Comments on: At Last : Expense Fiddling Politician Charged

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Mon, 04 May 2009 00:24:47 +0000

Where are the Inland Revenue in all of this. If politicians are buying second homes at taxpayer expense, then selling them, are they pocketing the profits, do they pay capital gains, do they declare them as second homes, are they declaring the rented properties for tax purposes. What happens to all the televisions, washing machines etc. when they quit or lose their seats, do they keep them, do the Inland Revenue follow up. I know the IR are pretty quick to chase the public, is their a second rule for MPs. Finally, is there some way to tie expenses to attendance at Parliament. I suspect that the politicians are claiming expenses at their second jobs as well as parliament, double dipping, and for trips they dont take. If this is the case, they should be prosecuted. I am also predicting that when the expenses are released under the Freedom of Information Act, they will have been very sanitized, and they will be released en masse, making it impossible to relate them to specific MPs. A deliberate ploy to conceal the scale of theft.

By: Cowman

Cowman — Fri, 01 May 2009 23:30:38 +0000

Terrific news, but a bit of an Anti Climax. I would have bought the bar a round or two if it had been a prominent Labour troughmeister. There’s still hope though,and I can still dream that a few of them find their asses on trial for war crimes, or at the very least, crimes against their own people. In such a case I would buy the entire globe a few rounds of Mcewans Export.

By: Hank Ukip member

Hank Ukip member — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 16:54:03 +0000

Contrary to Haddock (42) Tom Wise did inform the UKIP party that allegations were being made. If Haddock lived in the Eastern region he would know a lot more. With regards to Tom’s charges with Lindsay Jenkins, also being implicated, the story I heard from a from a very good source was along these lines. Tom was quite within his rights to accept money in advance for a researcher, however, the period she was needed was not as long as expected. His secretary reminder Tom that repayment was needed which he promply carried out. Sadly he then got reported otherwise.

By: Mark, Sidcup

Mark, Sidcup — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 11:57:00 +0000

Because they are dividing their income across two or more sets of tax allowances. They should abide by the same rules that they impose on us all.

By: Tried, Trussed and Trusted

Tried, Trussed and Trusted — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 21:58:01 +0000

And UKIP is obviously free of any charge of screwing the EU expense system is it? As Stevo says, you really need to get out more mate.

By: Tried, Trussed and Trusted

Tried, Trussed and Trusted — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 21:48:37 +0000

Bollocks, he stole money from taxpayers. Which bit of that do you lot NOT understand? It does not matter whether he is UKIP, Tory, Labour or Martian Democratic Water Workers Party – he still STOLE money from the taxpayer.

Makes me sick how in the UK they want to spend their time debating how so-and-so should not be tried since he/she isn’t a part of the main political party network.

By: Budgie

Budgie — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 21:41:46 +0000

And here’s me thinking the “dog that’s smaller than your cat” is actually a rat on a string!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 21:13:08 +0000

Many people will have read with shock in national newspapers how Lindsay now finds her self embroiled in a very distasteful position. It beggar’s belief that Lindsay with a long and distinguished unblemished record of public service finds her career and character have been brought into question with what appears to be a case of her carrying out research for an MEP. She has written two books Disappearing Britain and the EU and the Death of Local Government. Compared to the person whom she carried out the research for she is a colossus. Just like Bernard Connolly, Paul Van Buitenen and Marta Andreason and latterly Damien Green she most probably realises that some Governments do not like people telling the truth and there may be repercussions. Remember Corpus Juris and the warnings from Torquil Dick-Erikson

When Russia & Uganda Believe They Are Freer Than Britain
Iain Dale 8:31 PM
It’s always instructive to contemplate how the rest of the world sees us. In an article headlined WHY DO THE BRITISH HATE US SO? Pravda has this to say…

Quite simply, as the UK sinks into the deepest reaches of an Orwellian Police State, where the government tracks every car on the autobahns, every phone call, all Internet usage and even has council members rummaging through people’s dust bins before the rubbish is picked up, and all the while their own industry is pushed off to third world nations and the British themselves are pushed off by a tsunami of third world immigrants bent on making the English like them not themselves like the English, the beleaguered and enslaved subjects of Her Majesty are looking for someone to strike out of sheer anger. Instead of looking inwardly and to God and solving the myriad of their own problems, they have instead chosen the easier route of striking at far off Russians. Of course it is the now long habit of taking the easier route that has brought the English to the point of possible extinction on the English Isles. A sorry state indeed.

By: Parish Councillor

Parish Councillor — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 21:01:47 +0000

After the Commons and “Lords” have been thrown into jail for the misapropriation of “our” money the CPS might like to look at some of the rotten Boroughs, District & County Councils.

Oh yes, many authorities are beyond redemption and of course were the spawning grounds for the current inadequates who enjoy their temporary power over us.

Believe me, the future is worse. Take a look at the half wits governing us at local level. Unemployable by and large in the private sector. Morally corrupt, lazy, lying, pompous & wholly useless except when it comes to lining their own pockets. There are of course a few exceptions, but not many – some authorities are much worse than others.

Capital punishment is too generous to those caught red handed thieving and taking bribes.

Sharia Law anyone? Elements of it seem rather attractive of late.

By: Parish Councillor

Parish Councillor — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 20:48:24 +0000

When the majority of thieving MP’s have been prosecuted, the CPS