'Magda' jets off to surfing hotspot Agadir on the taxpayers dime: Mail on Sunday

[sic transit]

We do seem to have a self-righteous puritanical view of "alleged liars" and consider anything we say about them perfectly acceptable.

[Dylan2010]

i dont see the problem, X% of welfare gets spent on everything from trips to vegas to cars to designer gear. Whats all the faux outrage over what one person does?

[antiestablishmentarian]

'She indicated'...do they have it in her own words that she was going back to Poland or did she perhaps 'indicate' that she was going abroad? The original Polish article intimated that she had built up a degree of savings so perhaps it's possible she used those to fund this trip (if indeed it took place) instead of jetting off on the taxpayer's dime.

[neiphin]

How does that change any of the facts? They gave the specific flight and even said that she was reading a book in waiting area to board the flight.

how did the mail observe her ,
can i walk into the airport and just observe people airside ?

and even if she was , she dosent have to tell some tory rag her iteniry, whatever she told the social , the mail does not have to be told

the mail has a PROUD history of been anti immigrant ,
personally i buy it very very rearly and only because there are 6 or 7 seduko"s in it, certainly not for the news

[Warrior of Destiny]

Well the reporter could've seen her checking in at the Agadir desk but that's besides the point. Did the mail confirm that she didn't get approval or is it just sensationalizing again?

[bormotello]

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[amsterdemmetje]

well at least she didnt go to any of the other skanger hotspots. She has a little taste all be it on the tax payers dime.

[Dr Pat]

After the treatment she got from ordinary citizens right up to elected senators of the nation, you wonder why she might be afraid to admit where she is going?

There may be a perfectly rational reason for it. She didn't want a nosy reporter to know where she was going since it might generate more bad press. However, it seems to have backfired. She isn't doing herself any favours though and it doesn't make for good optics if one is jetting off to Agadir and have been on jobseeking allowance?

[goosebump]

Well the reporter could've seen her checking in at the Agadir desk but that's besides the point. Did the mail confirm that she didn't get approval or is it just sensationalizing again?

When was the last time you were in an airport? 1962?

[gijoe]

Questions over her payment?

The only questions here are about the taste and judgement of the Mail, thinking it has a 'gotcha' story on account of her taking a plane to Agadir rather than -20 degree Poland.

Sad cases, them and you.

There would be a question over her payment if she did not inform and get approval for her holiday from the DSP beforehand, or if she told them she was going to Poland but was actually going to Morocco.

You can report it online to the Department.

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