May 19th, 2009

Carswell’s Victory

Douglas CarswellDan Hannan went viral and wowed the YouTube generation with his speech.  For a moment he seemed to have eclipsed Douglas Carswell, who was with Hannan the co-author of The Plan.  In the short time Carswell has been in parliament he has made some impact with his coherent critique of the political status quo.  He is independently minded and often described as a maverick; he has already managed to upset the Conservative Party establishment, turn down a PPS job offer designed to stifle him, upset the powerful defence industry lobby and break with parliamentary convention by championing the ousting of a disgraced Speaker.  Not bad work.

He has a slim majority of 920.  Guido expects the voters of Clacton to return him with acclaimation at the general election…


575 Comments

  1. 1
    filipinomonkey says:

    We need more mavericks

    • 5
      John McCain says:

      Did someone say Maverick?

      • 6
        Prezza says:

        Did someone say McCain oven chips?

      • 42
        Neil Morrisey says:

        Have I ever told you your chips are RUBBISH.

        Better chips down the back of our sofa.

      • 67
        Ice Man says:

        He’s a good wing man but I’m Top Gun around here.

      • 73
        Goose says:

        Yeeha – MacJester’s dead!

      • 95
      • 408
        Gorbachev Mick says:

        DING-DONG THE WITCH IS DEAD!

        Martin’s gone.

      • 431
      • 447
        Moncreiffs Repose says:

        I particularly admired the way Carswell went against Convention and had the balls to tell Martin to resign propelling the story to the Headlines and News bulletins giving it rocket fuel. He even warned of a the Speakers gruesome fate of a death by a thousand cuts yetsterday.

        If by Carswell we mean Nick Clegg.

        Sorry Guido old boy but Carswell was an excellent footsoldier and deserves kudos for speaking out and tabling the motion but contrast Carswell with Cameron who could still not bring himself to say a bad word against the Speaker this morning.

        We know that it was having a Leader of the Opposition like Clegg publicly tell the Speaker and the World that enough was enough which pushed the momentum over the top made the headlines, forced the silent out of hiding and led to the events today.

        Clegg himself might be a bit of a tw*t but he clearly had more guts and nouse on this issue than Dave did when push came to shove.

        No doubt not praising Dave lavishly and mentioning someone other than a Conservative will reduce a large part of your unpartisan readership to the devastating eloquence of parrotting the word Hoon in outrage. So be it.
        Martin still went because Clegg spoke out while Dave didn’t.

        Thank f*ck Martin is finally gone.

      • 467
    • 9
      Sam says:

      Quite! I know a good few of his constituents, as my home is just on the border and I’m also involved with Great Leighs racecourse. They are a forthright and independent bunch, Tory at heart – small businessmen in the main, and upwardly mobile.

      I’ve no doubt they will do the right thing come the great day!

    • 18
      A.F says:

      Here here.

    • 19
      Martin in Essex says:

      How are his credentials? Has he had his nose in the trough? If I was being cynical I would suggest with his slim majority he saw this as a populist move to get re-elected.

      • 23
        Anonymous says:

        It took guts to do what he did, good luck to him.

      • 179
        Blàr Allt a' Bhonnaich says:

        He was Numero Uno troffer last year, so it’ll be interesting to see the breakdown when it’s released.

        http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/douglas_carswell/harwich#expenses

        Hope there’s no sweeties, smarties etc on the claim, or it’s Bye-Bye Dougie.

        I’m sure there are a few in the Tory party who’d like to trip up a chap like that.

        the anti-Tory vote in the constituency is quite large too.

        And anyway, he’s got such a slappable pompous gob

      • 184
        The fact that blair has to screw his mangy grinning cunt of a wife makes up for bad karma says:

        The problem with the injection of PR in politics is that it is generally impossible to separate good intent with good publicity – the only factors that generally determine which of those apply are long term trends.

      • 289
        John Ward says:

        Although I suppose that is possible, my own experiences with him and those of people I know who have worked with him for far longer than his time in Parliament suggest very strongly that this is the way he is.

      • 296
        John Ward says:

        Just to clarify (in case of possible ambiguity): the way he has behaved in Parliament is entirely consistent with the way he was before. It is a matter of principle with him, Hannan and others I could name…

      • 491
        Battle of Culloden says:

        179
        Blàr Allt a’ Bhonnaich

        You man was no good! just accept it

    • 41
      Carnot says:

      Definitely. A good clear out of the old establishment is in order.

    • 107
      Bastards says:

      too right. I don’t elect my MP to play party politic games – i elect him to represent me and the community i live in. if he doesn’t know what’s best for his constituents he should get off his arse and find out. Having found out, then if he doesn’t vote in a way that reflects those needs he should risk being recalled.

      Electing an mp of a certain political party should just be an indication of where his beliefs lie, not an expectation that he just adds to a tory or labour block vote.

      More independant minded mps – regardless of political colour.

    • 159
      Fausty says:

      The ‘mavericks’ have been running the show lately. Truth has been a dirty word for too long.

    • 216
      1984/25 Orwellthatendsbadly says:

      Michael Martin – Strange Fruit indeed.

    • 225
      nell says:

      What we really need re more Martin Bells – although Carswell and Hannan are doing a damned good job.

      • 560
        You Couldn't Make It Up says:

        We do NOT need more Martin Bells! Shit and derision woman, do your research!

        The man was a Labour and Lib/Dem patsy, funded by the former and put up by the latter – and never even took the rouble to find out if Hamilton was guilty before standign against him (he wasn’t). Bell is a pompus hypoctitical git of the first order, some details at http://www.guardianlies.com and other places online

        I’m all for independent MPs btw – but Bell was emphatically NOT one of those

    • 376
      Lord Delaval of Sluice says:

      We need only mavericks. Slavish arselicking hoons need not apply.

      • 396

        There should be a ban on re-electing MP’s who failed to show originality and independence and energy in promoting something beneficial to the country in their last parliament. Deadwood, troughing party hacks should be carefully culled before each election, by an objective public body.

      • 561
        You Couldn't Make It Up says:

        Raven, you seem to have little understanding of our democracy – imperfect though it is

        Parliamentary candidates are EITHER independents, OR stand for a party, They cannot be both; and you cannot have an ‘independent’ body selecting either. Do grow up and get your feet back on the ground!

    • 423
      Anonymous says:

      WELL DONE CARSWELL!!!!

    • 472
      Princess Beatrice says:

      Now Guido can we have the Hooning guide to property development?

    • 513
      Pedant no 4 says:

      “acclaimation ”
      errr Guido “acclamation” perhaps

  2. 2
    Dribbling Git says:

    Unbelievably first! Can I get a coconut?

  3. 3
    Wolfie - Smurf says:

    Carswell for Speaker then?????

    He wants a reforming Speaker… sounds like the man for the job.

    • 20
      Sam says:

      Surely the Deputy Speakers should take the Chair until the election, and then have a clean sweep?
      I don’t think we will have to wait a year now, the house of cards is tumbing fast

      • 31
        freddie flintoff says:

        bill cash or kate hoey or frank field

      • 71
        Papasmurf says:

        This is what I wrote on the previous post

        I reckon that the Cabinet meeting discussed the way forward. The pressure is too great. They see their time is up.

        It is now about damage limitation.

        NEC to put measures in place to ‘clean up’ candidates.

        McBroon to announce he is to see the Queen tomorrow before he then comes to PMQ’s where he will announce that there will be a prolonged lead in period, first to allow the clean up period and then a General Election, probably in July.

        I now want to see MP’s to have real power over the executive. I want to see an offence of lying or withholding information from an MP to be imprisonable. I want to see that when you ask your MP to investigate some crap that the executive are handing out to you, they can give you a substantive answer, not spout off the excuses you have heard already.

      • 126
        Anonymous says:

        Shuffling the chairs in the RMS Titanic/Westminster is immaterial. The EU runs this country and we cannot vote the Brussels scum out. Only way is to leave the EU. Fuck all the ‘big three’ sell outs. UKIP on June 4th.

      • 158
        Anonymous says:

        No, not for speaker, we need him in a Tory government. DC take note!!!

    • 369

      Better to have him as a competent, reforming, independent minded minister, so he can achieve something useful for the country. We need several hundred more like him. Wake up Cameron, and start making use of talent, when you’ve cleared out the crooks and dead wood.

      • 536
        Frank's mum says:

        Put your money on Frank Field. A good man. Who will put duty, before self and can be trusted by all. Boring, yet effective. Dispised by the untrustworthy and the bull-shitters. Cross party choice.

  4. 4
    Dribbling Git says:

    Or perhaps a jacuzzi? Oh gowaan gowaan gowaan……..

  5. 7
    Anonymous says:

    Here here. Top bloke!

    • 100

      Don’t you mean “Hear! Hear!” ?

      The Penguin.

    • 143
      Blue&Proud says:

      Pedants’ Corner
      The correct form is “Hear, hear”. It is an expression used as a short repeated form of “hear ye” and “hear him”. It represents a listener’s agreement with the point being made by a speaker.

      • 154
        Gorbals McSacked says:

        I’d always wondered what that meant. Who am I again? Where, what, when err.. penguin? Armadillo? Radish? Err… need a nap – don’t mind me.

      • 209
        Ex pat Englishman, living in America says:

        Good post! While it’s a good thing that Guido allows anyone to comment, it does unfortunately mean that you get morons talking about hamsters and cornflakes. I’m all for beign rude about politicians, but a lot of the comments here are just ridiculous. (But maybe people feel *this* comment is ridiculous. Oh well.)

      • 301
        William says:

        Always glad to learn!

        I thought it was short for something like, ‘over here, I agree’, or somesuch.

      • 508
        sloberdown menob says:

        209
        Ex pat Englishman, living in America says:
        May 19, 2009 at 1:46 pm

        Good post! While it’s a good thing that Guido allows anyone to comment, it does unfortunately mean that you get morons talking about hamsters and cornflakes. I’m all for beign rude about politicians, but a lot of the comments here are just ridiculous. (But maybe people feel *this* comment is ridiculous. Oh well.)
        ……………………………………………………………………………………………..

        We like it like that!
        And what have you got against edible Hamsters?
        Mind you i do agree they don’t go with cornflakes, the little twats drink all the milk.

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      • 562
        You Couldn't Make It Up says:

        Hear HEAR!

        @ 209: the blog can get a little over-serious; we believe Guido encourages a little light banter
        Admittedly some of that is less than hilarious, but oft we post in jest and without thinking

    • 567
      Silvio Posters says:

      Admittedly some of that is less than hilarious, but oft we post in jest and without thinking

      DGJUST LYKE POLLYTITIANS

  6. 10
    Boris says:

    Nice article Guido

    You know from first hand experience that it is nasty work trying to weed out corruption and improve our lives.

    And it is great that you give credit where credit is due.

    In the middle of this horror story it is good to be positive.

    I am sure Heather appreciated your previous article and that Dougie Carswell will appreciate this

    Good work

    • 48
      To my shame, I once voted Labour. says:

      Guido and Carswell for Knighthood’s!

      • 65
        no longer anonymous says:

        Good idea, might convert Guido into a monarchist.

        Carswell for leading a coup against Cameron after he’s elected.

      • 89
        Mrs Crewe says:

        We’ll need a few more dear Quentin Lets just questioned the one given to that old labour fart Stuart Bell

      • 206
        Guido's Groupie says:

        NO !

        Guido is Irish

        He is a pamphleteer…and libertarian…

        Pamphleteers do not compromise themselves with “the powers that be” by taking honours (and who would want to join all those who have taken corrupted honours for years anyway)..

        There are three things IMHO we can do for Guido (of he wants)

        1) Keep supporting him and informing him here

        2) Establish a general subscription to buy him (and the long suffering Mrs Guido) something BIG -we are thousands..a tenner a piece would go a long way

        3) Ask Guido to assemble a book at the end of the year (for our Christmas presents !) with all his articles, scoops and the best of our contributions here.. Called “Guido’s Guide” (or something like that just to anger the “power that be”) and BUY IT EN masse

        IT WILL BECOME THE BEST SELLER OF THE YEAR and should make Guido a pile of cash (published in St Kitts and Nevis of course)

        We are going to have fun…and Guido should be the first to benefit !!

        Guido’s Groupie

      • 394
        Goat says:

        Fuck off you brown nosing git.

    • 540
      Pat Mebehind says:

      Guido Irish ?

      A Paddy pamphleteer and libertarian…… That makes almost 4,902,278 of us. Carefull there Pat. The English establishment will have you at the end of a rope as soon as you let your guard down.

      • 541
        Pat Mebehind says:

        Look what they are doing to that poor Wogan. National treasure ! They’ll turn on him as soon as they find out the secret of his success in broadcasting. The bastards.

  7. 11
    Anonymous says:

    Well said Guido! We need many more MPs like Douglas Carswell.

    • 26
      Anonymous says:

      About 600 plus should do it.

    • 91
      John Lilburne says:

      Carsell is a cretin. The problem is not going to disappear with Michael Martin.

      • 168
        Fausty says:

        Carswell didn’t suggest that it would. Just as jailing one murderer doesn’t make the streets safe. This is just the start of the big clean-up.

      • 236
        MI5 says:

        No

        But sacking GORBALS under popular pressure is a great beginning…

        It has broken a CONSTITIONAL TABOO

        Let’s just keep going and DEMAND JUSTICE

        We will get there

      • 349
        Mr Ned says:

        John Lilburne calls Carswell a cretin and yet cannot even spell his name.

        He is right that the problem will not end with the speaker, but it is a terribly good start. I think we should all vote against ALL incumbents (less a tiny minority of good, decent an honest MP’s who did not trough the system), but vote out ALL the rest!

        Vote local independent. You cannot trust a party to do anything for you, they are only in power for the sole purpose of staying in power.

  8. 12
    Send the speaker to the tower says:

    I’ve read ‘The Plan’. It’s an excellent read and makes a lot of sense. Always had a lot of time for Carswell.

    • 37
      The Messenger of Political Suicide says:

      Only if he can be hung, drawn and quartered

    • 232
      Airey Belvoir says:

      Carswell is a sound fellow. A pity that he resembles the aged kiddy-fiddler from ‘Family Guy.’ I think its the jaw.

      • 416
        Granma Wuffles says:

        Nyles Frazier? Or the lovechild of Twobrains Willetts and David Starkey.

  9. 13
    Ian Austin MP says:

    As an independent minded MP, beloved by my electorate, and esteemed by all members of the House, I will gladly accept the Speakership from my whipped supporters.

    As for you Guido, know this, I am not a pushover like Mucky Mick.

  10. 14
    Backwoodsman says:

    Party members very keen on the likes of him though, and plenty more where he came from, so FFS, stop encouraging the ukip nutters, or we’ll be stuck with labour for another decade !

    • 63
      Anyone but the LabLibCon trick says:

      Hannan and Carswell have more in common with those “ukip nutters” you disparage, than they ever will with “call me Dave”. As for Martin and ZanuLabour, they are finished, done, toast by their own greedy hands. “Call me Dave” never laid a glove on them, because he is Bliars true heir and the Camaroon cons are identikit bluelabour in waiting.

      • 68
        Action This Day says:

        Hello Mandy, Give us a kiss.

      • 305
        John Ward says:

        This appears to be a failure to recognise what “broad church” actually means (mainly because no other party really has the same) and trying to “invent” divisions within the Conservatives.

        There might be differences in slant, but a good democracy takes the best from a broad view. Only dictatorships (i.e. the Left) and those with a one-policy monomania-style platform (e.g. UKIP) cannot understand or cope with that.

      • 407
        Mr Ned says:

        I do not give a fuck about the width or size of any so called church in the conservative party. The fact is there is no point being anti-Blair or Brown and then voting in someone who is in favour of the same bloody systems as they imposed.

        The tools and mechanics of state ARE CURRENTLY being shifted, peice by piece out of Her Majesties jurisdiction away from offices held under Oath, over to the “third sector”. The third sector being a group of non-elected, private corporations that operate by fiat and are dedicated to operate under EU law and outside of traditional common law of the UK.

        This shift from our constitutional arrangements over to what can only be described as a fascist control system is a very stealthy coup that BOTH parties have willingly and treasonously taken part in.

        It is what the party leaders will DO that matters and I have seen very little evidence that Dave will do anything other than talk tough on the EU whilst carrying on giving them every new power that they request.

        This fascist coup by stealth is HAPPENING NOW. so-called charities like Common Purpose through their graduate programs are forcing this through every level of Government from central government down to town hall and even parish council level.

        They MUST be STOPPED!

    • 93
      Dr Feelgood says:

      Hear, hear. UKIP are going to save Brown by splitting the conservative vote in the euro elections

      • 128
        RnB fan says:

        Dr Feelgood, great band from Canvey Island. Poster using their name here, total fucking twat!

      • 160
        Anonymous says:

        Listen up, Dr Feelgood; Vote for who you choose. That’s all one can do unless you are a sheep.

      • 214
        Dr Feelgood says:

        Gordon loves UKIP – you’ll be the reason he can hang on after the euro elections. Why do you think you are getting so much coverage on the BBC?

        A golden opportunity to stuff him good and proper is being wasted by these single issue UKIP nutters.

      • 425
        Mr Ned says:

        Well if UKIP had any sense it would go after independent and non-voters. That way they would not have to try to get conservatives to change sides at all, and there are enough people in the traditionally non-voting section of society to win an election by a MASSIVE landslide already, not one tory voter required!

        That said, if Dave had any sense he would steal ALL UKIP’s support by ACTUALLY declaring outright and placing it in no doubt that we will finally withdraw from the political integration of the EU and become a strong, low-tax, dynamic independent Britain, retaining the freedoms and Liberties from Magna Carta and the Bill of Rights and building upon those to guarantee the freedom of all good and true free men on the land.

        Do not decry UKIP, when it is Dave “bliar” Cameron who has the power to finish them off in one fell swoop!

      • 463
        Dr Feelgood says:

        Mr Ned, in fact I agree with many of those proposals. I’m not a big fan of the EU except as a free trade, free travel, free residency block.

        The fact remains that UKIP are campaigning against the Tories and peeling voters off them rather than attracting the non-participants.

        UKIP use of the expenses scandal to pick up votes from the Tories is also extremely cynical given their very shady track record in this respect.

        IMHO it’s better to fight for a ‘dry’ European policy from within the Conservative Party, rather than split the vote to the benefit of Labour.

  11. 15
    Tartwatch says:

    Where are your FOI responses, Guido?

    • 33
      • 124
        Valley Commando says:

        Iain Dale has had some interesting FOI replies that confirm the mud slinging sept of No 10 was a functioning unit.

    • 243
      MI5 says:

      NO 10 DOWNING STREET UNDER DIRTY TRICKS BROWN WAS/IS AN ORGANISED CONSPIRACY TO DELIBERATELY STEAL DEFAME AND DECEIVE

      PAID FOR BY TAXPAYERS UNDER FALSE PRETENCES

      CLEARLY GROUNDS FOR A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION

      NEW LABOUR = ORGANISED CRIME

      • 383

        Boris, get an honest copper to replace that New Labour idiot, and have him properly investigate ALL the New Labour criminals in Westminster and Glasgow!

  12. 16
    Geordie Girl says:

    He is a rare commodity – a man of decency and integrity, grittily determined to do the right thing – and what a result.

  13. 21

    Take him on as your young apprentice Guido, I reckon you could do with a hand right now.

  14. 22
    Anonymous says:

    Who would you rather have in Parliament, a principled fighter like Douglas Carswell or a greedy, talentless crook like Dawn Butler?

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1184413/Labour-whip-claims-whirlpool-bath-second-property-just-14-miles-lives.html

    • 54
      Ex Union Equality Officer says:

      U a raysisst innitt?

    • 139
      john says:

      After the last 10 days, I can still be shocked. Nearly 60 grand taken while our boys die in the desert for so little. Hope she is removed but can’t imagine the same rules being applied to a black woman – would Harperson allow it? – hope I’m wrong.

      • 239
        Airey Belvoir says:

        Was ity not Dawn Butler that wrote a letter to herself (as from Obama)saying what a great person she was, and then bamboozled Obama into signing it when he visited the Commons?

      • 387

        More death needed.

    • 563
      You Couldn't Make It Up says:

      Jesus wept. How do such people get into the Commons, let alone be put in charge of the hen coop?

  15. 24
    Jack says:

    Bravo, as previously mentioned he has been the correct front man for this. Side splitting spin trying to credit one party leader to discredit another. Back to the bunker, bravo a good bit of backbench work!

  16. 27
    Sam says:

    It’s true that the current raft of Cons PCs is notably more Eurosceptic than the present intake. So with luck, and especially since the backbenchers will (I hope) take heart and courage from what is happening now, there will be a big shift in Conservative policy towards the EU dictatorship.

    • 213
      Ray Finch says:

      Are you aware that Mr. Cameron has banned all “Better Off Out” signatories from his front bench?

      Will you Tories ever learn?

      Your leadership was long ago captured by the EUphiles and a few beards like Carswell and Hannan will never change it.

      • 564
        Sam says:

        The point I was making, is that Cameron may no longer be able to sideline the Eurosceptics once they are a clear majority in the Parliamentary party (whioch they have not been to date).

        Current events are giving a voice to previously sidelined opinion, and making everyone less sheep-like – MPs included with any luck, and Cameron seems to be sensitive to this shift. For a couple of years at least, party leaders will ignore the electorate and the rank and file at their peril

        I’m not a Tory btw, I’ve never joined a political party.
        I’m a libertarian democrat, and as such I vote always for the ‘least worse option’

  17. 28

    If you don’t want to be ruled by a Politian anymore, then don’t vote for one on June 4th.

    Vote for a Jury Team candidate.

  18. 32
    Pete-s says:

    Martin has not said WHEN he is going. We need two things:

    a) A GENERAL ELECTION to clean out the stables. NOW!

    b) Parliament needs a speaker who will give back the power to the MPs so they can hold the gov to scrutiny. At the moment they are just joy riders on a gravy train.

    • 403

      Most MP’s have safe seats, and the longer they hold them the worse they trough. An election will serve little purpose if the entrenched vermin in all parties are not removed and replaced by better candidates before the general election is held. Term limits might help, if the MP’s were not able to steal too much during their time at the trough.

      • 461
        Mr Ned says:

        If the pissed off, former apathetic non-voters finally pulled their fingers out and got off their arses to vote, there are more than enough of them to wipe out ALL the mainstream parties. There are more of them than there are tory and labour voters COMBINED!

        That fact should be enough in itself to motivate them to vote.
        That fact should be enough in itself to terrify every current greedy trougher in the Commons.

    • 426
      RavingMad says:

      sunday june 21st

  19. 34
    The Grim Reaper says:

    Turn the heat on the Blairs next and all our Christmasses will have come at once….go to it, attack dogs

  20. 35
    William says:

    Watch out for bad news being slipped out under cover of the Mumbler’s resignation.

    • 38
      The Messenger of Political Suicide says:

      Right….the Chief Whipper-In has had too many on us for starters (and mains, and puds & etc………)

    • 92
      Cynical moi? says:

      The BBC’s/EU’s internet tax idea is doing another round in the papers while everyone else is distracted again.

      • 120
        Moley says:

        We should resist supporting the BBC with any form of taxation. We need policy statements from the Party leaders on this.

        The BBC needs to slim right down to one TV channel, one radio station and the rest privatised.

        I am fully in favour of Public service broadcasting, that is why I detest the BBC so much.

      • 364

        Extortion funding of basically entertainment is an abomination.

        If a broadcasters funding source is extortion then it’s output will inevitably be socialist propaganda.

        Subscription, not slavery is the only answer.

    • 141
      Susie says:

      Here’s the bad news”

      “But he (Martin) is determined to see through the reforms that he announced yesterday.”

      He also said reforms approved at the cabinet meeting earlier – to put independent regulators in charge of the Commons – meant the role of the Speaker would change.

      “There will no longer be a Speaker who is in charge as chief executive of the House of Commons. He will be procedural and ceremonial – so when we do look for a new Speaker it will have to take that into account.”

      Who elects the ‘independent’ regulators?

      • 464
        Mr Ned says:

        Yet more of the Crown and her majesties authority being removed from our constitutional arrangements.

        Problem, Reaction, Solution!

        The established and democratically accountable system being farmed out to the “third sector” again!

        THIS MUST BE STOPPED!!!

      • 490
        Susie says:

        Love how the Labour Cabinet solution is another unaccountable Quango… I’ll bet Gorgon’s going through his little red book now looking for a suitable placeman to head the Parliamentary Public Administration Authority or whatever they’ll call it (any suitable acronyms guys and gals? Best one wins a set of mock Tudor beams, second prize is a moat, third a year’s subscription to X-rated, wooden spoon is a bathplug).

        Love how they avoid the transparency issue completely. Love how even now they can’t trust in democracy and the will of the people and its Parliament.

  21. 36
    Anonymous says:

    Independently minded MP in the Conservative party?

    He won’t last long then.

  22. 40
    Zastrozzi says:

    Bit O/T but has anyone heard anything about Tony Blair’s expense claims so far?

    • 47
      MisterE says:

      No, and we probably wont…

      Weren’t they all “accidentally” shredded when he left office??

    • 49
      Pete-s says:

      The speaker had then shredded. Check on the net, this is not a spoof remark.

    • 52
      Craigoh says:

      Um, weren’t they shredded? That’s wot The Times sed.

    • 59
      The Illinois Enema Bandit says:

      Didn’t he have them framed and hung in the crapper ?

    • 268
      XXXX says:

      If they were shredded, we may never know whether he claimed receipts for massage chairs etc. but there must be information about how much was paid in total. The size of the mortgage on Myrobella by the time he stepped down will also be traceable and comparable to the original purchase price so that it will be evident whether or not he re-mortgage the property to the hilt to raise money for other ventures. If he did, there is no way that he could truthfully sign to the effect that the re-mortgage interest was wholly necessary in order to discharge parliamentary duties.
      QED

    • 435
      Granma Wuffles says:

      Some knowledgeable soul in these columns in recent times said that even had they been accidentally shredded they would still exist on a hard drive if Mr Plod & the FS were interested, they would know how to trace.

  23. 43
    Anonymous says:

    Good to see the Westminster ‘mother of parliaments’ being reduced to an international laughing stock. It will never recover. Scotland will be free.

    • 78
      Action This Day says:

      Bye bye and good luck.
      Come back Hadrian all is forgiven.

    • 150
      Not Scottish says:

      Amen to that!

    • 272
      XXXX says:

      yes we’ve found it far too expensive up to now

    • 412
      Goat says:

      Free of what? You’ll go cap in hand to the EUSSR and get royally fucked over anyway.

    • 470
      Doctor Mick says:

      They’re under the delusion that they’ll be able to cadge more money off the French and Germans than they have off the English.

      And who exactly is stopping them from getting independence? Certainly not the English.

  24. 45
    Roberto Barolo says:

    It’s all very “Animal Farm” – which one’s the fat porker ‘Napoleon’?

  25. 46
    MisterE says:

    Either that or 921 voters in Harwich & Essex will, not knowing anything about him, overturn his majority based on nothing more than “he’s in a main party, so must be one of those ‘at it’“…

    • 162
      Anonymous says:

      At this point I’m afraid I’d accept that as collateral damage. They all need to go – even if that means a few good ones get the boot as well.

  26. 50
    Sunonmars says:

    Douglas Hogg is resigning at the GE, standing down, sounds like Cameron gave him the revolver.

  27. 51
    Anonymous says:

    Douglas Hogg falls on his moat.

    • 60
      Vowel problems says:

      On or in?

      • 164
        Anonymous says:

        It hasn’t been cleaned in over a fortnight so it’s full of mud. He fell on it.

      • 173
        Bordeaux Binger says:

        No. On the moat, then we can all walk over him on the way in to collect all those John Lewis articles that we bought. Then we can stamp on him on the way out.

  28. 53
    Anonymous says:

    Took the trouble to send me a personal e-mail in the midst of this.

    Super job I wish he were my MP.

  29. 56
    Centre Parting says:

    ‘Sir’ Stuart Bell on R5 – slobbering git – defending Gorbals – why?

    Why was he knighted – he just complained about the “old boy network”?

    • 80
      Dick Cheese says:

      Anybody know what his troughing proclivities are?
      The charmless, dentally challenged, bore doesn’t seem overly keen on transparency.

      • 429
        RavingMad says:

        had some dealings in Cleveland over child abuse and witchhunt scares in the 80s

    • 414

      All of Martin’s cronies should be despatched with him. Let them keep each other company, well away from the public purse.

  30. 68
    Dick Cheese says:

    He’s a todger dodger, Eurosceptic and doesn’t oink.
    Not bad qualifications, for starters.

  31. 70
    Sir Gerald Kaufman the socialist's £8865 television says:

    I’m necessary to the job of a Member of Parliament.

  32. 72
    Rob says:

    I am reminded of a quote by the late Baron Weatherill, :

    “The penalty that good men pay for failing to participate in public affairs is to be governed by others worse than themselves.”

    And so it has proved.

    • 233
      Hatstand says:

      He was paraphrasing Plato, so who knows how long this shit has been going on barely changed.

  33. 75
    Anonymous says:

    Prescott for speaker, at least he would provide a much needed laugh.

  34. 77
    Babar was a very poorly baby Elephant says:

    Kudos.
    And on TV, what a comparison he made by making that Mega-Trougher Foukes look every inch the old drunkard he really is.

  35. 81
    Speaker Michael Martin says:

    I’ve come in for some unfair criticism over the manner in which I read out my statement to the House yesterday afternoon. It wasn’t my fault…I was struggling to read Gordon Brown’s handwriting!

  36. 83
    Dick Cheese says:

    The blind cyclops has just announced that nobody who has abused expenses will be allowed to stand for the Backward Party at the GE.

    Depends entirely how you define that and Gordon will define it in such a way that only a small handful have to stand down.

    • 87
      Anonymous says:

      Including them wot slipped their bruv a few grand to get their flat scrubbed?

    • 98
      Groucho says:

      Exactly. The devil will be in the detail, as it always is with Brown.

      • 127
        DGJYNDGJER MARQUES says:

        *
        FRIGGING IN THE RIGGING

        FRIGGING IN THE WRIGGING

        FRIGGING IN THE WRIGGING
        INIT
        M8*

    • 99
      Sunonmars says:

      so that means nobody because according to labour and harman and them all, it was all within the rules.

    • 138
      Anonymous says:

      I think you’ll find it was “if they had broken the rules”.

      Consider how much contempt this government has for the rules (Iraq war anyone?) and I’m sure you’ll find it’s only those with ropey mortgages that suffer.

    • 189
      Anonymous says:

      The Tories should be careful with this one. If Brown gets a few minor scalps he could end up looking like the one who cleaned his party out. Cameron needs to get rid of his thieves fast as that GB doesn’t come out looking like the one actually doing something.

      • 219
        Anonymous says:

        Stike that, I just read what he actually said. There’s no way in hell anyone is going to take the thieving twat seriously.

  37. 84
    Swiss Bob says:

    The Times used my Profli-gate!

    I will live chat the Speaker’s resignation statement at 2:30pm or whenever it is on if live: The Daily Politics.

  38. 85
    Anonymous says:

    This “Sir” Stuart Bell bod, how does he manage to to appear on all the news channels at pretty much the same time.

  39. 88
    Action This Day says:

    Douglas Carswell speaks forthrightly and with a lot of common sense, he will be a true reformer.

    Perhaps there is hope for us and parliament with more people like him after this hopeless band of thieves are gone.

    It will be an interesting year and I have hope for my grandchildren at last.

    • 97
    • 210
      Jenny Taylor. says:

      Yeah but you and your kids are jiggered.

    • 474
      Mr Ned says:

      I’m not buying it. Problem, reaction, solution. The old Hegalian dialectic. The EU coup by stealth is almost complete. All they need is to break up our Parliament and remove our constitutional arrangements, and offices that are under Oath to the Queen and then we are TOTALLY consumed by the beast of the EU. Common law would be dead.

      SO what do we have now? A scandal whereby the Speaker’s power is now to be removed and handed over to a “respected and independent” third party (in the third sector) and the Speaker will become a symbolic and ceremonial position, powerless and usurped by traitors to the crown.

      A HUGE chunk of OUR power has just been stolen from under our (the people’s) noses AND with our active consent and encouragement!

      • 493
        Susie says:

        Another Quango.

        This is where her Maj steps in. Or should be.

      • 566
        Sam says:

        Mr Ned you are correct. Once the Speaker is subject to any force or entity or authority outside parliament, the pass is sold completely. But then MPs sold the pass already in so many respects:

        Maastrict Treaty first and foremost – then Lisbon treaty, also the anto-terrorist laws; and esp the failure to support Cash’s bill attempting to establish the supremacy of the Westminster Parliament and its laws over those of the EU: that was a black day ineed for this nation’s freedoms

  40. 90
    Sunonmars says:

    Brown is not going to do anything, he’s dodging .

    “No MP will stand if found to have broken the rules”, uhm hasnt brown been saying it was all within the rules, so nothing happening then.

    • 132
      Papasmurf says:

      Actually he said that, “No MP or CANDIDATE will stand if they have been found to have broken the rules”

      FFS waht a mess if Labour Candidates have been troughing before they are even IN Parliament!!!!!!!

    • 505
      Mr Ned says:

      Yup, if he meant that any troughers would not be able to stand in the election, then he would not be able to stand in the next election HIMSELF!!!

      He would NEVER propose a sanction that he himself will have to submit to would he?

  41. 93
    Ming's glitterball says:

    What the hell was Ming planning to do with me?

    • 134
      Twisted Nerve says:

      Indulge in some wild, hedonistic orgy of gay-abandonment with the Eeby Geebies cranked up to 11 ?

    • 145
      Cynical moi? says:

      Use you to finally defeat Flash Gordon.

  42. 102

    So where do we go from here? Gorbals Mick resigns but still stays in post, ‘chairs’ expenses reconstruction committee, leaves smelling of roses? Still the problem remains as this very neat mash up shows http://msn.shoothill.com/ Keep up the good work Guido

  43. 103
    It doesn't add up... says:

    Toenails being ripped a new one for these statements:

    “Some will complain that he has been made a scapegoat for the failings of individual MPs.

    Others will insist that this Glaswegian sheet metal worker was the victim of class-based prejudice and snobbery.

    There is some truth in both those charges.”

    I wonder what charges Toenails has been making to the BBC expenses budget.

    • 131
      Moley says:

      Robinson’s blatant and shameless bias is a very good reason for refusing to pay the

      Licence fee and for opposing the funding of the BBC by taxation.

      • 147
        Cynical moi? says:

        I agree

      • 174
        Susie says:

        That — and not watching any BBC programmes, as they’re not worth watching — apart from David Attenborough and sometimes Andrew Neil.

        Sky News is head and shoulders above BBCNews24. I would never have thought I’d have written that even 5 years ago.

      • 212
        Chloe Sal Gerbeeba says:

        Quite right.
        Refuse to pay the propaganda tax.

    • 169
      Blue&Proud says:

      Some truth in both those charges?!?

      Or could it be as Dan Hannan put it in his blog yesterday:
      “If there was anyone still wondering what was wrong with Michael Martin, you have your answer now. All the Speaker’s faults were on display today, as if in a gallery. He had evident difficulty reading his prepared statement. He was plainly baffled by the rules of procedure and, despite his nine years in the chair, had to consult with the Clerks over almost every question raised by MPs. He was inarticulate and self-justifying.”

      • 192
        Susie says:

        And he still stumbles over “O ooo orr orr order”…

        I don’t want either Frank Field or Kat Hoey as Speaker, they’d have to be neutral and I want their views expressed in debate.

        Another thing is these new Cabinet proposals basically belittle the role of the Speaker to ceremonial/procedural, who the fuck are they to dictate the terms? Just because their own man has screwed up the job, doesn’t mean someone else will.

    • 179
      Toenails says:

      Oh, my expenses are like MPs’ allowances – just small beer.

    • 479
      Doctor Mick says:

      Billy Connolly came out of the Glasgow shipyards. He was a welder. Would he have been tongue-tied or relying on prompts?

      He’d have made a brilliant Speaker and would be playing to a packed House every day.

      • 481
        Doctor Mick says:

        PS

        My point was that it’s got fuck all to do with class and everything to do with ability and integrity.

      • 520
        Anonymous says:

        Connolly’s as much a tosser as Gorbals Mick.
        They sing the same songs, believe me.
        One’s a comedian, the other a red bearded W*nker.

      • 554
        uk Fred says:

        Or religeous affiliation

  44. 104
    Cynical moi? says:

    As much as Frank Field is respected and a good choice Labour should go get stuffed and bog off. They’ve already had two goes at it. Time for a Tory to become speaker.

  45. 105
    Jack says:

    ‘Anyone but the LabLibCon trick said…….drone, rant, gibber

    Back to your garden shed (the one with UKIP stickers on it) with you.

    I rest my case about UKIP fruitcakes.

  46. 108
    Queen says:

    I will continue to sit on my comfy thorne while my people suffer.

    • 109
      John Press Cock says:

      Can we all have cake?

      • 188
        Anonymous says:

        Oi ! Presclott !! Get Tracey Temple to get the cakes out of your expenses.

    • 130
      The Dark E.U. overlord says:

      “while my people suffer”

      you mean MY people
      ha ha ha ha haaaaaaaaaaaaa

    • 151
      It doesn't add up... says:

      Broon says:

      I like thornes to sit on

    • 293
      Tommy MacTallybran says:

      *
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      WOT
      AND EAT IT TOO

      • 323
        Tommy MacTallybran says:

        *
        *
        CHRONOLODGJYKAL SEQWENSING

        THE ONE BELOW THIS IS NAO THE ONE BELOW qUEEN ABOVE THIS

        Post Number 108 As It Happens M8*

        FAMILIARITY IS A SIGN OF QKHONTEMPT

        AS MICHELLE MA BELLE WOOD SAY

    • 465
      Queen says:

      Sowrey, I will endever tou pwouf reed fewture commhents

  47. 110
    Gorbals Mick-ey Mouse says:

    Actually Carswell is standing in clacton due to boundary changes and it’ll be a pretty safe tory seat with a majority greater than 5000 based on the 2005 election according to UK Polling Report.

    I’m sure Bernard Jenkin will still win Harwich and North Essex for the blues.

  48. 113

    So. What are his expenses claims like?

    Was he aware of the system and the kind of crap they all seem to put on there to max out?

    Did he speak out, keep with the flock, or not know what was going on?

  49. 118
    Douglas Hogg MP says:

    I do not intend to stand at the next General Election.

  50. 119
    Mr Christopher says:

    Dan Han is the type of politician we need for the future.

  51. 121
    Mr Moat Digger says:

    Will you still be requiring me services Sir?

    • 181
      Lizzie says:

      The moat is available for hire to throw the dodgy-rule breakers into.

      • 223
        Susie says:

        I reckon that moat will become an nice little earner… available for baptisms, ducking witches and bottling the holy water of democracy.

      • 264
        Airey Belvoir says:

        If only the silly bugger had taken my advice and called it a ditch, he’s still be in the game…

      • 495
        Susie says:

        Only a matter of time before that moat water performs its first miracle… a General Election.

  52. 122
    Trade Descriptions Act says:

    UK to be renamed United Kuntdom

  53. 129
    Johnny says says:

    It is not a victory. The Squeaker has not been ordered by Parliament to leave the chair. The precedent that would have set was too big a risk to take. A Squeaker! Beholden to Parliament to do the job properly! Not in Gordon Brown’s lifetime.

    • 380
      Tommy MacTallybran says:

      *
      BLAQK SPECIAL

      DGJUST BLAQK SPOTTED BY INSPEQKTOR MOLE

      THE APOSTROPHFEE OF KATOSTROPHy

      IN GORDON BROWNS*
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  54. 133
    Lizzie says:

    Carswell should be given a knighthood for services to the British people. Brown has just announced that any Labour MP who has broken the “dodgy rules” will not stand at the next election. They are obviously not half the people in his present cabinet then? Jacqui Smith is still home secretary and he stands by her breaking the dodgy rules. Then there’s the very generous Mr Malik who donates to charities of his choice, monies from the dodgy rules. Brown is unbelieveable!

  55. 136
    Laney says:

    Hmmm….Is it worth a punt?

    4/1 Sir Alan Haselhurst
    4/1 Frank Field
    8/1 Sir George Young
    8/1 John Bercow
    10/1 Richard Taylor
    10/1 Vince Cable
    10/1 Menzies Campbell
    14/1 Sylvia Heal
    14/1 Richard Shepherd
    14/1 Ken Clarke
    14/1 Patrick Cormack
    16/1 Alan Beith
    33/1 David Davis
    33/1 Norman Baker
    50/1 Keith Simpson
    50/1 Damian Green
    50/1 Kate Hoey
    50/1 Diane Abbott
    50/1 Tony Wright
    250/1 Gordon Brown

    • 146
      Mr Ladbrooke says:

      1000/1 Ed Balls

    • 148
      Cynical moi? says:

      Might go for Vince myself.

    • 157
      Cardinal Richelieu's mole says:

      The difficulty will be selecting someone who cannot be tainted once his/her expenses are revealed to public scrutiny.

      It is also now a massive and difficult job. Past experience may not be a guide to future performance, neither may it equip whomsoever for the task ahead. Of the names you cite, my unkonwoing eye alights upon Bercow.

  56. 137
    Chris g says:

    Except that he is not standing for harwich and north essex- which will be patrick jenkin. Carswell is standing for clacton- such a classy place

    • 517
      Anonymous says:

      Try to be accurate when you correct others. Not Patrick Jenkin (Baron Jenkin of Roding). His son Bernard.

  57. 141
    Another mad Fife git says:

    Carswell and Hannan are both Scots – weel done lads

    och aye the noo!

    • 152
      Longshanks says:

      Yes the Scots have done a great job in bolloxing England up I’ m sure another geration of them would just about finish us off – GET TAE FUCK!

    • 182
      Kenny Dalgliesh says:

      At least they know how to speak.

      • 434
        Tommy MacTallybran says:

        LONGSHANGQUES WAS CALLED LONGSHANKS
        KNOT AS THE ANGLO~SASSENAXE SAXHUNS SAY
        ON ACCOUNT OF HIM BEING SIX FOOT AND A BIT

        BUT ON ACCOUNT OF THE FACT THAT HE HAD VERY DEEP POQKETS
        POKKITS AS THE ENGLISH SAY

        DGJUST LIKE GWUILLyHAM OF GNORR MANDY
        SON OF ROLLO
        BOLLO AS THE MUSKOVITES SAY
        8OLLO

        8OLLO AND HIS BASTARD SON WERE GNORRMAN MERCENARIES
        PAYED BY THE WHOLLY ROMAN EMPEROR
        IN THE VATyKAN IN LATIN IN ROMAN IN ROMA
        IN ROME
        IN
        IT

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  58. 144
    Keep yer eye on the ball says:

    Its been a good and successfulful ruse to divert attention from the general troughing, for the time being.

  59. 149
    Moley says:

    From Times Online

    http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article6314982.ece

    Christopher Galley, the mole in Damian Green case, says: ‘Tories dumped me’

    The mole who provided Damian Green with his information has been left out to dry.

    As the Tories were responsible for recruiting and encouraging him to breach confidentiality they should hang their heads in shame.

    The message is; “We will soon be in Government, we don’t want to encourage moles.”

    The dishonourable gentleman has spoken.

    • 235
      Sir Reginald Titbrain says:

      Anyone who trusts a Politician is an oaf.

      He came across as a bit of a plank on the interviews I heard.

    • 244
      Susie says:

      They cannot afford to admit to ‘grooming’ a mole as this was a charge which could have got Green convicted.

      Galley’s got no-one but himself to blame, after all he phoned Green several times while in police custody at their insistence trying to entrap Green, fortunately Green was far too fly to take the bait. Galley should have refused to co-operate and kept stum.

      • 488
        Moley says:

        When the minimum wage came in, Administrative Assistants got a pay rise.

        Staff at that level taken to a Westminster Office and subjected to persuasion by two experienced MPs don’t stand a chance.

    • 485
      Doctor Mick says:

      A traiter and a turncoat, eh? Perhaps he should join the Labour party?

  60. 153
    BO77 says:

    Glad to see that there are some chaps in the house who are on the ball. What surprises me about all of this so far is that I would have thought that party discipline structure would have had clauses about “bringing the party into disrepute” which would have enabled any constituency chairman (or perhaps even ordinary party member) to report the trougher to the CCC, NEC etc. and force the issue that way. After all there is prima facie evidence of moral wrongdoing (if not legal wrongdoing) in every case so far, complete with massive levels of public outrage. That’s how the labour party got rid of Georgeous George after he talked about British soliders being ‘warcriminals’. The rules are quite clear about “wholly and necessarily” for carrying out the job as an MP – anything else is troughing. It would be great to see the uggers cross examined on their actual expenses line by line in full public. As Harriet said “it’s wrong in the court of public opinion”.

  61. 155
    So17 says:

    In this rush for reform of Parliament, I hope they mean Reform It to How things used to be, not into some semi republican mish mash.
    In my time at the Palace of westminster all high officials were ex military officers and the Doorkeepers were all ex NCOs.
    These high standards were looked up to by everybody else in parliament including members of both houses.
    Socialists hate to kow tow to less worthy beings in uniform or official posts.
    But these officials underpinned the institution of Parliament and New Labours ‘reforms’ over the last 12 years have unpicked nearly every stitch.
    The Bastards.

    • 253
      Susie says:

      I totally agree.

      Who will be these unelected ‘independent’ authorities who will rule our Parliament? It’ll be just like Brussels. As Thatcher said “No, No, No”.

  62. 156
    Anonymous says:

    If I was the telegraph I’d either step up the revelations or quiten down for a few days until the speaker has gone

    • 198
      Losing count says:

      No, they are doing ok, quietly, methodically, ploughing through more than a million receipts.

  63. 161
    Guido Groupie says:

    MCBRIDE

    Done it

    SPEAKER

    Done it

    250 MPs and 50 Peers

    Almost done it

    NOW TUMBLEDOWN DIRTY TRICKS BROWN PLEASE

    God Bless Guido

    • 176
      Lizzie says:

      If you are going to take down the dragon, you need to chop of his head Guido.

    • 178
      Cynical moi? says:

      When shall the first book be written about how Guido’s exploits changed the political landscape during the opening of the 21st century.

      A place in history awaits him.

      • 190
        Lizzie says:

        Just imagine what the world would have been like in medieval times if they had blogs then!

      • 269
        Cynical moi? says:

        A few less heads would of rolled i dare say or maybe not!!

  64. 163
    Boris says:

    Hell Hath No Fury Like the Vengeance of the People

  65. 167
    Optional says:

    Well God bless him and God Bless you you old rogue.

  66. 170
    MI5 says:

    One of the things that Douglas Carswell has always supported is freeing MPs from the Party Whip’s Offices

    The corruption (and we have only seen part of it so far) in the Labour and Tory Whips’ Offices (“receiptless” Chief Labour Whip Browne, little Jacuzzi Butler etc) should make this a priority in the next Parliament.

    Break the power of the “enforcers” in the Whips’ Offices

  67. 170
    Anonymous says:

    http://uk.news.yahoo.com/21/20090519/tuk-pm-election-ban-on-expenses-mps-6323e80.html

    “Mr Brown also said that no MP who had broken expenses rules would serve in either the Cabinet or the Government.

    He said: “I made it clear to the National Executive Committee today that no Member of Parliament or candidate will stand for the Labour Party if they have defied the rules.”

    Anyone got a list of how many cabinet members are looking at a P45 and the friendly face (it really is, I’ve tried it) of the local dole office ?

    • 185
      Jobcentreplus Manager says:

      Christ – we’d better start recruiting now!

      • 194
        Lizzie says:

        According to most of the Labour MPs they have only followed the rules, some have even regarded them as the “bible”. How can Brown sack them?

      • 195
        nell says:

        No- don’t worry – he said ‘any that are found to have broken the rules.’ None of them did – as they have all said – ‘it was all within the rules.’ That’s why Smith, Hoon, Darling, Blears etc etc are still in the Cabinet.

    • 221
      Margy says:

      This means nothing as they all claim they were ‘within the rules’ and probably were (no rules about common sense, integrity and moral guidance).

      So as usual just a wordy mantra coming from Gordon that actually means nothing when analysed.

    • 226
      Twizzle says:

      Lizzie, exactly.

      You lot don’t really think Brown is going to come out with something that actually means what it says, do you?

      Spinning like a top. It’s what he does.

    • 234
      The big D says:

      Not worth the oxygen used in making the statement.

      We already know that very few MPs “broke the rules”. Their defence was ” we checked with the expenses office and they said it was O.K.” That will not change.

      The ones bang to rights, payment of non-existent mortgage, etc. are gone. All the others will still cling on using this Nuremberg defence.

      Kelly is not going to report in anything like real time, i.e. two weeks or less.

      This is the opening round of patting the problem around until the population looses interest.

      The only way to assuage public anger is to change the culture of Westminster.

      All the time political parties use their patronage to dictate Westminster attitudes, nothing will change.

      It will not be enough to change the personnel at Westminster i.e. the ordinary MPs, The party power structure they maintain will have to go as well. This will be the difficult task.

      • 492
        Moley says:

        Margaret Moran has already been reselected by her constituency party.

        Hard to work out what planet they are on.

  68. 172
    Odds Bodkins says:

    The selection criteria for MPs is astoundingly simple – pillar or parasite?

    • 193
      Losing count says:

      Pillock or pimp?

    • 231
      Sir Reginald Titbrain says:

      We need people to represent modern Britain, not stereotypes.

      No more Blair Babes, Union stooges, Public school chinless wonders, and ethnic minority appeasement appointees and exposed troughers.

      That makes about 600 of the present lot unsuitable.

      Back to the drawing board.

  69. 175
    Ickes' Atlas says:

    Is Hannan whiter than white? They’ll be gunning for him now…

  70. 183
    Swiss Bob says:

    Speaker’s Resignation statement 2:10pm. Live chat starting 2:00pm: The Daily Politics.

  71. 200
    Dungeekin says:

    We had a song yesterday, how about a poem today in honour of the (soon to be) ex-Speaker?

    Ordure, Ordure
    (With apologies to W H Auden)

    There goes Mick Martin, back o’er the border,
    No longer will he say “Order, Order”,
    Expenses for the rich, all claiming for more,
    And letting the Plod break down Damian’s door,
    A failure as Speaker, and now it’s his time,
    All confidence lost due to all of his crimes.
    His partisan ways a disgrace to the Chamber,
    He gave Opposition MPs the cold shoulder,
    Though yesterday he tried to plead to the masses,
    He’d always just tried to make war between classes
    Though MPs all cheer as his time approaches,
    They should know it won’t save the other cockroaches.
    The Speaker refused to turn his course,
    He waffled on while faith was lost,
    So though his passing is no great shakes,
    Knowing he’s next the Prime Minister quakes.

    D

    • 211
      The Headmaster says:

      Well done laddy.

      If ‘course’ rhymes with ‘lost’ then I presume you went to Eton?

      • 265
        Dungeekin says:

        Well, Auden made ‘course’ and ‘cross’ rhyme in the original, so I don’t see why I couldn’t twist the language a little.

        D

  72. 202
    dirtyden says:

    A 2009 electionjust came one step closer. Yessss!

  73. 204
    Daisy says:

    Douglas Carswell
    I can like this guy
    http://www.douglascarswell.com/text.aspx?id=11
    He can free us from the EU next!

  74. 215
    Ex pat Englishman, living in America says:

    My last comment wasn’t posted. Tsk tsk! It’s a conspiracy!

  75. 217
    nell says:

    Douglas Carswell for Speaker sounds good. Michael Martin will be off to the House Lords, cushy seat , generous expenses and fancy new title – wonder what it’ll be Lord Martin of …………….

  76. 220
    Anonymous says:

    During one meeting with Mr Green, Mr Galley remembered the MP telling him: “If you are fired, we will look after you.” So, last month, Mr Galley e-mailed him for help. It took four days for the reply to come and when it did it was as cold as ice.

    “Thank you for your e-mail,” Mr Green wrote. “I am delighted that this is now at an end and, as the Director of Public Prosecutions said, ‘The documents leaked undoubtedly touched on matters of legitimate public interest and [my] purpose in using the documents was apparently to hold the Government to account.’ This is exactly the case. All good wishes, Damian.”

    It was an astonishing brush-off for a man whose leaks to the Tories on crime and immigration had repeatedly embarrassed the Government.
    http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article6314982.ece

    • 506
      Susie says:

      Does he think Damian Green is thick or something? Any other reply would have been payment in kind for information received and Green’s trial would be making the front pages. First witness for the Prosecution Dominic Galley.

      Remember there’s no double jeopardy now, the ban on “double jeopardy”, which has existed for around 800 years, took effect from 2005. Any new evidence could be used for another prosecution.

      The only people Galley should be e-mailing are the Home Office citing the whistle blowers’ protection laws for unfair dismissal.

  77. 228
    impressed says:

    Congratulate Carswell
    carswelld@parliament.uk
    He has shown real guts and leadership.

  78. 229
    Essex girl says:

    Carswell’s seat at the next election is Clacton – which is much safer than his current Clacton and Harwich seat.

    He’ll be fine.

    • 512
      WUN VURSE says:

      *

      I SAW A WOMAN,
      THE UTHER DAY,
      HER BEAUTY WOZ ONLY SQKIN DEEP

      SHE WAS A THIQK SQKINNED ESSEX GIRL,
      AND HER BEAUTY MADE ME WEEP

  79. 230
    13:55 and waiting says:

    Up on your feet, mr Martin.
    Feel the fear ?
    Feel the Humiliation ?
    Where’s your ego and swagger now, Sir ?
    I hope this is the end of you and you have a very very short and unhappy retirement, you are a shame to a nation who doesn’t deserve your likes.
    An Hounourable man, indeed .
    Begone !

    • 242
      Anonymous says:

      He will go straight into the Lords to carry on milking the system like the greedy, thieving spiv he has always been.

      Hardly a punishment for unacceptable behaviour, is it?

      • 271
        14:10 and waiting says:

        I’m not so sure – that’s up to Brown – dare he risk offering that honour ?

    • 249
      Devil's Advocate says:

      No less honourable than those over whom I preside. Where were they before they were discovered in the malefactions – like me happy with the status quo. Woe on you who see the mote in your brother’s eye and cannot see the beam in your own.

    • 257
      Angry Citizen says:

      I hope the Police will warn him that he under investigation when he leaves the House of Commons

      And that the Speaker’s House and the Fees Office are declared a CRIME SCENE

      If someone had pillaged any bank like GORBALS AND THE MANAGERS OF THE FEES OFFICE HAVE PILLAGED THE NATIONAL TREASURY it would already have been declared a CRIME SCENE and closed off to anyone apart from THE investigators

      NOTICE TO THE METROPOLITAN POLICE /

      DO YOUR DUTY

      WE WANT JUSTICE

      STOP THE DOUBLE STANDARDS

      INVESTIGATE THE CRIME IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS IMMEDIATELY

  80. 237
    Anonymous says:

    Just listen to our honourable MPs. To a man they say Gorbals Mick is a good man, gorbals is honourable, Gorbals is the best.

    It just goes to prove never ever trust an MP, any MP.

    Plod not to investigate the Expenses leaker, was it someone close to Gorbals or Brown?

  81. 238
    Sky News Watch says:

    OT

    What’s going on at Sky News?

    Yesterday John Craig made the entirely unsubstantiated claim that Tory MPs are milking mortgage expenses far more than Labour.

    Today Joey Jones said that Tories, including Cameron and Osborne, are claiming far higher mortgage allowances than Labour politicians and that Gordon Brown and the government are determined to do something to stop it.

    Craig and Jones are spinning for Brown.

    • 246
      Anonymous says:

      They are both chummy with Whelan.

      • 287
        Anonymous says:

        It’s well known that Charlie Whelan exercises an unhealthy influence over some Sky reporters.

    • 248
      Anonymous says:

      It’s all true though. Cameron one of the richest MPs is the MP with the greatest second home claim.

      Trough Snout and Cameron, you can’t put a fag paper between them.

      • 258
        dirtyden says:

        Hmmm, not claiming for phantom mortgages, though. One’s immoral the other’s criminal.

        And spin is spin, hoon.

      • 266
        Cynical moi? says:

        His wife is rich, Cameron aint.

      • 283
        Anonymous says:

        I haven’t heard of any Tories who regularly flipped properties to maximise expense claims and to avoid CGT.

        Unlike Labour ministers like Blears who flipped four properties in 2 years and made nearly £200,000 profit.

        Darling who made even more flipping 5 properties.

        Hoon who used expenses to build up a London property portfolio worth £2 million.

        Tories have only claimed expenses to cover mortgages for properties they live in when Parliament is sitting.

        It’s still too much IMO but it pales into insignificance compared to the way many senior Labour politicians exploited the expenses system to make themselves rich out of the property bubble.

      • 307
        XXXX says:

        1. In general, Tories represent constituencies with higher house prices than Labour constituencies so it is hardly surprising if they need a bigger mortgage to buy a constituency home. For example, the cotswolds are just a tad more expensive than Castleford. Do you think that the chance to represent affluent places should be denied to anyone who can’t afford to buy a second home there without any help?

        2. What the hell has personal wealth got to do with being able to claim justified expenses such as basic mortgage interest on a constituency home or basic maintenance? Do you find that your boss asks whether you have any savings or investments before deciding if you can be re-imbursed for a necessary expense at work?

      • 496
        Moley says:

        307. These are good points, particularly on differential house prices.

        Should also consider size of mortgage compared to value of house.

        There needs to be a good public defence of high claims.

  82. 240
    Jeremiah says:

    Douglas Carswell is a very great man with egg on toast

  83. 245
    The Beast of Clerkenwell says:

    I bet the glaswegian twat will miss the silky nylon stockings

  84. 254
    Ben Chapman MP says:

    It’s not my fault. The fees office told me that it was perfectly alright to claim monthly expenses for a mortgage that no longer existed.

    I am flabbergasted that anyone could say I have done anything wrong. Besides, lots of other MPs were doing exactly the same thing.

  85. 255
    Trough Mixture says:

    Stuart Bell is an addled old Hoon. He needs to be consigned to a place where he may play Beetle and Whist in the afternoons while reeking of cabbage and piss. They all seem to develop a foggy brain after about 55.

    • 276
      Cynical moi? says:

      Get Stephen Pound to join him and you’ll nearly have a monks circle.

  86. 256
    Anonymous says:

    Peter Oborne in today’s Mail

    the greatest worry of Gordon Brown’s supporters

    if a vengeful Martin spoke out would be that he would reveal Brown was at the very heart of the squalid allowances system which has brought the Commons into such deep discredit.

    He could reveal how the Prime Minister was party to all the attempts to prevent the publication of MPs’ expenses. And he could show that Brown’s protestations of horror and outrage at the expenses scandal are just empty rhetoric.

    In fact Brown was one of the architects of the system. To keep mutinous backbenchers on his side, he allowed them to be bribed with extra rations. It is not going too far to say that the Speaker has the ammunition to destroy the Prime Minister if he makes the wrong move.

    • 270
      Angry Citizen says:

      NEW LABOUR = ORGANISED CRIME

      Can anyone contest this now ??

    • 277
      Caligula says:

      This really sounds like a history of the Sicilian Mafia…

      Who is blackmailing whom ?

      Who has the most to hide ?

      Who has stolen the most money ?

      And the newspapers are now writing publicly about it

      New Labour seems to have degenerated into a cesspool of crime

    • 278
      14:16 and waiting says:

      Just another plate that McMental has to keep spinning.
      The more plates there are, the longer it goes, the weaker he becomes, then at least one crashes.
      as he tries to save that one, all others come down around his head.
      SPIN, SPIN, SPIN …

  87. 263
    Fuck em all says:

    1 more fucking jock gone. Just need to get rid of the rest of them.

  88. 267
    arthur says:

    The Police have just announced more or less that fraud and robbery is legal

    • 298
      Trough Mixture says:

      No arthur – they announced that their inquiring into the leak of details to the DT would not be in the public interest. Actual troughing will continue to be actively investigated.

      The Whistleblower is safe, bless ‘em.

  89. 273
    Angry Citizen says:

    Do not EVER forget my friends

    They can call it
    OLD LABOUR or
    NEW LABOUR
    or MOCK TUDOR LABOUR

    NO NOT EVER LET LABOUR PROSTITUTE AND HUMILIATE BRITAIN AGAIN

    EVER

    EVER

    Amen

    • 442

      To prevent that, at least 20% of the electorate would need to be eliminated; and also the agencies used to continuously degrade the rest of the population. Nuking Glasgow and any other concentration of New Labour voters might be a good start.

      • 514
        KNEWQKING 6 says:

        SPARE A THOUGHT FOR FOR THE BOYS IN GREEN,
        AND WUN FOUR THE BOYS IN BLUE

        NO COPPER IS PERFYQKT,
        SAID TOMMY MACKHAI

        NO COPPER IS PURRPHYQKT
        SAID TOMMY MACSQKREW

  90. 274
    John Redwood MP says:

    Don’t forget my role in consistently attracting attention to those greedy public pensioners…oh, er…

  91. 275
    Greedy Pig MP says:

    Michael White on BBCnews24 blames Thatcher, LOL, wot a laffing stock that idiot is.

    • 284
      14:18 and waiting says:

      .. and Foukes on BBC2.
      OMG.

      • 291
        Anonymous says:

        he’s a car crash now… WOW !

      • 360
        Margy says:

        So they’re still spinning furiously although the game’s up!

        They really are stupid, ignorant people aren’t they? How the hell have they stayed in power for 12 years?

    • 286
      Michael White to step down says:

      Total nonentity – Michael White – throw him out with this shower

      • 310
        Cynical moi? says:

        Aint it Sir Michael White now? everytime he writes an article for the Guardian even it’s readers sigh and vent their spleen in disgust.

      • 355
        Anonymous says:

        Lady Michael ‘kneepads’ LilyWhite?

        Wholly owned subsidiary of NuLabour (Brown/Sleaze dept)

    • 302
      Dr Feelgood says:

      Lord Foulkes has gone nuts on BBC News channel. Blaming class enemies, sectarians for Martin’s downfall; Tory plot, used the phrase ‘we the taxpayer’ re expenses… an incoherent stream of bilge.

      Anyone got a straitjacket?

      • 313
        North East Glasgow Labour Party says:

        It was SOOOOOOO Good, wasn’t it ?
        The sectarian card – love it.

    • 519
      BADLY DRAWN AMERRYKAN BOY says:

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      HAI GUISE
      *
      *
      *
      *
      *
      FIVE LUQKY STARS

      LOL INIT

      LOL LOLLOL LOLLOLLOL LOLLySOL SOLE SOLLY TOLLY TOLL RHODE IN AMERRYKA INIT

      LOL AND !!! OR !!!! OR MORE MORE MORE

      ARE UNKL SAM DOGSKRYPTERS* IDQKARD WANGQKHUR TRADEMARQKXS

      *

      Sitty Likker Says SO IS STYQKKEYSTUFF LYKE THIS COLON

      BBCgnus24 + wot 4 The Bene Fitup of The English Rite of Passidgje

      Says Tommy MacLowercase

      YU HAVE TU LARF

      WOT IN ROME SAYS

      BENEDUCTUM

      *

  92. 279
    One down - 656 to go ! says:

    Good -The Speaker is to go and now the electorate DEMAND an immediate General Election. This “Rotten Parliament” is now totally without any moral authority to govern and some Members are living on borrowed time. If they won’t go of their own acord then they must be forced to it by the British Public

  93. 281
    Georgina Gould says:

    Safe seat for me! Parachute on. What’s Glasgow like, anyway?

  94. 285
    Anonymous says:

    Going in June says Sky, perhaps coincide with reshuffle

  95. 290
    MARCH ON PARLIAMENT says:

    Brown thinks that now he has fed the Speaker to the raging masses of the media machine and us public,he can now return to his job of screwing this great country as normal.
    WE MUST RISE UP AND MARCH ON PARLIAMENT FOR A GENERAL ELECTION NOW!

  96. 294
    MI5 says:

    It is even worse than what we dreamed of Guido

    Corruption at the very root of Government on an industrial scale

    Goverment AND Parliament

    Who will write the book describing how it all started with BLAIR AND MANDESLON ?

    It was an organised conspiracy to destroy the British Constitution for their own personal gain (and that of their Clan)

    JUST LOOK AT BLAIR AND MANDELSON NOW

    SITTING IN PALACES PAID FOR DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY BY THE BRITISH PEOPLE

    WHILE THE COUNTRY COLLAPSES

    DIRTY TRICKS BROWN IS THE STUPID FALL GUY WHO DIDN’T UNDERSTAND THAT THE ROOF WAS GOING TO FALL IN

    • 328
      Anonymous says:

      Brown has been presiding over this criminal conspiracy for 12 years. He ran the domestic operation, while Blair concentrated on the international angle.

      • 455
        MI5 says:

        and Mandelcash “master minded” it…

        Very simple really

        But very criminal as well

  97. 299
    Florence Nightingale says:

    Please help

    There is a mortally-wounded guy in No 10 Downing Street

    He needs your assistance

    Please cart him off to the Westminster Arms for the LAST RITES..

    PS Guido : Is your priest there and ready ?

  98. 304
    Greedy Pig MP says:

    ‘Patsy’ Brown is evidently even more of an idiot than even his most vehement critics thought.

  99. 306
    righty right wing (mrs) says:

    The troughing hoons have always relied on the fact that the British people are more about “political evolution” than “political revolution”.

    The smug demeanour is rapidly disapearing from their well fed faces – are they now doubting their historical contempt for the little people?

    Dissolve Parliament.

    Deselect all troughing hoons, call a General Election.

    Historians will look back on this epoc, this era with complete incredulity – & we have the nerve to criticise other Junta’s?

  100. 308
    North East Glasgow Labour Party says:

    Oh F*CK !

  101. 308
    Sir Reginald Titbrain says:

    Getting a bit confused about some of the casualties.

    Am I sadly correct in thinking that Blinky and his wife have probably scraped home, no new outrages having been foud, the previous one simply being regurgitated? Thus leaving him clear to succeed Brown soon?

    I hope so. I cannot imagine a more suitable candidate to constantly remind the public of the fiaso that was Nulab.

    • 321
      Florence Nighingale says:

      I am having trouble keeping up with the dead and wounded as well !

      Blinky and wife are said to be wounded…

      Not dead like Dirty Tricks their Boss

      But Calugula’s New Labour Horse is dead

      So Blinky and wife are on foot now…

      And faced with a landslide against them

      Wouldn’t bet on them ever being in power again…!

  102. 312
    Anonymous says:

    Just watched Lord Foulkes on the BBC getting all angry about the leaking of information to the Telegraph. He just doesn’t get it does he. HE is angry about the leak. WE are angry about the contents of the leak.

    • 315
      Alan Philip Bongggg says:

      And it’s a sectarian and class conspiracy, apparently, He really has lost it.

    • 324
      Bob says:

      I watched him on C4 news last night – I think he’s the new Dolly!

      • 332
        Speaker Martin says:

        Dolly Fuckin’ Dimple (Simple) more like…

      • 530
        ELLO DOLLY says:

        *
        DOLLY

        DOLLYTOLLY

        DGJOLLYSOLLYDOLLYTOLLY

        DOLLY

        YLLOD

        LLODY

        OYLDD

        GETTING THERE

        LLOYD

        LLOYDS* KNOT LLOYD’S

        ELLO DOLLY IS AN OLD BROADWAY PARTY~POOPERS* SONG

        WOT IS THE NAME OF THE KLOUWN THAT WROAT HELL O DOLLY WUN MAY WUND*UR

      • 531
        ELLO DOLLY MYQKXTYURE says:

        ELLO DOLLY IS AN OLD BROADWAY SPESHALL RELAYSHUNSHIP PARTY~POOPDEKKERS* SINGALONGAWANGQKHURBANGQKHURS*SONG

    • 325
      MI5 says:

      They really thought they were ABOVE THE LAW

      SCOTTISH LABOUR = ORGANISED CRIME

      VOTE SNP PLEASE

    • 344
      Geordie Girl says:

      Oh here we go – he is back on again condemning those who have made the Speaker a scapegoat. Tosser.

  103. 314
    Sir Reginald Titbrain says:

    And another thing.

    Whoever the new speaker is [s]he needs to be able to make the PM answer the bloody questions at PMQ. That should make it interesting and worthwhile.

    Tough on Dave, nowhere to hide like his predecessor, but we should see Brown doing the odd squirm before he gets the boot.

  104. 316
    Twisted Nerve says:

    *Tears of joy*

  105. 317
    14:34 and no longer waiting says:

    Now piss off you tub of lard.

  106. 319
    Vic Melons says:

    Or-or-or-order! Order! Let the prime minister speak. Or-order! Prime minister!

  107. 327
    Benzo says:

    Presumably the acclamation you mention should involve enthusiastic approval as opposed to a ballot alternative at elections .

  108. 329
    arthur says:

    It would only take 360 seconds to get rid of the lot.

  109. 331
    dirtyden says:

    Well, that was about as gracious as a pig sniffing shit: “And that’s all I have t’say on the matter.” Yeah, fine mate. Bye bye.

    Couldn’t have happened to a nicer bloke. One down…

    http://denverthen.blogspot.com/2009/05/one-down.html

  110. 333
    Anonymous says:

    Joey Jones on Sky; “There may be some truth in Labour’s claim that this is a Tory conspiracy against working-class, Scottish Labour catholics”

    • 346
      righty right wing (mrs) says:

      Utter bollocks.

    • 351
      Crime Spotter says:

      Send them back to Ireland I say

      • 534
        BIG DGJHOB QKHONTRAQKTOR says:

        *
        *
        *
        DU YU MEAN PADDY IN THE PUB, PADDY IN THE BOG OR POOR POTATOEKNEEKAP PADDYPORQKHUR TORKING TO THE WURLD ON WWWDOT YU HAS GHESTIT

        SPEQKTRUM RA~DyO DOT WOT EYEWRISH GNORA BROAD KARST DOT NETT

        PORK CHOPS ON SPESHALL OFFUR EVERY DAY

        PRICES PER lb

        AGAINST PARLIAMENTARY CRIMINAL LAW: AIN*T THAT ISLE OF WYTE

    • 353
      Speaker Martin says:

      a lame attempt in trying to NuLab scots core vote.

    • 354
      Tory Toff says:

      We are seeing the Scottish Labour’s Mafia’s last stand (with respect to General Custer)

      It is hilarious and pathetic at the same time…

      • 538
        ODDGJHOB QKHONTRAQKTOR says:

        *
        *
        *

        R
        U
        TRYING
        2
        B
        FUNNi

        *

        THE SQKHOTTISH LAYBORE MAFIAS* : MAFEEURS* LARST LAND

        *

        AMMERYKAN DOGSKRYPTERS ON THE WURLD WYDE WEB
        SUMTYMES WUNDUR
        WOT KYND OF NAME IS KUSTER

        IS KUSTER A DGJEWISH NAME
        A
        ENGLISH NAME
        OR
        A
        PILGRIMS* NAME
        OR
        WOT

        LITTLE BIG MAN THINQKS IT IS A DGJHUISH NAME

        HUI = HARM IN CHIN

        CHINESE PEOPLE ARE MOSTLY PAYGANS

        THERE IS NO WAILING WALL IN CHYNA

        SOD CUSTER FOR THE TIME BEING

        U GNU

    • 367
      ed says:

      So what.

    • 393
      Twizzle says:

      That Joey Jones must reckon on getting Toenails job at AljaBeeba.

      He can out-Toenail Toenails.

    • 405
      nell says:

      I don’t call people who are earning £140,000 a year and claiming nearly as much again in expenses, working class!!

  111. 334
    Anonymous says:

    I would like to nominate Tannoy for speaker.

  112. 335
    Dr Feelgood says:

    Sir Stuart Bell – George Formby’s mutant love child

  113. 336
    Chris says:

    BBC’s reporter talked of ‘flipping’ being a new word to go in the dictionary. I thought people who did a lot of flipping were called Tossers!

  114. 338
    Anonymous says:

    So all the MPs now like Mr Speaker.

    Fooking Hypocrites the lot of them.

  115. 341
    MAYOR BORIS says:

    Hello Londoners

    Just to tell you that my gameplan is working wonderfully.

    I got out of Parliament just in time you see

    Knew all this shit would hit the fan

    I also knew that “Teddy bear” Cameron (as we used to call him at Eton) simply has not got the cojones necssary for these rough times

    And he is not clever like me

    No sense of timing

    Always behind the Curve

    BUT he will prooably become Prime Minsiter in the absence of any one else !

    But he will have to double taxes, cut public spending and possibly go to the IMF if the “Tool” Brown is forced out quickly..

    There will be riots and Teddy Bear will have a nervous breakdown like the Tool Brown is having..

    I will then have to step in (in the absnece of anyone else) and play my ZORRO ACT

    You ain’t seen nothing yet !!

    Best wishes from your Mayor Boris

  116. 343
    Swiss Bob says:

    stanislav, a young polish plumber has applied for the position of Speaker: To The owner, House of Commons. .

    • 543
      ODDGJOB QKHONTRAQKTOR says:

      *
      THE POLISH NATIVES ARE KIND PEOPLE

      KIND TO DGJEWS

      THAT IS Y THE GREASY OLD UVVENCHIP STATESIDE LOVES BOB THE BILDERSTEIN SO MUTCH

      HITLER FAOUWND THE DGJEWS IN THE WARSAW GHETTO THE SAME WAY THAT MOSES FOUWND THEM IN EDGJYPT

      LUQK IS LYKE RAIN

      THE EXTENT TO WITCH THEY MAY HAVE BEEN IN PART OR IN HOLE REPONSIBLE FOR WOT HAPPENED TO THEM
      IS SUMTHING THAT DGJEWISH LAWYURS AND DGJEWISH MYNDWREEDERS
      HAVE A THEORY ABAOUWT

      THE POLISH CHRISTANS HELPED AND SHELTERED THE DGJEWS

      SO NAO THEY KAN FIX THE PIPES IN POTOMAC

      ONE GOOD TURN DESERVES ANUTHER

      AS PAYGANS SAY

      StanslavaTory Contraqktor

  117. 350
    elliot ness says:

    WANTED

    BLAIR, BROWN, MANDELSON.

    FOR CRIMES AGAINST THE STATE AND MAFIA GANGSTERISM.

    • 362
      Angry Citizen says:

      Seconded

    • 535
      Tony says:

      you forgot Campbell

    • 547
      ODDGJOB QKHONSTRYQKTOR says:

      *
      STAREKASE IS A SPECIAL CHARITY KASELODE

      THAT SOUPERSUKKER IS IN 4 MEGASIZING

      *
      HE MUST HAVE BEEN A BEGINNER AT SUM POINT

      THAT IS YORE STARTER FOR TEN KITCHENERS

      *
      THERE IS SUMTHING ABOUWT BEING A CAMP~BELL,
      THAT MAYKES THEM DIFFERENT TO ORDINAIRY MEN

      SAID RABBAYE BURNS IN BRONZE
      SAID RABBy BURNS AGAIN

  118. 352
    righty right wing (mrs) says:

    And here is the pay off, the bad news buried under this good news:

    From BBC Pravda Website:

    “”The Metropolitan Police will not investigate the leak of MPs’ expenses to a newspaper, Scotland Yard has said.

    Senior officers and Crown Prosecution Service solicitors decided that a police inquiry would not be in the public interest.

    Commons authorities had called in the Met after the Daily Telegraph published details of MPs’ expenses claims.

    Met Commissioner Sir Paul Stephenson said the force was working with the CPS to study whether MPs broke the law.

    The decision not to investigate the leak was taken at a meeting between the CPS and officers from the Met’s Economic and Specialist Crime Command, a Scotland Yard spokesman said.

    He added that they concluded that a public interest defence would be a “significant hurdle” to any successful prosecution”".

    The utter bastards. What a stitch up.

    Civil action it is then.

    Dissolve Parliament.

    • 521
      Very very VERY peed off voter says:

      What’s bad about it They ain’t gonna bother trying to find out who leaked the expenses info that’s all the MP’s who defrauded the taxpayer are still in the firing line The person who blew the whistle deserves a knighthood

    • 555
      THE DGJEWISH PIANO PLAYER says:

      *
      *
      *

      THEY ARE PLUGGERS

      PLUGGERS IS WOT THEY ARE

      THEY ARE PLUGGERS ALREDDY

      THEIR SOUPERPLUGGER:

      IS A MADAGHASKAR

      *

      A FIAT

      *
      SHALOM BISTO KYBOSHDOSH

  119. 358
    Anonymous says:

    Surely a good starting point would be to rid the English Parliament of Scotsmen.

    • 415
      Anonymous says:

      And London of Scottish bankers

      • 449
        Boris says:

        Exactly

        But I really think any normal, rational Englishman or woman must now say to the Scots

        Please vote Scottish Nationalist, take your independence and this plague away from us…

        The people and the stench are quite overwhelming…

    • 478
      white rose says:

      I think we should have a referendum on Scottish independence.
      It is obviously going to impact the entire UK so all the UK should vote.
      As an English woman I demand a chance to vote.
      Yes yes yes!!! Independence for Scotland.

  120. 359
    NewGirl says:

    Well, thank goodness for that. Are they learning that they can’t ignore the electorate at last? Who’s next?

  121. 363
    It started in Scotland says:

    Nick Toenails says “Others will insist that this Glaswegian sheet metal worker was the victim of class-based prejudice.”

    Toenails for once is correct, Martin the chippy Jockanese twat couldn’t get over his own classed-based prejudice. Many of us are only one generation away from poverty but regardless how much find food he could shove down his tartan gullet he still had to make “his superiors” suffer for historical wrong-doing.

    Martin & Brown belong in another century where the poor are to be pitied and immigrants patronised.

    To take away the opportunity of honest struggle struggle is a crime in itself, Nelson Mandella would not have been the great man he is today if he had been given a job as a basketball co-ordinator in lambeth (I made that one up, but there actually is one)

    “Junior Williams is Lambeth’s Community Basketball Coach, acting as a mentor and role model to dozens of young people across the borough and playing a leading role in making Lambeth one of the homes of grass-roots basketball in the UK.”

    role model for what? getting a job on the council?

    • 368
      Friendly Executioner says:

      ARREST THE SPEAKER WHEN HE RESIGNS

    • 550
      IDGJOB QKHONTRAQKTOR says:

      *
      *
      *
      *

      MARTIN

      *

      DYYD YU KNOW

      MARTIN MARTY AND MARTHA

      KNOT MARTY FELDMAN THE DGJEWISH FUNNIMAN

      MARTY MARTIN MESSENGDGJUR IN THE Q*Ran

      MARTIN IS KNOT A QKLAN NAME IN SQKHOTLAND

      AND THAT IS A FAQKT

      • 552
        IDGJOB QKHONTRAQKTOR says:

        *
        *
        *
        WOT SAYS MARTIN IS A SPANISH NAME AND MARTINEZ IS A SPANISH NAME AND THE SPOKER IS A BLOODY SPANIARD

        A BLUDDy SPANYARD M8*

  122. 365
    Sir William Waad says:

    How do you think they will smear Carswell? Will it be (a) He is racist (b) He bullies his staff (c) He interferes with little boys or (d) He cheats at Scrabble?

  123. 372
    Expat says:

    Has Gorbals fallen on his Scottish machete yet ?

    Like those Scottish barbarians used to in the films ?

    Or is he too pissed to do the right thing still ?!

    • 402
      Mick Martin says:

      I don’t drink alchohol – I’m scared I may slur my speech in public.
      Apparently.
      :-)

    • 417
      Anonymous says:

      Next movie subject for Mel Gibson

      • 445
        Boris says:

        Right on………

        Mel Gison will call it

        “Decline and Fall of the Scottish Mafia”

        Blockbuster in view…but the mean Scottish hoodlums will reserve the rights you know…

    • 469
      Gorbals says:

      I dont’ drink alcohol in public

  124. 373
    Andrea says:

    do we know if ex speaker Martin is going to the Lords – and what he can claim there on expenses?

    • 378
      Florence Nighingale says:

      If the Speaker goes to the “Lords”

      LORD HELP US…

      • 381
        MI5 says:

        NO

        LORD HELP THE LORDS..

      • 420
        XXXX says:

        As my scottish Grannie would have said

        The Lord(s) help them that help themselves

      • 446
        Anonymous says:

        Of course he will go to the Lords. That’s a racing certainty. Which country do you think you’re in?

      • 557
        DGJHOQK YU MUST BE DGJHOLQKING says:

        *
        *
        *
        *
        *

        YE ARE ALL CHILDREN OF YHODGODALLAHA A DAMN AND ABRACADABRAHAM

        SUKKERS
        AS THEY SAY IN ROME AND IN DGJHERWRUSALEM IN SALEM INIT

        *

        THE PRESLEYDENT OF THE PEOPLES* ISLAMYQK REPBLYQK OF IRAN

        IS A DGJENTILEMAN AND A DGJHOLQKHUR IS HE KNOT

        A PINQK PURRSHAN SHAN SHAN UNDERNEATH IT ALL

        THAT PERSHAN WREQKONS THAT THE WEALTH OF THE WURLD IS PRIVATELY OWED BY ABOUWT 5%
        OF
        THE POPULATION OF URF

        THE CHINESE PEOPLE DO KNOT MIND, 8*COS THEY LIVE WITH THE ANCIENT URF MOTHER

        KNOT LYKE YU LOT

        YU LOT HAVE PRU THE DGJEW IN STEAD OF THE WEALTHY OLD URF MOTHER

        PRUDENCE AND PAUPERY

        THE OLD 9 STITCH BAGGER OF THREADKNEEDLE STREET

        PRUDENCE PAUPERY AND POPERY QYEWBD

        DU YU KNOW THE SQKORE NAO

        LARFING ALL THE WAY TO THE BANGQKH CAN GIVE YOU A STITCH IN TIME

        IF YOU HAPPEN TU 8 A LUN DUN MARADONNATHONGER

        EVERYBODY PASSES THE BANQK OF ENGLAND ON THEIR WAY TO THE TAOWER OF LUNDUN

        M8*

    • 379
      ed says:

      I’m sure that he does.

    • 382
      Anonymous says:

      Yes’ he’ll definitely be going to the Lords where he will claim every last penny, and more, that he can get his fat, greedy hands on.

      What a punishment for sleaze and incompetence!

    • 553
      Dave A says:

      You don’t think he would have agreed to go so quickly without becoming Lord Martin of Troughing?

  125. 384
    Moley says:

    To quote the Commissioner of Scotland Yard. (Daily Telegraph, today).

    “—– Sir Paul said he would prefer his experienced detectives to be tackling organised crime rather than getting involved in political inquiries—.”

    When a politician commits a crime, investigating it is NOT a political inquiry.

    When politician’s are guilty of organised crime, investigating it is not a political inquiry.

    As far as Scotland Yard is concerned, this inquiry should have precedence over any other because it far exceeds any other in importance. It is no exaggeration to say that the future of the Country is at stake.

    A thorough, timely, impartial inquiry is essential, with prosecutions by an independent and strong minded judge. Defendant’s will of course have the honourable option of pleading guilty where appropriate.

    • 401
      Moley says:

      And I forgot to say; MPs charged with fraud or other offences should not be allowed to claim legal fees on expenses.

      • 462
        righty right wing (mrs) says:

        Oh, you haven’t heard then?

        There will be no Metropolitan Police enquiry into MPs or prosecutions.

        After all, how could the Paramilitary Arm of Neo Labour investigate other departments within the Jock Junta?

        Dissolve Parliament.

      • 501
        Moley says:

        Sorry Mrs, your anger has blinded you.

        There will be no investigation into the leak to the Telegraph.

        To quote Lord Falconer–”a lengthy police investigation is expected–”
        (regarding abuse of expenses.)

        Moley’s gone back to the Telegraph, not sure for how long, we’ll have to see.

    • 523
      Very very VERY peed off voter says:

      He’s talking about the leak not the fraud pillock!

  126. 385
    Aunt Mavis says:

    Just heard

    They have reserved a room at Barwinnie Jail (in his constituency so handy) for SPEAKER GORBALS to go and DRY OUT…

    • 568
      EARWIGO KAYBER TOSSERS says:

      *
      *
      *
      *

      SAINT SAVIOUR THE FIRST
      DIED OF THURST,
      THEY HUNG HIM UP TO DRY

      WATER IS LIFE
      SAID SAINT SAVIOUR

      WITHOUWT WORTUR
      THIS MAN MUST DIE

      THE QWEEN OF HEARTS
      WENT WALTZING BY,
      KNOT A DROP,
      FELL FROM HER EYE

      LIFE IS WARTER,
      SAYNT SAVIOUR SAID,
      AS HE STARTED TO PISS
      ON
      WRED QWEENS* HED

      THERE IS NO TIME
      TO STOP AND CHATTER,
      SAID SAYNT SAVIOUR THE LAST
      TO SAYNT SAVIOUR THE LATTER

      LIFE IS WARTER AND WARTER IS LYFFE
      SAYNT SAVIOUR PROVED IT TRUE

      THE HOODIE IS A GHUDDy
      SAID SAYNT SAVIOUR THE LAST

      SO BLATTER
      IT IS NAO,
      UP TU YU

      *

      SINED
      LUDD RUBBERS

  127. 386
    nell says:

    So the House will vote for a new Speaker on June 22nd. What’s the betting that Labour will try to stitch it up with another one of their own very honorable Scottish Mafia so that the Conservatives are stuck with him when they win the next election.

    • 406
      Save Our Souls says:

      The House of Commmons has become ungovernable Nell

      Like in the 17th century as we all know

      There must be quick dissolution otherwise there will be fisticuffs on the Floor of the House like the South Koreans do…

      And foreign TV stations will broadacst “LIVE WRESTLING FROM THE FLOOR OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS” in prime time…

      I dont’ think Queenie would approve do you ?!

      • 558
        DGJHOQK YU MUST BE DGJHOLQKING says:

        *
        SUM PEOPLE NEVER LURN

        MAN HAS THREE SOLES SAID BIG BEN

        AND NUN OF THEM ARE WURTH SAVING

        FOURGET YORE SOLE AND SAVE YORE BODDEE

        LET YHODGODALLAH SAVE THE DGJEWS FOR A CHANGE

        SMORL CHAYNDGJE

        AT THE END OF THE DAY

        INIT

  128. 389
    • 411
      Sunonmars says:

      You just made me think of the end to those looney tunes cartoons where porky pig goes, th, th,th,th,th,thats all folks.

      god if someone could mock that up with Martin as porky pig, it would be hilarious.

  129. 390
    I smell a pup said... says:

    Just heard Carswell on SKY. Breath of fresh air amongst a bunch of old farts. We need some decontamination experts in that House

  130. 391
    Action This Day says:

    Who’s next Guido?

  131. 392

    Is it me or has Carswell got a non symmetrical face?

  132. 395
    Gorbals Mick says:

    fuck off

  133. 397
    Speaker Martin says:

    My majority is 10,314.
    It was safe – and it will be at any local election. but not for Labour
    SNP will walk into this seat even without need for any accomplished candidate. My local party workers’ confidence has gone, they are being abused on the very doorsteps of North East Glasgow.
    The electorate are ashamed and angry at me, and at Labour.
    My core vote won’t be bothered to take the short walk to the polling station.
    That will set the tone for the whole Nation.
    It’s wipeout time, and for this reason alone, I WILL NOT RESIGN MY SEAT AND GORDON WILL NOT OFFER A PEERAGE UNTIL THE GE.

    • 544
      Scorched Earth says:

      If it was safe he would have put his son into the seat.

      The fact that he didn’t speaks volumes.

  134. 398
    Anonymous says:

    Talking of people who are bad at their jobs is Kay Burley taking the piss or what?

  135. 418
  136. 421
    Anonymous says:

    Where’s the PM these days – block booking for his psychotherapist ?
    A Nu NuLabour strategy – keeping him off of TV improves their ratings 1% per day ?
    Having that McMental smirk surgically removed ?
    .. Or simply doing F*ck all for our country as usual ?

    • 444
      boulay says:

      he is busy dooming the england 2018 world cup bid.

      old mihir bose was commenting on the bbc that mcdoom was the only person who kept bringing up the old chestnut “football’s coming home” much to the annoyance of everyone as they were trying to avoid that idea as it goes down badly with all the voters!

      twat.

  137. 424
    Fred says:

    Now lets get on with the real issues
    http://ilovecarbondioxide.com/2009/02/videos.html

  138. 428
    StoneWaller says:

    Why should candidates put themselves forward for Speaker?

    The House should elect one among them (a bit like choosing the Pope, but less Italian!). Then we would be sure of an independent Speaker.

  139. 432
    court of public opinion says:

    that’s the first one out—now for the other 645 theiving scumbags!!!!!!

  140. 436
    court of public opinion says:

    we need a speaker who is independant- not an mp!!!!!!!!!

    if they have another sap then nothing will change…….

    stop the gravy train!!!!!!!!!!!

  141. 437
    Anonymous says:

    I wish I could have been in the House of Whores at 2.30 this afternoon so that when Gorbals Mick came to the bit when he would leave on June 21st I could have shouted “Which fucking year?”

  142. 439
    Protector Cromwell says:

    Off with their heads

    Off his their heads

    Offf with their heads…

    mmmmmmmmmmm

    • 569
      HAI SPEED WREEDER says:

      *
      GNUS

      VICTORIA LIVE SAYS EST HER RANT ZEN IS STANDING AGAINST A BODDEE IN THE NEQKST DGJENERAL ELEQKTSHUN

      TUNE IN NAO IF YU LYKE

      *

      LOOKS LIKE A SOUPER SCOUPER SETUP FOR THE PRO~LIFE PRO~ZAKKURS

      OVER

      UNO THE SQAW

  143. 441
    Cassandra King says:

    Something stinks about this charade, oooh yes something smells very fishy.

    Opperation scapegoats’R'us is in full swing and while the commissars hold their show trials to appease the baying mob the very nature of Parliament is being changed while our attention is diverted by the sideshow.
    The evil and corrupt EU CONstitution is already being fitted into its new position and Westminster is already being perverted and manipulated into a rubber stamp nodding donkey fake parliament!

    The crooked commissars create a diversion to keep the masses eyes looking elsewhere while they tear down centuries of indepedence and replace it with an EU subservient bitch parliament with the task of serving their new EU masters, by the time we realise whats happening it will be too late.
    The aim of the EUSSR has been to pollute and discredit our parliament in the eyes of the British people and we will more readily accept the EU masters and their federal plan to turn us into serfs in our own land!

    It is obvious that the EU constitution is the end goal for a federal superstate and its poisonous nature is well known, they lied to us about it being merely a tidying up excersise, then they told us that the EU would collapse without it, they havent taken NO for an answer with Ireland and will keep trying to impose this set of slave chains untill we are all serfs doffing our caps to the new commissar class.

    WATCH WHAT IS HAPPENING AND DONT TRUST THE COMMISSARS.

  144. 454
    ParleementerieReeform says:

    I have it on good grounds that Parleement will be reformed in the following ways:
    1. There will only be one MP as all the law is passed in the EU but he will have access to a telphone and email.

    2.All the current MPs will be gaoled for misuse of public money. They will only have visiting rights monthly so constituents can go and beat them up. Prisoners will be expected to pay off the national debt before any chance of payroll.

    3. All current MPs wealth and homes will be returned to public ownership.

    4. The speaker Martin can fcuk off.

  145. 456
    AT MY WITS END says:

    I don’t think I can live for another year having this corrupt criminal bastard Gordon Brown in Downing Street – can we ALL please stop writing all these fairly clever blog entries and

    FUCKING DO SOMETHING

    to get rid of him before June 21st 2009?

    I cannot look at his grotesque features for much longer,or watch his lightweight and inept bunch of morons that think they can take the “Great” out of Britain,while we watch helplessly.
    This is OUR country – we must ALL take the responsibility to remove him NOW

  146. 459
    Blue&Proud says:

    I think we all know what they say about men who drive large cars.

  147. 460
    righty right wing (mrs) says:

    Dissolve Parliament.

    • 466
      Austrian Economist says:

      in acid

    • 474
      Save Our Souls says:

      Dirty Tricks Brown is seeing the Queen this evening

      LETS HOPE…

      • 499
        Beautiful Day says:

        18th June? Martin gets his £100,000 by surviving to the end of this parliament, that’s how Gordon persuaded him to announce his resignation for 21st.

  148. 471
    Porky Pies MP says:

    What a hoot when all the back stabbing bastards clapped as the oaf Speaker came into parliament. Or perhaps they were clapping because they knew he was going.

    Thank goodness one or two mavericks are appearing – WE NEED MORE!

  149. 473
    Expat says:

    Any other Car Crashes today boys ?

    I’ve got my helmet on just in case…

  150. 476
    I hate Derek says:

    If guido is reading…or if anyone else knows: how can I contact guido? In the past 24 hours (this is completely off topic by the way) I have been in email conversation with the PA to Nigel farage.

    You really would not believe the level of shit for brains intelligence UKIP have shown….it’s one for guido.

    Anyone know how I can get this email ping pong to him?

  151. 477
    Mrs Ian Austin says:

    Ian would make a wonderful Speaker. And we can do with the perks.

  152. 480
    MI5 says:

    Meesage to Scottish Nationalist

    Please file criminal complaints with your local police against all the Labour scum cited for theft and fraud

    It will make you job easier

    and the independence of Scotland will become a reality

  153. 483
    Regents Park' Keeper says:

    I’ve had to work overtime today.

    Regents park was covered in obscene things being thrown out of the window of Lord Mandeslon’s house today..

    I think they have gone mad

    Can you believe it his Brazilian boy was creaming bloody murder and throwing his things at HIS LORDSHIP..

    Never used to be like this around here

    Good evening all

    • 516
      Heads on poles says:

      I think you may mean screaming bloody murder?
      Perhaps not ……..

  154. 484
    Aunt Mavis says:

    Hi Guido

    I think we have OUT SPUN THE ACHE CREEPER MANDELSON…

    He has gone silent

    Do you think he is having a nervous breakdown as well ?

    • 486
      MI5 says:

      The next time I see MANDESLON defending New Labour, it will make me think of MEYER LANSKY defending the GAMBINO MAFIA FAMILY in New York !!

  155. 487
    Andrew Motion says:

    Ode on The Downfall of Mr Speaker.

    So, away then Gorballs Mick
    Stooge and big fat prick.
    Money grabbing Scot
    Like that other Snot
    Don’t come back again
    Else you’ll get a good kicking, do ye hear me, Jimmy?

  156. 503
    exiled&angry says:

    In all the hoo-ha this afternoon did anyone else notice that little bit of media nepotism epitomised by Charles Pascoe-Watson from the Sun being interviewed by Mrs. Pascoe-Watson on Sky News!!!?

  157. 504
    Heads on poles says:

    I wish this man was my MP.
    Instead, my MP asks toadying questions at every opportunity – he doesn’t actually do anything from what I can gather, just trys to re-inforce the Zanulabour message.

    OT – sounds like a decision was made by at Lodge late last night that ‘the lads’ will not be called in to investigate the leak.
    Expect to find a body washed up in the Thames with a trouser leg rolled up and wearing a noose.

  158. 509
    Davros says:

    Ian Paisley for speaker.

    • 515
      Anonymous says:

      Perhaps they could have guest Speakers, you know like they have guest presenters on I Have Got News?

      There is no need for the guest Speaker to know anything as that chap who sits in front of the Speaker seems to know all there needs to be known. Even a Speaker as competent as Mr Martin sought his advice.

  159. 518
    Very very VERY peed off voter says:

    I have a sneaking suspicion that part of the reason Gorbals is leaving is because the Met have told him to go stuff himself over his demand that they investigate the leak – After all once you’ve lost control of one of the leavers of power your stuffed cos more will follow – can’t wait for all of the back stabbing to start :smile:

  160. 522
    Anonymous says:

    One down, only another 600+ to go

  161. 529
    troglodyte says:

    If Parliament cannot be trusted to regulate itself with justice and honesty why the hell does it presume it has the right to pass laws to regulate us.?
    If our parliament is not to be supreme then we are all well on the way to a new serfdom.
    Brown might as well abolish it now. You know he wants to now he’s almost got the Lisbon treaty done and dusted.

  162. 533
    Lets have a proper revolution says:

    I predict a serious terrorist attack with be thwarted just in time for the GE causing Marshal Law or something similar such as the Civil Contingencies Act (another Nu Laubour attack on our civil liberties) to be enacted thereby delaying indefinitely the GE

  163. 539
    olded says:

    Anyone thick enough to believe anything Hannan says or writes will believe Santa Claus comes down your chimney on 25th December and exits by the same route, you the Hannan suckers are all lobotomized idiots, you live in a Tory dream land, the Tories are no different from the Marxists, (aka labour ) wake up idiots L/L/Con are one party with a centre and two wings.

    • 546
      Sue Dayton says:

      They all know that 539. But ‘The Reich Lite’ marches on and there is nothing you can do about it. Soon the Irish will vote Yes !

      (They think their problems are not related to joining the Euro. Well-done RTE )

      Then there will be no way back for you fools. Ein Volk, ein Reich, ein Europe. I’ll be on my way home.

  164. 570
    HAI SPEED WREEDER EST HER RANT ZEN TU STAND says:

    GNUS
    VICTORIA FIVE HARF ALIVE NAO

    RANT ZEN PRO~LIFE PRO~ZAK

    ALREDDy

  165. 571
    Anonymous says:

    Is Carswell not one of the MPs who received assistance from the known patriot Lord Ashcroft?

  166. 573
    LIP WREEDER IN THE MARSH says:

    *
    O

    O MY GOD MY GOD IS O

    IT IS NO WUNDER THAT THE ROMANS WERE COMPLETELY AND TOTALLy

    ROMAN

    INRI = I NUFFING REX I = I O KING I = I KING OI = IOI = LOL IN AMERRYKA

    LOL
    LOL!!!
    INIT
    M8

  167. 574
    King Prawn Ring says:

    What happened?







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