BREAKING: MacShane Facing 12 Month Commons Suspension
Statement from Rt Hon Kevin Barron MP, Chair of the Standards and Privilege Committee:
“The Report states that this was the gravest case which has come to the Committee for adjudication. It sets out the Committee’s views and reasoning clearly, and is accompanied by the detailed memorandum from the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards, as well as Mr MacShane’s response. I am sure the House of Commons will consider our recommendation as soon as possible. It would not be appropriate for me or any other Member of the Standards and Privileges Committee to comment on the substance of the Report before the House debates the matter.”
Standards and Privilege Committee’s report conclusion:
“We accept that Mr MacShane is widely acknowledged for his interest in European affairs, and the funds he claimed could be said to have been used in supporting that interest. Those activities may have contributed to his Parliamentary work, albeit indirectly. He has expressed his regret, and repaid the money wrongly claimed. But this does not excuse his behaviour in knowingly submitting nineteen false invoices over a period of four financial years which were plainly intended to deceive the Parliamentary expenses authorities. This is so far from what would be acceptable in any walk of life that we recommend that Mr MacShane be suspended from the service of the House for twelve months. This would mean he lost his salary and pension contributions for this period.”
DEVELOPING…
UPDATE: Full background on MacShane’s expenses shame can be found here.
Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet! Drinks are one me!
on me, I should say. You’ll have to excuse me, I got carried away by my jubilation over the news.
gotcha
How many more are there?
Labour is the nasty party – professional politicians with no life experience, squireling away expenses at every opportunity while telling us what to do.
The grass roots Labour Party should look at their elected officials and analyse whether they have ever delivered their five core principles of social justice, strong community and strong values, reward for hard work, decency and rights matched by responsibilities.
I think you will find them wanting.
Mind you the Tories promise to roll back big government and state intrusion proceeds at a snails pace.
They acknowledge the expenses claims were faked and so it should (also) be a matter for the police.
What a working class hero that man is
throw him to the christians
Then they should call a by-election after kicking him out of commence.
But but one nation, one nation, child tax credits, Ashcroft, Ashcroft, Thatcher, child tax credits, one nation, one nation!
If he had any honour he would resign – but I won’t hold my breath
A Labour MP willingly resign? When John Prescotts fly.
Me fly ? Has Tracey forgotten to zip me up ?
Have you seen his demeanour in the House? Arrogant and condescending beyond belief. No shame.
Pickles dealt with him nice and proper here.
Hypocrisy and mendacity – it’s in Libor’s D-N-A.
But, but, but the two Eds have only just recently clasped me firmly to their bosoms.
The media always call on me when you mad Europhobes want some of your own powers or money back from Brussels.
This day will live in calumny !!!!
Lend us a computer, mate. And is your garage available? Apples and pears, apples and pears.
Infamy dear, I think thats the word you’re looking for, as in “Infamy, infamy, they’ve all got it in for me.”
And you would be correct. irrespective of being a corrupt little fucker who should be locked up for stealing from his employers, you also have that smug leftard look, which makes sensible people wish to commit common assult.
I have known small business operators & their employees go to prison for years for less than this.
Why are the Police not prosecuting?
Why are the CPS utter cowards when it comes to pursuing criminalaity amongst the political elite?
This erodes the publics trust in justice & parliament.
MacShane must be prosecuted in the public interest.
12 months off work for an offence that would get a normal working person jailed is the same as getting away with it.
Again.
Well bugger me !!!
I suspect MacShame will be spitting feathers today
Couldn’t have happened to a nicer person.
Well today just got much better
It would get a lot better if the police and CPS did their job and threw the tw@t in jail where he belongs.
W.W.
Where a pleb when you need one to arrest him – surely this is criminal?
can I put any fine down as an expense?
Sure. Just claim it’s “rent”.
Surely it is wrong for the people of Rotherham to go so long unrepresented in the House of Commons.
He must resign.
Hooray!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
They’ve been unrepresented by the greedy txxt since he got elected. Funny Barron should be chair of that committee as he’s already under scrutiny locally for ties with Japanese Pharmaceutical firms.
To be honest, I doubt Rotherham will see much of a change.
knowingly submitting nineteen false invoices over a period of four financial years
Any condemnation from Ed Miliband yet? Course not.
Don’t be surprised if MacShame does a Margaret Moran and hires a rent-a-shrink to claim he’s depressed.
Surely the plod should may be get off their fat arses?
He should resign then. His constitutents would not be represented for 20% of the parliament.
If he has submitted 19 false invoices – surely that is more than a breach of the parliamentary rules – other MP’s went to jail for that Jim Divine for example, should he not be facing a trial?
he needs to be prosecuted. It’s common larceny. Suspension from the house is manifestly insufficient.
Bye bye baldy!
He must surely resign his seat and trigger a bye-election in Rotherham now though sadly the voters there are unlikely to punish MacShame’s party which selected him.
Does this mean a new series of ‘Lovejoy’?
Do you think it’ll be on the BBC 10 O’clock news?
No, neither do I.
Possibly they will run with it, if only to deflect and remove from lead and second news item, any reference to themselves and further revelations concerning Saville and his kiddie fiddling, and the BBC’s abject failure to do anything.
No mention on the err… Daily Politics… and why should it be?
The only suspension suitable for that weasel is from a suitably sized length of Pierrepoint approved rope.
Reblogged this on Rotherham Politics.
Why has he not been charged with Criminal Fraud ??
Answers on a postcard please
This and tonight’s Newsnight nonce revelations. Grab the popcorn.
no go down to the pub – its friday – let others sweat
Who will speak for the good people of Rotherham?
19 false invoices?
If I was caught doing that to my company, I would be in prison…
Why did the fucking CPS drop the case?
Has the Rule of law broken down ?
Fraud is fraud, so why hav’n't plod been called in?
McShane is an odious little git and deserves his comeuppance.
over to you inspector knacker!
There is a God.. now go after the rest
I’d like it if he got a rent a shrink to say he was temporarily doolally as an excuse and then got sent to share a cell with Sutliffe in Broadmoor.
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they’ve certainly got a good act going in the republic re fraudsters
please also note mr mcguiness’s comments on the foul killing of the prison officer in the north
some countries are progressing well
Good news to brighten a dismal day……
Perhaps another bi-election looming ?
Has McShame been invited to accept the Chiltern 100′s ??
More questions than answers……..
How will the Beeb play this…..probably not at all if they are
true to there biased form…..a mere technical mishap !!!
How long before slippery VAZ gets his just rewards ??
If he does go to the Chiltern Hundreds I advise them to lock their silver away
MacShame…….. clearly criminal activity and should feel the full force of Plod !!
If you believe politicians should represent the public you’re a retarded bedwetter
This isn’t the 1950s
Oh dear, what a McShame and I always thought he was such a nice chap too.
Garage futures down on this news.
Oh No !
n 1979, Rochdale Alternative Press reportedly obtained evidence that, during the 1960′s, Cyril Smith “was using his position to get teenage boys to undress in front of him in order that he could get them to bend over his knee while he spanked their bare bottoms or let him hold their testicles in a ‘medical inspection’.
The police decided not to prosecute Cyril Smith.
Cyril had freemason connections.
Reportedly, Cyril’s first went to MP Jack McCann to use his masonic contacts to get certain charges dropped or reduced.
Reportedly, Cyril then met the chief Constable and provided him with details of what had been going on.
Reportedly, the boys who had been abused, by several people, were from the notorious Barnardos homes, the ‘Cambridge Boys hostel’ in Rochdale, and a care home in Leeds.
Leeds was home to Jimmy Savile.
And Jack Mccann MP was a relative of Gerry Mccann father of missing Maddie. Masonic links, child abuse. makes you think.
Ignore that .. wrong Jack McCann.
Ignore the above.. wrong Jack McCann
‘We accept that Mr MacShane is widely acknowledged for his interest in European affairs, and the funds he claimed could be said to have been used in supporting that interest. Those activities may have contributed to his Parliamentary work, albeit indirectly.’
Their job in Parliament is not to ‘support’ their own interests. Cheeky f**kers.
EU commisioners won’t get out of bed for a fraud less than 100K.
Not nearly as satisfying seeing you stuffed Dennis! That’s have some of this rent swap scum in jail too. Remember the Theft Act, section 16, 1968?
What about prison? Isn’t that what the rest of us would get for being criminals?
+60 million.
Nice one, Guido!
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Good Riddance – Lets hope that is the first of the many MPs on that fiddle
So brazen and delusional he must be verging on mental illness.
A pathetic man. It’s pitiful.
verging on it? i’m across the central reservation baby…..follow me!
If this hd happened in any other walk of life McShame would be in the clanger he has no shame he should resign immediately
I’m innocent I tell you:
http://www.denismacshane.com/?p=3187
In the HoC handicap the Labour party are hogging the field so far…four imprisoned & one suspended from the HoC for 12 months! We just need the lovely Jacqui Smith behind bars & I’ll be opening the champagne.
Go directly to Specsavers. Do not pass Go.
Hahaha – McShane saying only last week that prisoners should get the vote:
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/denis-macshane/prisoners-right-to-vote_b_2008268.html
He was just planning ahead.
He’s all right is Denis.
I call that thinking ahead!
One hopes criminal prosecution will follow.
I remember when McShane was a young militant in the NUJ when he worked at the BBC. Forever stirring things up and getting his mug published in “The Journalist”. A pompous wee a*** even then.
Why is plod not involved? I think somewhere above someone said the CPS dropped the case? A letter is about to wend its way to my MP asking for clarity as to why this man has not been arrested. Perhaps if as many people did the same then they would not be able to close ranks and smooth this over?
It might be easier to just build a wall around Westminster and turn it into a prison.
Mister MuckShame must be pretty smart on finding new ways of fiddling. Or the checkers and controllers are incompetent.
Suspended from Parliament and now resigned – know doubt taking with him a Gold plated pension – so still laughing all the way to the Bank.
The poor Taxpayer will still continue to support these thieves.