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- No Expense(s) Spared In The Queen's Speech by Thoughts Allowed on Nov 19, 2009
Are we surprised? Yesterday, the Queen's Speech, setting out the government's final plans for the country before facing the electorate in next year's general election, was conspicuous by one very large omission - there was no mention of any legislati...
- A 'Charge' Harriet Harman Won't Be Claiming! by Thoughts Allowed on Nov 19, 2009
Labour's deputy leader, Harriet Harman, is to face prosecution after all, following a police investigation into her alleged car smash back in July (see earlier post).The Crown Prosecution Service said in a statement:'The Crown Prosecution Service has...
- Six MPs and peers face criminal charges over expenses by The Chronicles from the Empire on Nov 19, 2009
Six MPs and peers are facing criminal charges of fraud following investigations by Scotland Yard into the abuse of the parliamentary expenses system, the Daily Telegraph reports. Detectives will pass files imminently on the Labour MPs Elliot Morley,...
- The rules every MP has broken by Complete and Utter Zebu on Nov 17, 2009
“Everything I did was within the rules.” Bleat, bleat, bleat. “It’s not me, it’s the system.” Zebu, Zebu, Zebu. MP after MP has uttered a variant of these pathetic excuses, whining that their own expense claims did not infringe the 36-pag...
- Afghanistan- We Will Eventually Have To Talk (Pt 2) by Thoughts Allowed on Nov 14, 2009
I suggested it back in July, in my post Afghanistan - We Will Eventually Have To Talk! but now it seems our government is finally catching up with my common sense theory, that nothing will be resolved in Afghanistan unless we all start talking. They...
- A War Is A Good Payday For MoD Civil Servants... by Thoughts Allowed on Nov 13, 2009
Civil Servants at the Ministry of Defence have been paid bonuses this year of £47 million. The payments are, apparently, performance related although quite how 'performance' is measured in a department that deals in armed conflict I am at a loss to...
- MPs want a £40,000 pay rise by The Chronicles from the Empire on Nov 5, 2009
Grasping MPs demanded a huge pay rise last night after a crackdown on their expenses brought the Westminster gravy train to a halt, the Daily Mail reports. In an astonishing show of contempt for voters, ministers and backbenchers complained that the...
