May 11th, 2011

+ + + Laws Suspended for 7 Days + + +

Sky got the exclusive. Laws will also have to give an apology to the House. Wounding. Very very wounding.

UPDATE: Guido would be very interested in seeing the actual report if someone would care to leak it. You can use Hushmail to email guido.fawkes@order-order.com, securely and completely anonymously – not even Guido will know who sent it. Or fax 07092 012 337. Whisper Guido what you know…


247 Comments

  1. 1
    Sir William Waad says:

    The more Laws, the less justice.

    • 4
      Tax Payer says:

      Not sure that if I’d stolen £100k from work they’d have given me a week off, and then promoted me to the board.

      • 10
        Hugh Janus says:

        +1

        • 81
          Anonymous says:

          Nothing to say about the latest BoE growth forecast, all you growth deniers?

          • What can be said. Rising fuel and food costs have pushed up global inflation.
            Maybe if Gordy hadn’t devalued the currency by 25% it wouldn’t have hurt us so much.

            How did Labour get a free pass on that?

          • Righty Right Wing (Mrs) says:

            I do.

            The Government should:

            * Slash taxes for business & individual citizens by 25%

            * Reduce the size of State employment by 40%

            * Close DFID

            * Cancel all payments to the EUSSR

            * Withdraw British Forces from Germany, Afghanistan & Libya

            * Withdraw from the UN & cancel all payments to it

            These are the policies that will drag Britain out of the fiscal doldrums, restore private sector wealth & job creation, & decimate Labours debt mountain in no time.

            If only there was a real Conservative conviction politican in Rusty Daves neo Social Democratic Liberal Party.

          • Anonymous says:

            Under Major’s government £1 was around $1.5, almost the same as now. Under Mrs T £1 was around $1.2 for a long time. Only under Brown at on point £1 was around $2. Still you all say Brown has devalued the pound.

          • Your Mrs T figs are way out. Try 1.73 as an average.

            In the 90′s much more like 1.55, granted.

            Blair to Brown – back to the 1.80′s.
            Brown – debt mountain – 1.50

          • sockpuppet #4 says:

            Make yourself a name up Anonymus.
            By chosing to compare with the dollar, you miss out that the dollar was getting shafted too.

            Was that £1=$2 the bit in the brief period when the dollar buggered up just before the pound did the same thing?

          • Anonymous says:

            Just check it and see how bad it was in the 80′s.

            http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tables_of_historical_exchange_rates_to_the_USD

          • Anonymous says:

            sockpuppet #4 says:

            This brief period when £1=$2 is being used to say pound has fallen by 25%.

          • AC1 says:

            The economy wasn’t really growing. Grodo’s Government was borrowing (and he was also encouraging a credit bubble) to make it seem like the economy wasn’t being wrecked by his neo endogenous policies (i.e. the false theory that transfer taxes don’t harm the economy).

          • VS the EURO anon.

          • Anonymous says:

            Under Mrs T interest rate was over 10%.

          • Anonymous says:

            Bill Quango MP; euro wasn’t there for a long time to make any meaningful comparison. Only thing that can be said is “Black Wednesday” signed by Mrs T forced out under Major; noting like that happened under Brown.

          • sockpuppet #4 says:

            I personally compare with the euro. Which despite all its faults was not going through the loopy cycles of america.
            The pound spent a long time in the 66 to 70p range. (2003-2007 (northern rock) – and it was actually worth more 2000-2003.

            So from that rather stable (well, by today’s standards) level, it went from about 68p to 95p /€ in just over a year.

            Oh, and the wiki numbers you had were rubbish.
            http://www.miketodd.net/encyc/dollar-long.gif

          • Anonymous says:

            sockpuppet #4 says: Look at you graph and see 1985.

          • sockpuppet #4 says:

            OK jonty. So that means you get the bit about brown and the housing bubble that precipitated the 30% drop in sterling against the euro.

            I’m not digging into the details of economic policy from before you were born.

          • Anonymous says:

            sockpuppet #4 says:

            Euro is new it wasn’t there for a long time, so it cannot be used to compare how it performed under different leadership. If you remember Black Wednesday, it didn’t happen under Brown. Mrs T signed to go into it and Major was forced to pull out with interest rates hitting 15%.

          • Up sh1t creek says:

            Anon, you’re a dork. Let’s say 10% interest rates under Thatcher – the economy was still moving. Now with record low interest rates of 0.5% for something like 2 years – the economy is f*cked.

            The fact is simple, the government (both Labour and Coalition) along with the Bank of England have one aim (which they even confessed to), the theft of savers and pension funds savings to prop up borrowers.

            In a traditional downturn, savers would be mopping up the mess the feckless borrowers leave behind. Now the aim is to steal all the savers money and protect the feckless borrowers.

            The savers have gone on strike from consumer spending, other than them buying assets like gold, silver and other commodities (that can’t be printed into oblivion). The borrowers despite having record amount of money thrown at them are still crying about not being able to afford this and that.

            The government and BoE made their bed, and the savers will make sure they will pay the price for the theft of their savings, even if it means the economy stays on the floor for a VERY long time.

            F U to the borrowers and the BoE / Gov.

      • 12
        Angry taxpayer says:

        +1

        • 28
          Colonel Blimp says:

          +1

        • 112
          Drop a Daisy cutter on the BBC says:

          Bollocks. I visited the USA in 1992 and I got $2 to the pound, so fuck off mong. Major didn’t flog off all our gold at rock bottom prices.

          • Anonymous says:

            But he did with the rest of the things like railways.

          • expat says:

            Where I live, the pound has gone from 7:1 down to less than 5:1 over the past couple of years. I make that close to a 30% devaluation.

        • 149
          David Laws says:

          I am above the law.

          • Drop a daisy cutter on the BBC says:

            Sure the railways were fucking brilliant under Liebore, not just as British Leyland were shit as was BT.

            Oh if only we were all Socialists, wouldn’t the world be great ha ha ha

      • 13
        sockpuppet #4 says:

        Its just a question of red tape.

        With better paperwork he could have taken even more and it would have been perfectly (coughs) within the rules

      • 22
        REALLY ANGRY TAXPAYER says:

        + 1

        They disrespect us at every turn.

        646 crooks in need of lamp posts and piano wire.

        They are all thieving treachorous bastards – if those 646 arseholes were wiped out in some freak occurence I would cheer like a loon for a week.

      • 36
      • 129
        J Smith says:

        Didn’t do me any harm.

      • 207
        Lord Snooty says:

        One Laws for the favoured and another for the ex-Labour. Wot? No prosecution?And don’t cite Jacqui porn. That was completely different. How come “motive” can be taken into account? Incidentally, I do think that those who were prosecuted should have been and some more.

    • 7
      Anonymous says:

      Looks like even our courts are tougher!

    • 9
      Justice? says:

      Are prisons are full of people who have stolen far far less.

    • 30
      Yes Minister says:

      looks Like he will be a minister again then. I hope he places that huhne Huhne.

      • 170
        Maximus says:

        The tories need their own Lord of Fey Boy and Hartlepool, for the sake of self-respect and historical balance. The orginal is of course inimitable (there is a God), but Laws looks by far their best candidate. Worth a punt on him getting shat out again for some reason after he gets back in (if you will pardon my French).

    • 47
      Question for the Blog Master says:

      How is Hushmail any more anonymous than a hotmail spoof?

      • 51
        he's probably a shareholder says:

        + 1

      • 92
        Just a guess says:

        Does it hide the originating IP address?

      • 124
        Logan says:

        It is also encrypted and has multiple layers of ip-spoofing.

        • 167
          Lt Col Deeply-Paranoid says:

          They’re still way to keen to hand over data when the courts bleat

          Same rules apply: if you wouldn’t sign it and pin it on a notice board, think long and hard before you put it in an email.

      • 169
        Anon E Mouse says:

        Wouldn’t touch Hushmail or anything else hosted in the US. I’d go for an offshore provider and use OpenPGP. For a quick start you could use the 1 month trial of Countermail

        • 173
          Maximus says:

          Snail mail or brown paper bag (or slipped into a newspaper in a HoC bar if you really must be posey). Sometimes it’s stupid to try to be clever.

    • 57
      AC1 says:

      Laws broke the law and the Laws won.

    • 82
      Anonymous says:

      Government talks about efficiency, etc; why did it take almost a year to give a verdict? Cameron should first look at the parliament.

      Its a very simple case.

      • 227
        Old dog no tricks says:

        They needed to run up some expences – you know good lunches, fact finding missions to the bahama’s – that sort of thing ! Most likely ! Be interesting to find out how much the enquiry cost – and a breakdown of those costs ! For which LAWS should be liable as he caused the enquiry in the forst place !

    • 88
      Cynical Old Man says:

      That kind of harsh punishment will teach him not to do it again in a hurry.

    • 108
      genghiz the kahn says:

      The more corrupt the state the more it legislates. Tacitus.

    • 165
      Anonymous says:

      COUNTRY LIFE’S GUIDE TO LIFE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE

      1. Cook three different dinner party menus
      2. Say ‘Can you help me please’ in Arabic, Cantonese, Urdu, Spanish and Russian
      3. Play a musical instrument, even if it’s just the tom-toms or a mouth organ
      4. Ride a horse to jackaroo standard
      5. Be a ‘tech whisperer’, able to fix and set up the latest technogadgets
      6. Talk about five classics of English literature with authority and passion
      7. Perform resuscitation on someone who has stopped breathing
      8. Know how to grow carrots from seed, distinguish five native trees, identify 20 flowers and arrange a bunch
      9. Handle a shotgun, skin a rabbit, gut a fish and pluck a pigeon
      10. Repair a bicycle puncture and fix the chain
      11. Dance the eightsome reel, waltz to Strauss and bop to Lady Gaga
      12. Taste the difference between Sauvignon Blanc and Chardonnay and know how to mix a mojito or margarita
      13. Write a memorable thank you letter
      14. Recognise music by Mozart, Elgar and Handel

      Important: Youngsters should be able to recognise Mozart’s music
      15. Put up a shelf and change a plug
      16. Tie a bow tie, bowline and Bloody Butcher
      17. Sail a boat across the Solent
      18. Carve a joint of meat
      19. Tell the difference between Gothic, Baroque and Palladian architecture
      20. Make a speech, entertain an audience with a joke or an anecdote, and sing at least two songs by heart
      21. Drive a tractor, reverse a trailer, renew engine oil and change a wheel
      22. Find their way round five capital cities
      23. Host a party and put others at their ease
      24. Sustain a 10-shot rally at tennis
      25. Build a bonfire and lay a fire
      26. Perform three good card tricks
      27. Identify five constellations and find the North Star
      28. Score a cricket match
      29. Talk knowledgeably about five British landmarks
      30. Uncork and pour a bottle of Champagne

      No.30: Learn how to uncork and pour a bottle of Champagne
      31. Iron a shirt, sew on a button and sew up a hem
      32. Amuse small children for at least an hour with magic tricks and storytelling
      33. Read a map, pitch a tent and pack a rucksack
      34. Be authoritatively acquainted with at least one work by da Vinci, Constable, Degas, Turner and Canaletto
      35. Manage a bank account
      36. Slip away from a football riot
      37. Address a member of the Royal Family
      38. Complain effectively but politely in a restaurant
      39. Deliver a lamb

      • 202
        Anon E Mouse says:

        I’m not a young person but can only do 16 of them. Does this mean I’m useless to humanity ?

      • 225
        Sir William Waad says:

        Easy. I just say “Smithers, deliver that lam!” and it’s done!

    • 193
      Iloathlefties says:

      This punishment is pathetic. If it was any of us we’d be in Court. Is he going to repay this money with interest? What a pathetic bunch these bent politicians are. Give us our referendum Cameron!!!

  2. 2
    The voice of unreason says:

    That’s just the equivalent of saying “You’re a very naughty boy!”

  3. 3
    Simon says:

    No danger of him coming back to the govt

  4. 5
    J Bercow says:

    Laws are for little people.

    • 46
      Field Marshal Hague says:

      7 days punishment? Well, it’s a pretty stiff one. I hope it takes it like a man.

    • 52
      Field Marshal Hague says:

      … *he* takes it like a man

      ..sorry, got too excited and prematurely posted

    • 242
      now I get the french revolution says:

      We are all equal,as long as you are at the top

  5. 6
    Tough on the Causes of Crime says:

    When are the police being called in?

  6. 8
    Righty Right Wing (Mrs) says:

    So, steal £40,000+ that we know about & this is the “punishment”?

    The House really has no repsect for the electorate or the taxpayer.

    He should be thrown out of Parliament & face prison for theft & fraud.

    Blue / Red / Yellow Labour out.

    • 191
      scratch and sniff says:

      no no no – he’s a sweet little thing. quite delicious.

      what would happen to him in a prison full of hairy arsed sodomites doesn’t bear thinking about.

  7. 11
    Hugh Janus says:

    Gosh, suspended for a week, what a penalty!!

    Will he actually notice I wonder?

    • 13
      Sophie says:

      A week off sodomising his Landlord in the spare room. On expenses, of course.

      • 29
        AC1 says:

        Or A week of sodomising his Landlord in the spare room. On expenses, of course.

        Those government benches better have a cushion.

        • 62
          Vaz says:

          Oh yes – I put silk cushions on my expenses. It’s a very cushy life on the taxpayer.

      • 31
        Selohesra says:

        Do you really know whether he is the giver or the receiver?

        • 78
          Anonymous says:

          I’ve read somewhere that it is better to give than receive.
          But chaque une a son gout.

  8. 15
    Anonymous says:

    Suspended, but I assume he hasn’t had a week’s wages taken off? ie he basically gets a week’s extra paid holiday, and only has to say “sorry, I made a boo-boo” ?

    What other job is there where can you steal money from your boss, and for “punishment” you get a week’s extra holiday and you get to keep your job?

    I’m still waiting for Jacqui Smith to be sent to jail; she stole over 100k, admitted it in parliament, but still never paid anything back or got any sort of punishment whatsoever.

    If we in the real world did this kind of thing we’d be in jail.

    Bastards. I hope the cheating fuckers all get ball/tit cancer and die painfully and slowly.

    • 67
      Postlethwaite says:

      +1

      Jacqui Smith – a suitable case for treatment.

      • 135
        Syr AN Gigg says:

        Wasn’t Jacqui in charge, er meant to be incharge, of the police and therrefore that would be too damaginggs for the country for her to do porridge?

      • 164
        CPS says:

        We were persuaded decided all by ourselves that it wasn’t in the public interest to prosecute the former Home Secretary Jacqui Smith

      • 243
        now I get the french revolution says:

        I always thought the main story about Jaqui Smith was the fact that her sister is a BBC journalist and did she know what her sister was up to. I find it hard to beleive she didn’t know and therefore when will she be sacked … journalist? aren’t they supposed to tell you information not conceal it

    • 90
      horrorfan24 says:

      Not being funny here people, but we can vent spleen all we want, but unless you take direct and prolonged action, nothing is ever going to change. These people must be rubbing their hands with delight at all the venom that is spilled on these message boards, instead of challenging them directly. They won’t give a toss how angry you get on your keyboards, it won’t change anything and they will just carry on doing it. They are relying on the apathy and our, intrinsic, national nature of not doing anything drastic, to simply weather this storm.

      If you really want things to change then start taking direct action, like we have seen by ordinary people in the middle east, or, if you are not prepared to do something like that, stop getting angry with your keyboard and moaning about it. You have a clear choice. The British mentality really infuriates me sometimes.

      • 126
        Postlethwaite says:

        So you mean we should go on the streets; get ‘kettled’; smashed in the guts and killed by the police; fined and imprisoned with a criminal record forever; DNA taken . . .

        Or are you proposing something akin to the american second amendment?
        Bear in mind successive governments since the 1920s have tried to disarm the population – except for the second world war of course, and are now in a position to enforce the police state.

        • 148
          Anonymous says:

          Let’s see, ~60+ million of us and a few thousand of them. If we put our minds to it how long would it really take to string ‘em up from the nearest lamp post.

        • 157
          horrorfan24 says:

          I don’t care what people do as long as it’s direct and prolonged action and it’s not just moaning about it and getting angry on message boards. That won’t change anything. As I say our political class must be rubbing their hands with glee when all they see is us moaning and complaining about how unjust and unfair it is on sites like this, instead of doing anything to actually bring the government down and hold them to account and force them to change.

          While we are content to voice our anger in a non direct way, things will never change, nor will simply voting for another one of the parties at the ballot box change anything, we’ve seen just how much alike all 3 parties are, full of corruption, spin and broken promises.

          My point is, either do something directly, other than simply voting for another party, to hold the government to account, or accept that our politicians are going to rob us and stop moaning and be content with the situation as it is. Those are the only real choices you have.

          • Postlethwaite says:

            Good luck.

            BTW, what direct and prolonged action are you taking exactly?

          • horrorfan24 says:

            As a disabled person I am limited in what I can do, but my contribution is to make people aware that simply getting angry on message boards won’t solve anything, nor change the situation.

            Although, I would dearly love to take part in anything which would force this government to stop taking the piss out of the people who vote for them and give them power.

          • Anonymous says:

            I’ve just made a direct and prolonged poo in Alan Duncan’s velvet slippers.

      • 177
        Maximus says:

        Sod off MI6 instigator.

        • 182
          Maximus says:

          Oops wrong number. I meant MI5 with too much time on your hands, and you’d rather be MI6 making whoopee and mayhem in the Levant.

  9. 16
    649 MPs says:

    Crime Pays

  10. 17
    Legs Watch says:

    I don’t like Caroline Spellman but seeing her in her skirt in the chamber, I must admit she’s got nice legs.

  11. 18
    The Grammar Police says:

    Their is Hope Yet?

  12. 19
    Sandra in Accounts says:

    In the private sector you just could not get away with this.

    One set of laws for us, one set for the cabal of crooks in the three main partys.

    They create the rules, they police the rules. No wonder they rob us blind.

    Pitchforks in Westminster anyone?

  13. 21
    Shut it, fatso says:

    Tom Fatson asking a question. The obese c unt should shut his stinking mouth.

  14. 23
    Moley says:

    It means, very simply, that there is nothing to be gained by bringing him back into Government and a an awful lot to be lost.

    I have no confidence that our Government is sufficiently in touch with reality to realise it however.

  15. 24
    Henry VIII says:

    Off with her head

  16. 26
    Syr AN Gigg says:

    Seven days?

    Jacqui smith had to be kicked out by the electorate for something 2 and a half times worse

  17. 27
    Billy Bowden is the greatest umpire ever ! says:

    so another thief gets away with a slap on the wrist , not good enough, I ask for the head of the CPS to resign as he lacks credibilty.

  18. 32
    Anonymous says:

    Has he actually paid the money back? All I could find on google was that last year he “promised he’d pay it back”, but I can’t find any references to whether he actually did, or whether he’s being forced to pay it back.
    Does he just get to keep it and also get his free paid week’s holiday?

    • 175
      Archer Karcher says:

      It makes no difference if he paid it back or not.
      He appropriated the money by deception and should be punished for such, irrespective of his remorse at being caught, or any attempt to return what was never his to take in the first place.
      A seven day suspension is pissing in our faces.

  19. 34
    He's not even the worst offender says:

    Why isn’t Jacqui 5 Bellies in prison?

  20. 35
    Rob.C says:

    Still thats more than Jackie Smith got….

  21. 37
    Pm snooze? says:

    I missed pmqs. Any highlights? What did Milibland go on with his questions?

    • 45
      EdMiliband says:

      Well it weally dependths on how you define highlighths. I am a pwogrethive sort of guy and I athked thome pwogrethive quethtionths with thome real inthight and logic and I managed to convey my mathive thenth of humour. My quethionths were inthightful and thowed the PM ath lacking credenth and Kudoth. I wath ath uthual the clear winner and the PM is Flathman

  22. 39
    Penfold says:

    Jesus wept, that’s almost a slap on the back and an apology for the state having the temerity to discover his peculation and put him through due process.
    We jail benefits cheats who’ve had it away with far less, yet we allow this tosser, this thief, a pat on the bottom, a kiss and a clean slate.
    There is no justice, and if policing, obeying the laws (sic) of this land require consent, then my firkin consent has just been withdrawn and i’m orff to commit fraud, deception, peculation and outright theft against the state.

    I am so angry that despite the Telegraph exposure life goes on as ever for our leaders and bullies in Parliament.
    We may have had a jasmine revolution in the Middle East and North Africa, what’s needed in the UK is a very bloody show of displeasure.

  23. 40
    They're all smug, sneering Celt cunts at the BBC, 'cept Kuenssbergs whom I wish to bum intensely says:

    Never ever trust a Lib Dem.
    Never, give them benefit if the doubt, they are political vermin.
    Never take them at their word.

    • 84
      Anonymous says:

      That very sound piece of advise is applicable to ALL politicians ,not just the Lie Dems.

  24. 41
    Used as unpaid marketing pawn says:

    Wounding? Nope. Prison would have been wounding. How come Jaqui five bellies Smith was treated differently?

    • 64
      They're all smug, sneering Celt cunts at the BBC, 'cept Kuenssbergs whom I wish to bum intensely says:

      She’s a cu’nt

    • 199
      Maximus says:

      ACPO Ltd. As Homes Secretary they were all over her like a rash. She was so petrified of going down her quiet sarf London road for a kebab from the corner shop, as a result of the stories they told her, she signed over on pretty much everything the ACPO wanted. That’s also why Damien Green got arrested. I see an outstanding balance on at least one account here.

      • 244
        now I get the french revolution says:

        I always thought the main story about Jaqui Smith was the fact that her sister is a BBC journalist and did she know what her sister was up to. I find it hard to beleive she didn’t know and therefore when will she be sacked … journalist? aren’t they supposed to tell you information not conceal it

  25. 42
    the last quango in paris says:

    hope his apology sounds meaningful unlike smiths

    • 99
      smoggie says:

      He’s gay – they can ham it up like no others. That’s ham it up……..

  26. 43
    Clegg Minor says:

    Yes, but as he’s mine and Dave’s mate, we’ll still have him back in government before the end of July, you mark my words

  27. 44
    Axe The Telly Tax says:

    O.T.

    Boundary changes + independence for Scotland = nearly 100 fewer Liebore MPs and a saving to the English taxpayer of £17 billion a year, or the equivalent of £800 off every council tax bill.

    Bring it on NOW! :-)

    • 50
      Tough on the Causes of Crime says:

      You’ll never see a penny of any ‘saving’. It will be wasted on something else instead.

      • 72
        English Viking says:

        I hear that nice Mr Mugabe is running a bit low on the readdies, we could give him a bit more.

        Don’t forget the rag-head space program, too. Very important.

    • 75
      Anonymous says:

      Bailing them out every other week, like the Irish

  28. 49
    Anonymous says:

    What is the difference between stealing 100K from the Tax Payer and stealing 100k from a Bank …

  29. 53
    Bloody Hell says:

    Call for UKIP’s Nigel Farage to resign as double act turns sour

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-13348940

    • 58
      mkpdavies says:

      I think this was a cunning plan to get UKIP exposure on the BBC, who ignore any good or neutral news on UKIP, but chomp at the bit to please their EU masters and report any bad news possible.

    • 68
      98% Of The Population says:

      The silly cow. Nigel Farage is UKIP. I doubt that more than 2% of the population could name another UKIP member. Of course that might be why she wants rid of him.

    • 106
      Dick Robinson says:

      I think UKIP needs Farage more than Farage needs UKIP.

  30. 54
    Bazz says:

    what is the difference between stealing 100K from the Tax Payer and stealing 100K from a Bank … about 10 years

  31. 55
    Gordon Brown says:

    Stop saying bad things about me. I’m a human being.

  32. 56
    Gordon Brown says:

    It is disgrraceful that a perrson should be paid out of state funds when contrributing nothing.

  33. 63
    Billy Bowden is the greatest umpire ever ! says:

    Hang him!

  34. 66
    Anonymous says:

    Dianne Abbott shouting at Boulton and other two guests. What a gobby as well as hypocritical socialist.

  35. 69
    Elliot Morley says:

    What’s the difference between claiming for a mortgage which no longer exists and claiming £40,000 to pay rent to his rentboy?

  36. 70
    JessTheDog says:

    Why not FOI the report?

  37. 74
    Danny Alexander says:

    Laws a mercy! Praise da Laws!

  38. 79
    Sponge Gord says:

    Payment of £36,018.18 for speech to Comtec Med in Geneva, Switzerland. Address of Comtec: 53 Rothschild Boulevard, PO Box 68 Tel Aviv, 61000 Israel. Hours: 3 hrs. Flights and accommodation to Geneva also paid for me and a member of my staff; value £2,949.13. (Registered 19 April 2011)

    I am not receiving any money from this engagement personally. It is being held by the Office of Gordon and Sarah Brown for the employment of staff to support my ongoing involvement in public life.
    http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmregmem/110503/brown_rt-hon-gordon.htm

    He obviousl did not use easyjet at £68 each way.
    “support my ongoing involvement in public life.” Therefore he is receiving the money.

    • 83
      No income tax No VAT says:

      Think you will find that by putting the money through his UK registered company, “The office of Gordon and Sarah Brown” he gets it tax free, which he would not if he trousered it directly.

    • 94
      THE COALITION OF CROOKS says:

      Comtec Med Is that who supplies his drugs ?

      • 101
        Gift Aid says:

        Why would the big pharmaceutical companies sponsor a £36,000 speech by Gordon and also give him £3,000 in expenses on top?

        What is in it for them, and how is Gordon able to supply it?

        http://www.comtecmed.com/Document.aspx?did=11

        • 143
          Moley says:

          From their web site.

          ComtecMed provides the full range of services needed to organize a Medical Congress:

          In the world of Medical Congresses, Conventions and Meetings, Comtec brings its unique personal and creative touch, married to its vast experience in orchestrating large and complex events, to the fulfillment of the requirements of major medical conferences.
          At Comtec, the tag-line “It’s all about people” is not a mere slogan. It applies to the select team at Comtec, to the hand-picked consultants with whom we work, and most of all to our clients—to you.

          ComtecMed, founded by expert event creator Mr. Daniel Benaim, leads the way in contemporary medical conferencing, thanks to Benaim’s pioneering and innovative abilities, years of experience in the complexities of overseeing major international conferences and events, and the setting of new standards in the field.

          Comtec has an outstanding reputation for fulfilling our clients’ needs with taste, imagination, and a multi-dimensional, particularly personalized touch.

          Benaim and his team infuse these conferences, conventions and meetings with unusual sensitivity, bringing our clients’ requirements to life with a special vision. Insight, professionalism, quality, individual attention, and experience are the bywords by which ComtecMed medical conferences, conventions and congresses are recognizable.

          So what has Gordon Brown got to say to them which is worth £36,000?

          How to lie and get away with it?
          How to smear the opposition?
          How to take mugs for a ride?

          It doesn’t say anything positive about ComTechMed or their clients; just the opposite.

    • 117
      genghiz the kahn says:

      I guess that not turning up in the House of Commons furthers that aim.

      Has he owned up about his garden shed expenses and his cleaning bills?

      In the last Parliament, Gordon’s alter ego was Max Claim.

    • 147
      Gillian Duffy's swiss cousin says:

      if i had known he was here i would have gone and asked him about foreigners being in other people’s country just to make money……

  39. 80
    Anonymous says:

    The BBC have relegated this story to the 8th headline on the politics page; almost impossible to find/see.

    I assume they’re protecting him cos he’s a bummer, and the BBC do like their bummers (unless they’re tory of course, in which case a tory bummer is usually implied to be a paedo).

  40. 85
    David MacGille-Mhuire says:

    Bloody good show.

    Only 7 days?

    By Jiminy Cricket, grab the collective genitalia, and sine die such blethering tosh.

    Less than zero stuff the way to go – no wanker bleeding-hearted Cameroon pseudo-Tory guff: Hang and blog the fcukers from the convenient yard-arms or/and the overhanging electrical thinngies.

    Zero tolerance for anything including this blog – pinko, “minority”-loving decadents.

    Scum of the universe.

    Free South All (sic).

    Viva whatever and bury the corpse of Baroness Thatcher deep and unknown en some situ as per the Sheikh and cut the crap.

    Vladmir Iilyich Jock MacFuck

    PS Any decent bagpipers

  41. 89
    THE COALITION OF CROOKS says:

    Laws shoves it right up the tax payers arse !
    Stole £100,000 given a week off and then no doubt will end up in the cabinet
    never again will i vote for any of the big three crime families !
    come on labour do your worst to stir up a split in the coalition of crooks
    and i do not exempt labour from that
    force an election now and lets see what happens !
    Sick to death of these vile odious bastard scum

    • 132
      Wackie Smiffs hubbys Kleenex says:

      I think its absolutely outrageous

    • 200
      Genovese, Gambino or Luchese, you decide says:

      Labour, Lib-Dim’s, Conservative’s, a cartel of criminals, liars, con artist’s and protection racketeers.

    • 237
      Handycock says:

      David Laws takes a holistic approack to his expenses, in the same way that I do to my constituents. All charges against him should therefore be dropped as they were against me for molesting a Mong. He is also a member of the Parliamentary Lodge.

  42. 91
    Anonymous says:

    + + + Laws Suspended for 7 Days + + +

    Seems like the laws really have been suspended in this case and others.

    • 102
      Osama Bacon Lardon in Brine says:

      The Laws of the HoC have been suspended for millennia, they never existed fro those troughers!!!

  43. 93
    simon says:

    Who would have thought that the ‘disgrace’ from the coalition would all be from the Liberal Democrats?! Hancock, Laws, Huhne, Cable, bring the hilarity- where will it end?

  44. 98
    Jackie O says:

    Another bummer – perhaps the vaseline warps the mind – I know I’ll claim expenses for living with my boyfriend even though it’s not allowed…

  45. 100
    Dick Robinson says:

    and some people thought he’d be back in the cabinet in the near future?

    • 118
      Drop a Daisy cutter on the BBC says:

      Mandelson was, 3 times.

      • 122
        Dick Robinson says:

        Was Mandy actually suspended, or just forced to resign? I can’t remember (or be bothered to do any meaningful googling).

  46. 103
    THE COALITION OF CROOKS says:

    i wouldn’t miss a fuckin one of them !
    Where the fuck is Alki Ada Airlines when you need them

  47. 105
    annette curton says:

    Or to put it another way, just take a week off work, that will teach you not to do it again you naughty boy.

  48. 109
    Anonymous says:

    Re your Seen Elsewhere links

    ‘their’ is hope yet?

    Write out a hundred times

    “There is hope yet.”

    Obviously a product of Labour education

  49. 115
    Kevin T says:

    I love the liberal crybabies on Twitter. “But he’s gay, think how difficult it would have been for him if he hadn’t stolen that money!” “”But he actually saved the taxpayer money because he could have ripped us off even more!” Give it up, you infants. He’s lucky he’s not going inside, which is what happens to non-politicians who are caught thieving from the state.

  50. 119
    Bent fifth column says:

  51. 121
    Billy Bowden is the greatest umpire ever ! says:

    : “Laws career prospects.. has any MP ever been made a Minister after being suspended for matters relating to money/expenses? I don’t think so

    Mandleson (Mortgages?), he did resign.

    • 123
      annette curton says:

      Mandelson resigned himself from the HOC to become a Lord in the HOL and so became a Minister in the HOC again, its a funny old world.

      • 133
        Ben Bradshaw says:

        As old Tony used to say “You countersinking my turd & I’ll countersinking yours”.

    • 130
      Couldnt make it up says:

      he did resign TWICE!!

      • 136
        WINK that SPHINK says:

        so to resign twice, he had to be appointed twice
        he was on his “Turd term in orifice “

  52. 128
    Baroness Scoochland says:

    Ignorance of ‘laws’ is no defense

  53. 134
    WINK that SPHINK says:

    If they had have sent him to prison
    they would have had trouble getting him out of the showers !

  54. 139
    Mischcon De Reya says:

    We have taken instructions from Mr Laws and have applied for a superinjuction.

    Hard luck Guido,and we mean that most sincerely.

  55. 142
    Barefoot Contessa says:

    Broadcaster Jon Gaunt’s right to freedom of expression was violated by a decision to uphold complaints about him calling an interviewee a “Nazi”, the Court of Appeal heard today.

    Gaunt, whose contract was terminated by TalkSport in November 2008, 10 days after the exchange with rifgt wing political blogger,Guido Fawkes, says media watchdog Ofcom’s response was “disproportionate”.

  56. 145
    Backwoodsman says:

    One of the secrets of a successful business is to find a niche market :
    “Pa*k pays £135,000 bribe for J&K case
    Pa*k govt paid British MP George Galloway £135,000 from a secret fund for promoting case on J&K”

  57. 150
    Billy Bowden is the greatest umpire ever ! says:

    2 minutes ago: “Think a great five-a-side football team would be Ryan Giggs, Michael Owen, Robbie Keane, Peter Crouch and John Terry managed by Alan Pardew”

    super injuction utd?

  58. 178
    Cato Street Conspirator says:

    7 days suspended from a lamp post, twisting in the wind? Sounds fair to me.

    • 183
      Billy Bowden is the greatest umpire ever ! says:

      on this topic, I agree and fully endorse your comment.

      • 235
        Cato Street Conspirator says:

        Thank you Billy Bowden is the greatest umpire ever. Clearly a man of discernment.

  59. 179
    Dave & Ozzy says:

    We want our bean counting yellow bummer boy back, so sorry guys no porridge for him I’m afraid!

  60. 191
    Helen Hunt says:

    For the final time,Guido,please may I have my dildo back.You have probably run the batteries flat.
    The dildo is required by certain members of the cabinet as a matter of urgency.

    • 194
      Lets savour it one more time says:

      • 204
        Jerry Springer says:

        This is class,Guido.
        You will be welcome on my show anytime,you had Boulton floundering and I pissed myself laughing.
        Top bloke Guido !

      • 213
        eh? says:

        It wasn’t even amusing the first time. One should grow out of schoolboy humour when one leaves school.

        • 226
          Pistas R'Soles( In honour of Nick Clegg at PMQ's today) says:

          Oh come now.
          Have you ever watched PMQ’s
          What a wonderful idea to see them all in blazers and short trousers with satchels on their back.

  61. 198
    dunlaggin says:

    Just watched the Daily Politics. Brillo not there. Questions being asked by Charlie Falkner whilst some other bloke sits in Brillo’s chair. Anita looks as though she’s reading the daily papers.

    • 214
      screw the establishment says:

      You are Andrew ‘luvvy’ Neil and I claim my inflation reduced 47p

  62. 205
    Labour cunts should die says:

    If Jack Straw thinks Brown is verging on mad, someone should ask him why he and his colleagues allowed him to become prime minister and why they told us at the election last year he was the best man to run the country. These gutless c unts knew what an unhinged and dangerous person Brown is and said nothing.

    • 211
      Blackburn geezer says:

      Jack Straw? You must be having a laugh. He couldn’t even work out his council tax and reclaim it correctly. Honest mistakes all of them. Yeah, right.

    • 229
      Mad, Bad & Dangerous Gordon McRuin says:

      Let me spend some more Taxpayers’ money !!!!

  63. 208
    Jackie O says:

    Laws is one of 19 bummers and lezzers in parliament after the 2010 elections (according to the Lesbian and Gay Foundation).

    Oops, that should be 18 now after one of the Jock bummers carked it yesterday (nasty way to go though).

    2 are ladies and the other 16 are (lady) boys.

    • 215
      Billy Bowden is the greatest umpire ever ! says:

      I dont really care if he is gay, I do care about the fact he stole public funds and for that he should be in prison.

  64. 209
    One more time because it's immensely and eternally enjoyable says:

    • 216
      screw the establishment says:

      I’ve never seen that clip before! Thanks for sharing. Tosser.

      • 223
        Suck on it, Labour troll says:

        Get back to LabourLost. They need the readership. Alternatively, Brown will appreciate visitors to his padded cell. We all know that’s where he is these days. He’s certainly not doing his job as an mp.

        • 231
          Great British Public says:

          We will never tire of viewing this marvellous clip from that Day of Celebration.

  65. 210
    Dave"Rasta"Cameron says:

    NUFF RESPECT TO DI MAN, DI BOSS, DI ICON, DI LEGEND BOB MARLEY

    • 218
      Comrade Edward Miliband says:

      хмм, мне кажется или самый нормальный тренд – RIP Bob Marley?покойся с миром, чувак. спасибо за столь любимую мной If This Love

  66. 217
    Dianne Fat Butt says:

    Me love to have a big bucket of da ryse and peea. Praise da Laws! Bogle bogle in a rubadub stylee.

  67. 219
    Gordon Brown says:

    You can all hate me as much as you want but I know that Larry the Cat loves me.

    • 246
      Sicko says:

      Yeah, but since you emptied out the cupboard you cannot count on him loving you much past teatime.

  68. 230
    Anonymous says:

    Only a slapped wrist-dave’s mates do seem to enjoy a lot of luck. Flashman’s other wisteria pals will be delighted,Nice one dave.

  69. 233
    Voice of Reason says:

    Why bother about these cases. Law has done nothing really bad, fiddling expenses is something that almost all of us have done at some time or other. Journalists and media types are the worst of all the hypocritical bastards. Let’s move on – forgive and forget.

    • 238
      Cato Street Conspirator says:

      Yes, and let’s have a permanent amnesty for benefit cheats as well shall we Voice of Reason? Let’s move on – forgive and forget.

  70. 234
    I don't need no doctor says:

    What about McNulty, when is something going to be done about him.
    What about Brown apologising to parliament. As a serving MP his crimes are the worst.

  71. 236
    Cato Street Conspirator says:

    Clegg said: ‘”But what he has also said is that what happened was because he wanted to protect his privacy, he didn’t want in any way to benefit from the expenses system, the taxpayer hasn’t in any way lost out because of what happened, and I totally believe him.”

    Except, of course, that when he was asked to produce receipts for his utility claims the amounts dropped markedly. What a couple of lying hounds Laws and Clegg are.

  72. 240
    98% Of The Population says:

    Everything looks dark and dusky to Blunkett.

  73. 241
    Strummer says:

    So these people revealing info about superinjunctions can be jailed for telling the truth, but Laws gets away Scott free after misusing 100k? Summat not right there.

  74. 247
    Anonymous says:

    I didn’t know Niles from Frasier was in Parliament!



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