Swedish MP Frederick Federley has been in the news recently for accepting an all expenses trip to the island of Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands. Frederick’s response to the allegations was that Ursula his drag queen alter ego accepted the trip and not him!

The trip was taken in January to coincide with the annual drag queen carnaval in Gran Canaria and was sponsored by a number of companies.

Federley explained that the purpose of the trip was to prepare travel tips for people intending to travel to the Spanish island's annual drag queen carnival. The invitation had come from gay community website Hanky.se where the politician maintains his blog. Reading Frederick’s blog website which translates to The Other Side of Federley he wrote "Sometimes I get asked if I want to do something extra that has nothing at all to do with my parliamentary work. If it doesn't clash with the job, I'll take on a commission. And like anybody else I'll ask to be paid for it,"