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Sid Squid 21-03-10 10:24 PM
Parliamentary influence - if the money's right.
 
Four MPs are making the news for the wrong reasons, (again).
It seems that a setup 'sting' found four MPs willing to use their positions and contacts in Parliament on behalf private companies - if the money is right.

As if stealing our money via iffy expenses isn't enough.

Quote:
Stephen Byers, the former transport secretary, today insisted he had complied with the MPs' code of conduct after a group of Labour MPs were targeted in an elaborate sting operation in which journalists set up a bogus lobbying company and offered to pay them in return for political influence.
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Mr Byers, the former trade and transport secretary, is alleged to have described himself as “like a sort of cab for hire” for up to £5,000 a day, echoing Mohamed al-Fayed's revelation 16 years ago that you can "hire an MP the way you hire a London taxi."
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Byers had told the bogus lobbyists he had saved hundreds of millions of pounds for National Express through his contact with Lord Adonis, the transport minister, and had influenced food labelling proposals for Tesco after phoning Lord Mandelson, the business secretary. The MP said that his friendship with Mandelson was one of his "trump cards".
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Mr Hoon, the former defence secretary, offered to lead delegations to ministers and said he was looking to turn his knowledge and contacts into “something that frankly makes money”, and added he charged £3,000 a day.
Link to The Telegraph.

Link to The Guardian.

Biker Biggles 21-03-10 10:29 PM
Re: Parliamentary influence - if the money's right.
 
Nothing changes.Does Ken Clarke still work for the Tobacco people?And John Major became one of the richest men in Britain after his illustrious career.Not sure who paid him.

Stingo 21-03-10 10:36 PM
Re: Parliamentary influence - if the money's right.
 
Thought this sting thing might appear here.

Now, don't get me wrong - MP's are a bit rascally (I'm being polite here folks) at times - especially with regard to the recent expenses fiasco. There's alot of the 'old boy' network which ticks me off and other scams that some of them no doubt pull off or try to get away with.

HOWEVER...

Old Johnny (or Jane in this case) Hack doing what she's paid to do sets up a couple of MP's by lying to them and pretending to be someone else - I'm sorry but that's being just as bad as they are/can be. And yet everybody seems quite happy and comfortable with that. Ok - so the MP's were suckers and shouldn't have allowed themselves to get drawn in...but FFS, some twonk who remains nameless is allowed to get away with lying to Members of Parliament? All in the cause of 'the public interest? Not my interest it isn't...I wish they'd get off their bloody high horses, crawl back under the rock in the dark cave from which they were spat out and do something useful like putting up tents in Haiti or something.

RANT / AAAAAGGGHHHHHH...

Sorry...just venting my spleen...


Grrrr - so annoying...etc..

the_lone_wolf 21-03-10 10:37 PM
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Also in the news...

Tony Blair attempted to hide the fact that he was paid an undisclosed amount by a Korean oil company that gained lucrative contracts in "post war" Iraq

Labour paid the "Unite" union £18m in tax payer's money last year and received £30m in donations from the same union, effectively laundering public funds into party funds

No... Seriously... I wish I was joking:rolleyes:

Bunch of scum:smt076

edit: got me numbers wrong...

Stingo 21-03-10 10:38 PM
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GAAAAAGH! I'm grumpy tonight!!!

ethariel 21-03-10 10:38 PM
Re: Parliamentary influence - if the money's right.
 
Not surprided in the slightest, it is afterall, just human nature.

If one is in a position to make a shedload of money then one will often do so.

looks like the political system has once again shown it's true colours.

5hort5 21-03-10 10:47 PM
Re: Parliamentary influence - if the money's right.
 
C..a..n..'..t br..i..n..g m...y..se..l..f t..oo gi....ve a s..h...i...t

Triv650 21-03-10 10:59 PM
Re: Parliamentary influence - if the money's right.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by 5hort5 (Post 2219141)
C..a..n..'..t br..i..n..g m...y..se..l..f t..oo gi....ve a s..h...i...t
Shame really. The problem is too many people don't give a sh*t and the politicians then get away with daylight robbery. If only people gave it more attention... :rolleyes:

5hort5 21-03-10 11:05 PM
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Yep - I really have lost interested and I wont be voting, I have no time for politics as nothing changes and they are only interested in lining their own pockets and being better than each other in an anti-Christ sort of way, personally I'd burn them all in a guy Fawkes style night and toast a marsh mellow on their slowly roasting corpse's.


I'm not sure does that convey my point?

Vorkohnen 21-03-10 11:12 PM
Re: Parliamentary influence - if the money's right.
 
http://www.dullneon.com/_psychosis-a...r-Vendetta.jpg

Anyone up for a bit of V style justice?


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