July 13th, 2008

Sunday Sleaze Round-Up

Guido has introduced a simple Pigs in Shit rating system for guidance on the misdemeanors of porcine politicians (guide here). Post links in the comments and we will update this post during the morning.

The Multi-Millionaire Civil Servants
The Times

Accenture, is like Capita and Halliburton, a para-statal corporation dependent on government contracts for hundreds of millions in revenue. It is unbelievable that senior civil servants who are ex-Accenture still have millions of pounds worth of shares. This is obviously a conflict of interest when they are in a position to influence the award of lucrative contracts.

MPs Claim Expenses for Unnecessary Homes
Telegraph
Getting the taxpayer to pay for homes that are nowhere near the constituency or Westminster is a new twist on this fiddle.
Report Re-Ignites Wendy Donations Row
BBC

All you really need to know is that she knowingly and deliberately broke the rules – despite her claims.



What’s the Point of Our Anti-Business Secretary? | Ruth Porter
Krugman is Seductive, Simplistic and Unrealistic | Jeremy Warner
Lower Taxes, Higher Growth, the Statistical Evidence | CPS
Bash the Unions, Gatecrash the Quangos | ConservativeHome
I Told You So: Euro is Doomed | Douglas Carswell
PM Speaks for the Nation When Bashing Balls | Quentin Letts
Time for an Alliance | Dan Hannan
Farage’s Plan | ConservativeHome
Guardian Open News is a Failure | Heather Brooke
Balls Calls for Deeper Cuts | Speccie
Lessons from the Thirties | CPS
PMQs Idiots | Harry Cole
Jon Cruddas is Not the Messiah | Dan Hodges

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Peter Botting



Lord Lamont told ITV News…

“I think the PM is just human and Ed Balls is a pretty irritating person”



AC1 says:

Gangsters keep their promises, unlike party manifestos.



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