Lindi St Clair

Lindi St Clair
Born	Marian June 1952 Hackney, London, England
Occupation	Author and Political campaigner

Lindi St Clair (born Hackney, London, real name Marian June), author, leader of the Corrective Party, ^[1] and campaigner for prostitutes' rights.^[2]

Formerly Britain's most famous 20th Century prostitute^[3] but now a confirmed as a Christian, St Clair achieved recognition when she accused the Inland Revenue in the High Court of England for living off immoral earnings, after its classification of prostitution as a trade in a high profile court case.

Ms. St Clair stood for election to the British Government 11 times.^[4]

Biography

For many years, from the mid seventies until her bankruptcy in 1992 (after the Inland Revenue pursued her for tax evasion),^[5][6] St. Clair offered sexual services from her own large four-storey house at Eardley Crescent, in Earls Court, London. A very successful professional dominatrix and madam, she once owned a yellow Rolls Royce and had her own yacht ^[7] which she kept at Bray in Berkshire. In 1991, it emerged St Clair was renting Chancellor of the Exchequer Norman Lamont's basement flat in Notting Hill.^[8][9] At one time, she claimed that 252 Members of Parliament had been her clients. ^[10] She has appeared on television and radio on many occasions, including The Ruby Wax Show and The James Whale Show.

Despite being taxed on her earnings, St Clair found when she attempted to register the companies, 'Prostitutes Ltd', 'Hookers Ltd', and 'Lindi St Clair (French Lessons) Ltd' that they were all rejected by the Registrar of Companies, and then 'Lindi St Clair (Personal Services) Ltd' by the Attorney General ^[11].

St Clair spelt her surname "St Claire" between 1974 and 1985 and has also used the names Miss Whiplash,^[12] Carla Davis and Lily Lavender.

Corrective Party

Described as the fastest growing fringe party in 1993, the Corrective party was a radical British political party which campaigned for social justice, civil liberties, animal rights and sexual freedom. ^{[13][14][15][16]}

St Clair attempted to become elected to the House of Commons, ^[10] in eleven by-elections, on one occasion threatening to exposing the depraved lives of hundreds of MPs.^[17] The Corrective Party shared its election agent with the Monster Raving Loony Party.

Inland Revenue Case

She accused the Inland Revenue of trying to live off immoral earnings when they asked her to pay £112,779.92 in back income tax, because they classed prostitution as a trade. Pursued by tax inspector S J Pinkney, her accountant claimed that as a result of the case she made two failed suicide bids.^[18] She lost the case claiming, "The tax man is a pimp and the government is pimp as well".^[19]

Religious conversion

On 27 February 2009 it was reported that St Clair had been rescued from her car and flown to hospital after the vehicle left a remote Herefordshire road and landed upside down in a stream, trapping her for up to 24 hours.^[20] This experience led her to embrace Christianity.^[21]

Bibliography

• It's Only a Game, Lindi St. Clair, Pamela Winfield, Piatkus, 1992. ISBN: 0749911719
• Miss Whiplash: my sensational life story, Lindi St. Clair, Pamela Winfield, Pan Books, 1993 ISBN: 0330330802.
• 'Luser Attitude Readjustment Tool (LART) Pocket Reference' by Lindi St Clair 1st Edition August 2000. ISBN:1-21390-798-4.

References

1. ^ The Role of the Deposit in British Parliamentary Elections, Social Sciences Parliamentary Affairs Matthew Cole Volume45, Issue1 Pp. 77-91
2. ^ Three Stories of Prostitution in the West: Prostitutes' Groups, Law and Feminist Truth; Fechner, Holly B. Journal of Gender & Law. 26 (1994)
3. ^ God's Adventurer: The Story of Stuart Windsor and the Persecuted Church By Stuart Windsor Monarch, 2011 - Biography & Autobiography
4. ^ Life After Debt by Peter Phillips, Troubador Publishing Ltd, 2010
5. ^ See case of Inland Revenue Commissioners v. Aken [1990] (1 WLR 1374)
6. ^ Taxation, Volume 126 Ronald Staples. Taxation Pub. Co., 1991
7. ^ "Daily Mail, 27 February 2009.". London. 27 February 2009. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1157730/Ex-madam-Miss-Whiplash-rescued-trapped-inside-car-river-24-hours.html. Retrieved 26 March 2009. 
8. ^ "Daily Mirror, 28 February 2009.". http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2009/02/28/sex-scandal-former-dominatrix-lindi-st-clair-in-car-crash-horror-115875-21159475/. Retrieved 26 March 2009. 
9. ^ Great parliamentary scandals: five centuries of calumny, smear and innuendo by Matthew Parris, Kevin MacGuire. Robson, 2004
10. ^ ^{a b} Boggan, Steve (21 January 1993). "The Independent, 21 January 1993.". London. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/evidence-suggests-st-clair-planned-her-disappearance-1479782.html. Retrieved 26 March 2009. 
11. ^ Briefcase on Company Law by Michael Ottley
12. ^ "BBC News, 27 February 2009.". 27 February 2009. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hereford/worcs/7915645.stm. Retrieved 26 March 2009. 
13. ^ The Role of the Deposit in British Parliamentary Elections by M Cole - Parliamentary Affairs. Hansard Soc., 1992.
14. ^ Corrective party Manifesto [1]
15. ^ Rethinking prostitution: purchasing sex in the 1990s By Graham Scambler, Annette Scambler, Routledge, 1997
16. ^ Speaking of sex: the limits of language by Antony Grey, Continuum International Publishing Group, 1993
17. ^ http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/miss-whiplash-faxes-byelection-promise-1475061.html
18. ^ Boggan, Steve (20 January 1993). "The Independent, 20 January 1993.". London. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/lindi-st-clair-attempted-suicide-over-tax-demands-1479566.html. Retrieved 26 March 2009. 
19. ^ Weekly World News July 17 1990
20. ^ Miss Whiplash in river car ordeal. BBC News Online. 27 February 2009. Retrieved 27 February 2009.
21. ^ "Crash 'led Miss Whiplash to God'". BBC News. 17 September 2009. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hereford/worcs/8261078.stm. Retrieved 2009-09-21. 

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