Politician blames transvestite alter ego for sunny island freebie

[Shana A]

Politician blames transvestite alter ego for sunny island freebie

Published: 10 Feb 10 16:54 CET

http://www.thelocal.se/24908/20100210/

High profile Centre Party member of parliament Fredrick Federley passed the buck to Ursula, his transvestite alter ego, when put on the spot for accepting an all expenses paid trip to Gran Canaria.

The politician told newspaper Aftonbladet that his trip in early January was sponsored by around ten different companies, including budget airline Norwegian.

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High profile Centre Party member of parliament Fredrick Federley passed the buck to Ursula, his transvestite alter ego, when put on the spot for accepting an all expenses paid trip to Gran Canaria.

http://www.thelocal.se/24908/20100210/

[IndigeoAliquis]

Wow, must be fairly popular to have two threads. Same link and everything.

https://www.susans.org/forums/index.php/topic,72403.0/

I wonder what the rest of that Party thinks of it..

[Shana A]

Swedish lawmaker defends alleged drag-queen junket
by Karl Ritter
Associated Press
Friday Feb 12, 2010

http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=102262

In Parliament he's Fredrick Federley, a serious and respected representative of the small Center Party. But a few times a year he becomes Ursula, a "grandiose diva" with curved eyelashes, pouting lips and skimpy dresses.

In tolerant Sweden, the 31-year-old politician's cross-dressing habit only became an issue this week, when critics questioned who accepted an alleged junket to the sun-soaked Canary Islands: Fredrik the lawmaker or Ursula the drag queen?