Richard Younger-Ross £1,100 stereo on expenses.

Mirror mirror on the wall, who is an ugly as fuck Lib Dem hoon? Oh yes its Richard Younger-Ross....
Richard Younger-Ross, one of his party's spokesmen on culture, also claimed on his parliamentary expenses for a top-of-the-range stereo system that cost more than £1,100, and a bookcase called the "Don Juan".
His purchases were approved without comment by the Commons authorities even though they are in clear breach of guidelines that state members must not use public funds for "extravagant or luxurious" goods.
Earlier this week, after The Daily Telegraph began to disclose the questionable expenses claims made by leading politicians, Mr Younger-Ross told a local paper that he was "surprised" at what others had bought but insisted he was "not aware of doing anything wrong".
Mr Younger-Ross, a former architectural consultant who has been the MP for Teignmouth, Devon, since 2001, nominates as his second home a serviced apartment in a block near Westminster.
His expenses files show he claims on his Additional Costs Allowance for his £1,556 monthly rent but has also put in receipts for a series of high-cost furnishings.
In May 2004 he put in an invoice for a £1,475 chest of drawers and a £725 free-standing mirror bought at John Lewis. They were made from solid cherrywood by the leading French furniture maker Brigitte Forestier.
The MP was reimbursed by the fees office, although, according to the "John Lewis list", that sets out the maximum amounts allowed for furniture, MPs are not meant to spend more than £500 on chests of drawers or £300 on mirrors.
The following year he bought another two mirrors costing £350 as part of a claim of £1,400 for more furniture including another chest of drawers, although the fees office docked £50 for one of the mirrors.
However a claim in 2008 for £100 on luggage was rejected on the grounds that it constituted "personal costs not related to second home".
The married MP went on to claim £45 for a pair of lilac lace voile curtains and £500 towards the cost of a bookcase called the "Don Juan", which he purchased for £895. Mr Younger-Ross has now said he will repay more than £4,000.

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