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Tom Wise (born on 13 May 1948 in Bournemouth, Hampshire) is a Member of the European Parliament for the East of England for the United Kingdom Independence Party, part of the Independence and Democracy grouping.
He was first elected in 2004. He was UKIP's official spokesman on Culture, Youth, Media and Sport until his suspension by the party in February 2007 amid an investigation [1] by OLAF as a result of his exposure by The Sunday Telegraph for fraudulently obtaining money using a false instrument.
Subsequently The Sunday Times exposed the fact that he had embezzled public money to use for himself, including for the purchase of a French motor car.
In later revelations by The Sunday Times it was established that he had used public money to seek to corrupt the due process of justice and had spent some £8,000 with solicitors seeking to prevent an individual telling the truth about his crimes.
He sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Culture and Education (CULT). He also is a substitute for the Committee on Fisheries.
He was briefly a police officer and former managing director of a German herbs and spices company, amongst the some 24 jobs he has had from which he frequently boasts of being fired from many of them.
Sees himself as something of a knowledgeable individual in the matter of wines, with a reputation for enjoying a copious quantity, the quality being best judged by price.
He used to be a member of the Liberal Party.
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