article_snippet: Hugo Swire has been filmed cracking jokes about benefit claimants .
article_snippet: Hugo Swire has been filmed cracking jokes about benefit claimants at a glamorous party fundraiser.
article_snippet: Old Etonian Mr Swire was elected the MP for East Devon in 2001.
article_snippet: Old Etonian Mr Swire is related to the Swire Group trading dynasty in Hong Kong.
article_snippet: During the 2009 expenses scandal Old Etonian Mr Swire was found to have claimed £395 for a laptop bag from the designer brand Mulberry, which Old Etonian Mr Swire repaid.
article_snippet: Mr Swire was not available for comment.
article_snippet: Mr Swire discussed making a donation to The Conservative party at last autumn
article_snippet: the policy Mr Swire was particularly interested in –