MP's doncha just luv em?

15 Months Prison sentence for Timothy Harris, a thug convicted of benefit fraud which cost tax payers £54,000

1 Week ban from the Commons for David Laws a former cabinet minister after paying back £56,000 he wrongly claimed from taxpayers in benefits

0.13% percentage of population now in prison

0.61% percentage of members of the last House of Commons now in prison

[Messie]

And Lord Hanningfield of Essex found guilty of fiddling his expenses to the tune of £14,000. I wonder what his sentence will be?

Originally Posted by Messie

And Lord Hanningfield of Essex found guilty of fiddling his expenses to the tune of £14,000. I wonder what his sentence will be?

was at the New court building yesterday, there was a big ol buzz outside the old one because of this...

they own the game and make the rules so dont be suprised when you play their game by their rules its the individual who will lose everytime, you have to know its a game before you can even begin to play, by the way ive got no sympathy for benefit theives.

[Messie]

Errr umm I think Hanningfield was one of 'them' and he didn't play by the rules so he has been tried and found guilty by the justice system here. It's not a perfect system but it's OK in the circumstances, considering.

And I agree that people falsley claiming benefits should be held to account - as freemen or by common law or whatever

[Biker Biggles]

Whoever they are it costs a helluva lot more to keep them in prison than they actually fiddled in expenses or benefits.So we pay twice.Im no fan of Ken Clark,but he makes a lot of sense about cutting the prison population.

[SoulKiss]

Originally Posted by Biker Biggles

a lot of sense about cutting the prison population.

Oooh can we use chainsaws?