juvenal Posted October 18, 2010 Share Posted October 18, 2010 (edited) http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/mps-expenses/8071174/Three-peers-face-suspension-over-200000-expense-claims.html About time. This lady has a family mansion in Bangladesh, while living in HA subsidised housing in London. She is to repay £125K. It is alleged she doesn't have the money to repay. Edited October 18, 2010 by juvenal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freeholder Posted October 18, 2010 Share Posted October 18, 2010 How many New Labour ex ministers is that getting their collars felt? I seem to have lost count. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geezer466 Posted October 18, 2010 Share Posted October 18, 2010 Seems to confirm the story about the HA subsidised flat but is lacking in evidence as to the Mansion in Bangladesh Reading all that how was this women elevated to the Lords? What exactly has she done? New Labour looking after their mates? In the interests of promoting multiculturalism and diversity no doubt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juvenal Posted October 18, 2010 Author Share Posted October 18, 2010 Seems to confirm the story about the HA subsidised flat but is lacking in evidence as to the Mansion in Bangladesh Reading all that how was this women elevated to the Lords? What exactly has she done? New Labour looking after their mates? In the interests of promoting multiculturalism and diversity no doubt. Here's the mansion details. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article6301734.ece One of Blair's babes. Along with Smith, blears, Moran, Follett etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cicero Posted October 18, 2010 Share Posted October 18, 2010 Here's the mansion details. http://www.timesonli...icle6301734.ece One of Blair's babes. Along with Smith, blears, Moran, Follett etc And a million miles away from any notion of attractiveness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hilltop Posted October 18, 2010 Share Posted October 18, 2010 I too condemn such behaviour. We have let democratic power become (not for the first time) a passport to easy money. However, let's remember that all of the parties are tainted with this cheating. Lord Taylor?, and cash for questions is not a distant memory. Baroness Warsi is not involved in the money grubbing, but she too, is frightful by any standard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juvenal Posted October 18, 2010 Author Share Posted October 18, 2010 (edited) http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons/lib/research/briefings/snpc-05148.pdf Don't suspend these spivs from the Lords. Expel them! Oh. I forgot. The link is to the document that says expulsion was to be made possible in a Bill going through at the end of the Brown Parliament. The expulsion clauses* were removed at the last minute, when almost everyone had gone home. Someone correct me if I'm wrong. *3.7 Wash-up The Bill was awaiting its Committee stage in the House of Lords when the General Election was called. It was therefore considered as part of the ‘wash-up’ during the last sitting week of the 2005-10 Parliament. Its Committee stage and remaining stages in the Lords were taken on 7 April 2010. The clauses on resignation, suspension and expulsion from the House of Lords were amongst those removed from the Bill, as were those to end the by-elections for hereditary peers. Lord Strathclyde, Leader of the Conservatives in the House of Lords, explained that he knew that there was concern about the clauses on expulsion and suspension from the second chamber, but that: It is not vital that it should be passed today. If we are the next Government, we will certainly wish to find an early opportunity to put this right.54 Edited October 18, 2010 by juvenal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Britney's Piers Posted October 18, 2010 Share Posted October 18, 2010 I too condemn such behaviour. We have let democratic power become (not for the first time) a passport to easy money. However, let's remember that all of the parties are tainted with this cheating. Lord Taylor?, and cash for questions is not a distant memory. Baroness Warsi is not involved in the money grubbing, but she too, is frightful by any standard. What democratic mandate to power do "baronesses" Uddin or Warsi have? They are only there because they could not get democratically elected in a million years. Time for an elected House of Lords, to stop this sham. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juvenal Posted October 18, 2010 Author Share Posted October 18, 2010 (edited) Lords claim £300 a day 'expenses'; tax free and no receipts required. Two thirds of them claim the maximum. One being investigated said 'I deserve far more than that..' http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article2852992.ece Pass the sick bag.,.. Edited October 18, 2010 by juvenal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
South Lorne Posted October 18, 2010 Share Posted October 18, 2010 Lords claim £300 a day 'expenses'; tax free and no receipts required. Two thirds of them claim the maximum. One being investigated said 'I deserve far more than that..' http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article2852992.ece Pass the sick bag.,.. ...why is Osbourne not hitting the House of Lords ...this is waste ...and is in the wrong direction for democracy ....get rid ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hilltop Posted October 18, 2010 Share Posted October 18, 2010 http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons/lib/research/briefings/snpc-05148.pdf Don't suspend these spivs from the Lords. Expel them! Oh. I forgot. The link is to the document that says expulsion was to be made possible in a Bill going through at the end of the Brown Parliament. The expulsion clauses* were removed at the last minute, when almost everyone had gone home. Someone correct me if I'm wrong. *3.7 Wash-up The Bill was awaiting its Committee stage in the House of Lords when the General Election was called. It was therefore considered as part of the ‘wash-up’ during the last sitting week of the 2005-10 Parliament. Its Committee stage and remaining stages in the Lords were taken on 7 April 2010. The clauses on resignation, suspension and expulsion from the House of Lords were amongst those removed from the Bill, as were those to end the by-elections for hereditary peers. Lord Strathclyde, Leader of the Conservatives in the House of Lords, explained that he knew that there was concern about the clauses on expulsion and suspension from the second chamber, but that: It is not vital that it should be passed today. If we are the next Government, we will certainly wish to find an early opportunity to put this right.54 Very good. Love it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daft Boy Posted October 18, 2010 Share Posted October 18, 2010 http://www.telegraph...nse-claims.html About time. This lady has a family mansion in Bangladesh, while living in HA subsidised housing in London. She is to repay £125K. It is alleged she doesn't have the money to repay. Remove the head of the corrupt bitch and impale it on the railings of westminster as a warning to others Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie The Tramp Returns Posted October 18, 2010 Share Posted October 18, 2010 Remove the head of the corrupt bitch and impale it on the railings of Westminster as a warning to others You have been duly elected to act as the Executioner, your fee payable one years free food from Waitrose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1929crash Posted October 19, 2010 Share Posted October 19, 2010 Good, the prospect of justice at last! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cicero Posted October 23, 2010 Share Posted October 23, 2010 What democratic mandate to power do "baronesses" Uddin or Warsi have? They are only there because they could not get democratically elected in a million years. Time for an elected House of Lords, to stop this sham. Agreed. Time for an elected second chamber and a reformed honours system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Loblaw Posted October 23, 2010 Share Posted October 23, 2010 All three are Asian. Apparently its racism. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/mps-expenses/8078476/Expenses-peers-expenses-cheats-were-victims-of-racism.html During the debate, Lord Alli, a multi-millionaire media entrepreneur and, argued that the suspensions should not be imposed because the peers were the victim of racial bias. Saying that he was not accusing the committee itself of racism, he went on: “But it cannot have escaped your attention that the only three members of the House who were referred to the Committee for Privileges and Conduct and subsequently investigated under these procedures were all Asian. "In the rush to apologise for the expense system for which we should all be embarrassed, it should not be at the cost of justice or fairness for all regardless of race." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juvenal Posted October 23, 2010 Author Share Posted October 23, 2010 All three are Asian. Apparently its racism. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/mps-expenses/8078476/Expenses-peers-expenses-cheats-were-victims-of-racism.html How predictable...(yawn)... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie The Tramp Returns Posted October 23, 2010 Share Posted October 23, 2010 Reading all that how was this women elevated to the Lords? What exactly has she done? One may well also ask why Catherine Ashton was thrown into the House of Upmarket Clowns finally ending up as the highest paid woman in politics as Rumpy Pumpy`s right hand man ( sorry must be PC "woman" )in the Soviet Socialist State known as the EU. The political mugging goes on and on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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