ian paisley said the article was ‘devoid of fact or logic‘.s in belfast. explain more about this, mark. the front page story on the daily telegraph today was about ian paisley, north antrim mp and son of the late founder of the democratic unionist party. it is said he took himself and his family to sri lanka on two separate holidays in 2013, all expenses paid by the sri lankan government. when you added the business lights, helicopter flights and hotels together, it came to around £100,000 in hospitality which had not been declared in the mps' register of interest. ian paisley responded first by social media and then via a letter from his lawyer, saying this story was devoid of logic and fact and he would be referring himself to the parliamentary commissioner for standards. the dup, who play a vital role in westminster at the moment, propping up the conservative government, saying they think he has made the right move and they are looking forward to the outcome of the investigation by the standards commissioner. mark devonport, thank you. afte

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the daily telegraph front—page report claims ian paisley and his family took two holidays in sri lankaid trips on behalf of the sri lankan government. they say fuad the business flights, helicopter flights and hotel costs together, they come to a total of £100,000. ian paisley on social media said the reports were devoid of fact and logic and deefan tory but he's referred thoims the parliamentary commissionerfor referred thoims the parliamentary commissioner for standards who'll decide if there's a breach of rules for declaring visit whiches i understand should be declared if they are to the value of more than £300. any wider implications in all of this given the dup's position vis—a—vis the government? of this given the dup's position vis-a-vis the government? obviously there'll be scrutiny of the behaviour of the dup's ten mps given their vital role in propping up the government via the confidence and supply arrangement from back in june. i would say irrespective of that, if any newspaper got hold of this information it would want to investigate it about any mp. as you said, the dup'