine. One night in an hotel in Gaza paid for by myself. (Registered 14 May 2002) 10-18 September 2002, to Jordan and Iraq; flights and hotel accommodation paid for by the Great Britain Iraq Society, of which I am Chairman. (Registered 4 September 2002) (registered 24 September 2002) 1-15 October 2002, to Jordan, Iraq, Syria and Beirut, to attend conferences. Flights and hotel accommodation paid for by the Great Britain Iraq Society, of which I am Chairman. (Registered 16 October 2002) 7-10 November 2002, to Kiev for a conference on Iraq. Flights paid for by the Great Britain Iraq Society, and the hotel accommodation was provided by the Ukrainian union for friendship with the Iraqi people. (Registered 7 November 2002) 15-17 November 2002, to Madrid. Flights and two nights' accommodation paid for by the Spanish Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq. (Registered 18 November) 21-23 February 2003, to Istanbul to attend peace conference. The visit was organised by the Day-Mer Community Centre, London, and my flights and two nights' hotel accommodation were paid for by Eurensel Kulture, a cultural journal based in Istanbul. (Registered 28 February 2003) 10. Miscellaneous and unremunerated interests Twice-monthly column in The Morning Star (unpaid