going down.. going down.. going down

£#%&! off and take your free loading, taxi riding, slag with ya

Scapegoat.

Originally Posted by sullers

Scapegoat.

Nope, pushed out for being an incompetent £#%&!wit. If they think that will satisfy the masses then they are very much out of touch with public opinion (which of course we all know they are).

Originally Posted by sullers

Scapegoat.

more of a fat pig with its nose in the trough than i goat tbh

Originally Posted by red red robbo

Nope, pushed out for being an incompetent £#%&!wit. If they think that will satisfy the masses then they are very much out of touch with public opinion (which of course we all know they are).

Nah, I'm with sullers on this. The MP expenses stuff has started to slow down, all the paper previews talked about the latest Telegraph stuff not being as hard hitting as at first; now this pressure on the speaker is taking over greatly.

There should be a consistent push to see real changes & punishments made against MPs, but people here are too easily led by the media and if they're losing interest in the expenses scandal then the public will follow suit.

It's a real shame for democracy that newspapers are privately owned.

Originally Posted by MrBishi

Nah, I'm with sullers on this. The MP expenses stuff has started to slow down, all the paper previews talked about the latest Telegraph stuff not being as hard hitting as at first; now this pressure on the speaker is taking over greatly.

There should be a consistent push to see real changes & punishments made against MPs, but people here are too easily led by the media and if they're losing interest in the expenses scandal then the public will follow suit.

It's a real shame for democracy that newspapers are privately owned.

hes in the expenses grabbing shit as deep as most of the others.....hes the one who has been blocking the publication of MPs expenses for over a year.....and youve just paid for his taxi ride to watch Celtic over the weekend

Why is speaker martin being singled out ?

Yes he handled the situation badly, but there are hundreds of MPs who have had their snouts in the trough. Why haven't the party leaders and the party whips been punished for letting this happen ... it can't be only the fault of the speaker can it.

They should deselect every MP who has made a dishonourable claim, select a new bunch and call a general election.

Originally Posted by denis lawless

hes in the expenses grabbing shit as deep as most of the others.....hes the one who has been blocking the publication of MPs expenses for over a year.....and youve just paid for his taxi ride to watch Celtic over the weekend

He's been blocking it because he was 'advised' to...

Originally Posted by Jizza Jazza

Why is speaker martin being singled out ?

Yes he handled the situation badly, but there are hundreds of MPs who have had their snouts in the trough. Why haven't the party leaders and the party whips been punished for letting this happen ... it can't be only the fault of the speaker can it.

They should deselect every MP who has made a dishonourable claim, select a new bunch and call a general election.

i think you'll find there is a huge body of opinion that is pushing for exactly what you say....only a matter of time.

Originally Posted by Jizza Jazza

He's been blocking it because he was 'advised' to...

hmmmm.....i wonder by whom

worry not Jizza.....the next lot to be under the spotlight are going to be the MEPs

Originally Posted by sullers

Scapegoat.

%@#$&!s.

He's in charge of the fees office and he's been living it large himself. Tried to cover up the whole episode. His outburst against MPs like Norman Baker was an outrage. Traditionally, custom and practice dictates the Tories and Labour rotate speakers but Blair ignored that and got this fat freeloading @#%&! in.

Compared to previous speakers like George Thomas, Bernard Weatherall and Betty Boothroyd - he's a maggot, albeit a big one and his performance yesterday was letching drunk Uncle trying to dance at a wedding standard.

Ta ta.

Originally Posted by denis lawless

i think you'll find there is a huge body of opinion that is pushing for exactly what you say....only a matter of time.

I'm not surpriesd and I'm not really arsed.

All a general election would do would replace one lot that had been creative with their expenses with another lot that also would've been creative with their expenses, however they were never given the opportunity.

Originally Posted by Fountz

I'm not surpriesd and I'm not really arsed.

All a general election would do would replace one lot that had been creative with their expenses with another lot that also would've been creative with their expenses, however they were never given the opportunity.

sadly, spot on

Originally Posted by Fountz

I'm not surpriesd and I'm not really arsed.

All a general election would do would replace one lot that had been creative with their expenses with another lot that also would've been creative with their expenses, however they were never given the opportunity.

Indeed, scrap the whole thing, declare britain a dictatorship and install Tony as emperor for life... we'd all be better off

scapegoat



what was that story yesterday? a (tory) MP bought some furniture second hand for one house and claimed it on expenses for a 'second home'. And he bought the furniture off Cameron's mother-in-law.


meanwhile:

Meanwhile Gordon Brown said no Labour MP who broke expenses rules would stand at the next election.

can someone please explain why that MP that claimed all that for his mortgage isn't being done for fraud

i understand many of them have manipulated the system but that one stood up as straight out thievery and he should be prosecuted, no?

scapegoat....word of the day

hes as deep in the trough as many of the others.....

as for the rest of them, this is not over yet......i expect to see some of the worst offenders (yes Throbs tory as well as labour) .... in court and others not returning after the next election......but the scale of it all means it will take some time.

Originally Posted by denis lawless

scapegoat....word of the day

hes as deep in the trough as many of the others.....

as for the rest of them, this is not over yet......i expect to see some of the worst offenders (yes Throbs tory as well as labour) .... in court and others not returning after the next election......but the scale of it all means it will take some time.

All of the deselected ones will be (re)selected by their parties for the next MEP elections so they can get their snouts in the euro troughs instead... at least that one is mostly funded by the Germans

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