3. LETTER
TO THE
COMMISSIONER FROM
MRS JESSICA
TAPLIN, 16 FEBRUARY
2009
This letter follows hot on the heels of my previous
letter of the same date, as I have just seen a video clip of Ms
Smith interviewed about this on the BBC news website in which
she paints a misleading picture:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7892219.stm
Ms Smith states within it that:
"The place that you spend the most time should
be the place that you allocate as your main home".
She then states she spends the majority of time
working in London.
"People have said things that are just plain
wrong... about the amount of time I spend in London".
The people who she must be referring to above are
myself and the other residents of [… Road] who were interviewed
this weekend. What is quite incredulous is that Ms Smith is the
one who is being misleading—my husband and I clearly stated
she spends 3 nights staying at the house on [… Road] for
the majority of weeks when parliament is in session & is not
present at the address when parliament is in recess to our knowledge
- we did not refer to her staying in London in general.
She may very well spend most of her time in London—but
being "in London" does not equate to spending the majority
of nights at the property she claims to be her primary residence.
Not once in the interview does she clearly and unequivocally
state that she spends the majority of nights at the address in
[… Road]—and this is core to the whole issue.
It is imperative that this is the question that is
answered directly and without avoidance and impartial evidence
then provided that support her claim (ie police logs) so that
the public and parliament know the truth of the situation. Rather
than allowing her to manipulate the press coverage by omission
and use of language rather than fact.
We the general public must put our faith in your
department's role & ability to discover and reveal the unambiguous
truth of the situation with regards to the nights she spends in
both her primary and secondary properties.
16 February 2009
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