Following on from Iain Dale’s piece this morning, it would seem that Parliamentary Staff were well aware of the collusion between the Fees Office and MPs on the matter of expenses.
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Collusion and the Fees Office.
How to make a viral video…….
An object lesson in how not to make the mistakes Gordon Brown has made on YouTube. The French are downloading this Continue reading →
Foot and ‘Mouth’ disease.
The present outbreak of the disease which threatens to cull all the livestock in the House of Commons can be traced back to 1976 and Michael Foot’s cowardice in the face of a pincer movement –
Continue reading →The Hierarchy of Discrimination.
The Guardian published this photograph under the title ‘”Gay porn’movie raises ripples on far right” – hmmn, may well have raised a few ‘nipples’, left and right, never mind ‘ripples’.
That was not the only
Continue reading →Watching us, watching them…….
The less than transparent Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) has published its SOCA Annual Report 2008/09 (.pdf) (72 pages)
Telephone intercept intelligence
Continue reading →‘Right you lot, fall in, how do we vote? We vote Labour!’
The Armed Forces will be drafted in to run state schools under plans to drive up discipline and respect in classrooms.
Ministers are in talks with defence chiefs about
Continue reading →Re-definitions – Nu-Labour speak; Issue 3.
‘I support the ‘office’ of the Speaker’ – I’m too frightened of the whips to say so openly, but I wish someone braver than me would boot Michael Martin out – he got us into this mess. Continue reading →
This ’swine’ fever pandemic must be brought under control.
The rashers of piggery served up every morning are reducing the image of Great Britain to that of a banana republic. We already know that we have a toxic Prime Minister who is incapable of accepting that Continue reading →
All aboard the magic roundabout……
All those cheering at the success of the recent revelations by the Daily Telegraph at getting MPs to repay some of their handouts would be well advised to look at the small print.
The money returned is
Continue reading →Of mice and men.
Traditionally, animals have not been thought of in terms of emotion or morals, more in terms of instinctive self preservation and gratification. However, a review of Wild Justice by Marc Bekoff and Jessica Pierce explores the complex
Continue reading →Michael Gove – A Betrayal of Trust.
Last night, Michael Gove apologised for what he saw as ‘errors and mistakes’, he acknowledged that a £500 hotel bill ‘was excessive’ and a ‘misjudgement’. There will be some who say he is exonerated, he has Continue reading →
Who’s a Pretty Philly then?
Phil Woolas, the Immigration Minister, has denied a report in yesterday’s Daily Telegraph that he had claimed for the cost of women’s clothing
He called the allegation “disgusting”, however the Telegraph are
Continue reading →The money go-round.
Throw money at the problem, it’s Labour’s answer to everything.
This morning Sir Stuart Bell has come up with a spiffing wheeze to control the profligate spending of MPs. He’s going to set up
Continue reading →I am the very model of a modern Parliamentarian,
I’ve nothing but contempt for the humble proletarian
I’m anti- drink, I’m anti-smoke, and I’m chastely ecological,
I
Accountability is for the little people…….
Two loos, two jags, two homes, two women, two chins……
| A provocative farce of unremitting horror, the finale can not come soon enough. The script is packed with devious manoeuvres and well-honed fiddles. 646 fine actors, under the parliamentary fees office inventive Continue reading →Occupy yourselves – I’ll be back later.
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