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21-03-10, 10:24 PM
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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:
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21-03-10, 10:29 PM
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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.
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21-03-10, 10:36 PM
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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..
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21-03-10, 10:37 PM
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Re: Parliamentary influence - if the money's right.
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  Bunch of scum  edit: got me numbers wrong...
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21-03-10, 10:38 PM
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Re: Parliamentary influence - if the money's right.
GAAAAAGH! I'm grumpy tonight!!!
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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. |
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21-03-10, 10:47 PM
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Re: Parliamentary influence - if the money's right.
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21-03-10, 11:05 PM
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Re: Parliamentary influence - if the money's right.
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.
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21-03-10, 11:12 PM
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Re: Parliamentary influence - if the money's right.
 Anyone up for a bit of V style justice? |
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