OSCAR'S LITTLE HELPER AND INFLUENTIAL MP

The next Chapter in this Blog of Revelations is David Ian Jones MP, a Solicitor of this town, Christian (or so he professes), failed Secretary of State for Wales, freemason (with a small f), admired by a few and hated by many.

David came into my life long before the Thoughts of Oscar blog was mooted.  I have known him for many a year in his professional capacity, although I have never rated him as being amonst the top briefs in the area.

Although his business life is not very interesting, his private leisure time, and activities create much interest to those who are also of the same ilk.
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Not the best photos, but a comparison that definitely illustrates the "other side" of his nature.  What you see on the surface is not always what you get in reality!

David's ambition was to become Prime Minister and he set out on the task by getting himself elected to the Welsh Assembly, due mainly to a chance happening when In 2002, he unexpectedly became a member of the Welsh Assembly for the North Wales electoral region, filling the seat vacated by the ex-Welsh Office minister Rod Richards, who had resigned for health reasons.  In retrospect it is a pity that Rod had to vacate the seat!   During his time as an MP so far, David Jones' career path has been far from exciting and his performance in the House unremarkable.  He has also been the  the subject of a few embarrassing and questionable incidents.

In 2013 it was reported that Jones took a chauffeur-driven Jaguar on a journey of about 100 metres, a total mis-use of an MP's facility.   He also found it necessary to repay the amount of £80+K in respect of, according to him, wrongly claiming for his London accommodation.   Look at his expenses and you will see he claims every penny he can and is like many MP's got his snout firmly in the trough.

David Jones also seems to lack in diplomacy!  During an interview on ITV Wales Face to Face programme, discussing the Parliamentary vote on the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill in February, Jones said, "I was one of two cabinet ministers who did vote against it and it was for various reasons. Certainly in constituency terms, I felt that overwhelmingly the constituents of Clwyd West were opposed to the change. But also I regard marriage as an institution that has developed over many centuries, essentially for the provision of a warm and safe environment for the upbringing of children, which is clearly something that two same-sex partners can’t do. Which is not to say that I’m in any sense opposed to stable and committed same-sex partnerships".    What a load of toffee he spouts, does he live on another planet?   The gay rights organisation Stonewall, which in 2010 had given Jones a score of 14% in favour of lesbian, gay and bisexual equality, issued a statement expressing great sadness about his comments, and I agree with them, David's comments that is.

In 2014 Jones was accused by fellow MP Guto Bebb of being co-author of the blog "Thoughts of Oscar".   Jones denied having anything to do with the blog, for which local yours  truly had claimed full responsibility. Richie Windmill, a leader of the "Victims of Oscar" action group, was arrested in October 2015, along with his wife, on suspicion of harassment of me and the mrs, but were both released without charge. They claimed the arrest was arranged by David Jones through his Police friends, as an act of revenge for their complaints about the blog, me and Jones.  We just gave our mates in the force the details and they did the rest.   Not a very good outcome for us but we gave the Windmills a bad turn.

Jones was also revealed as the owner of a Twitter account in which the actions of prime minister David Cameron regarding the referendum were heavily criticised in early 2016.  It was discovered that David Jones had set up the bogus account in order that the PM and the MP's would not be aware that he was arguing against the party line.

All in all David has been an excellent contributor and supported of my Internet activities even though he will probably continue denying the fact until his dying day.   I have already taken the blame for myself, so I may as well take it for everyone else too, including  Ruby, Steve, Jonathon, Chris, Ian, Dave2  and everyone else who took enjoyment from the Blog.
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