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Title: Politician blames transvestite alter ego for sunny island freebie
Post by: Shana A on February 11, 2010, 08:54:40 AM
Politician blames transvestite alter ego for sunny island freebie

Published: 10 Feb 10 16:54 CET

http://www.thelocal.se/24908/20100210/ (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.
Title: Swedish Politician blames TV alter-ego for accepting trip
Post by: tekla on February 11, 2010, 12:13:50 PM
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/ (http://www.thelocal.se/24908/20100210/)

Title: Re: Swedish Politician blames TV alter-ego for accepting trip
Post by: IndigeoAliquis on February 11, 2010, 12:33:47 PM
Wow, must be fairly popular to have two threads. Same link and everything.

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

I wonder what the rest of that Party thinks of it..
Title: Swedish lawmaker defends alleged drag-queen junket
Post by: Shana A on February 13, 2010, 08:24:48 AM
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 (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?