6 May (Part 1) - A Conservative loss in Bexley
The earliest mention of Derek Conway, former MP for Old Bexley and Sidcup on Bonkers was
in
November 2011 just a few days before I first met Michael Barnbrook who
brought him down for expenses fiddling.
I think it must be a feature of getting old but I cast an eye over the
Daily Telegraph’s obituaries most days, Today it was a Halifax bomber pilot - my
father flew Halifaxes - and then the name Derek Conway who died two days ago at
the far too young age of 72. Derek Conway was the first MP scalp to be claimed
by Michael who is referenced in the obituary.
Conway was the first of
an eventual 17 MPs beought down or put in prison by
former police Inspector Barnbrook. Michael died just a few months before Kier
Starmer took power. If the self-styled Sleazebuster was alive and still active today he wouldn’t have a spare moment.
Weirdly I received an email yesterday purporting to come from Michael Barnbrook. It sported a Canadian source email address and contained only a link to a server that did not exist.