Expenses whistleblower was a former SAS man

From @LabourList

The Daily Telegraph have revealed this morning that the expenses whistleblower was John Wick, a former SAS officer who commanded an anti-terrorism team during his 10-year military service.

Wick admitted he was always aware of the risk of his actions but explained he acted in the public interest:

“We’ve all had concerns about the expenses and how they’ve managed it, purely because of how they’ve handled our requests for information. We’ve reached a stage in society where they want to know everything about us – I think we’re entitled to know about them.”

He said he had exposed the system “to its rotten core” and had “no regrets…Parliament will be a better place, society will be a better place”.

The Telegraph also reveals that Mr Wick was a Conservative Party supporter who had been an officer for one of the party’s fund-raising clubs and counts several senior Conservatives as friends. The Conservative Party was until now unaware of his role.

One thing the Telegraph left out of their report was how Mr Wick came upon the expenses disc, and how in turn they were passed into the newspaper’s hands.