Democorruptcy Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 Whistleblowing MP shops SIX more colleagues to police over expenses fraud Last updated at 2:26 AM on 16th January 2011 Whistleblower: The MP is said to be disgruntled that his own expenses claims were questioned Six more MPs are facing fraud investigations over their expenses after being ‘shopped’ to police by a disgruntled Labour colleague, it was reported last night. The MP was said to be angry that he was unfairly singled out over his own expenses claims. According to reports, the six politicians – who cannot be named for legal reasons – include one ex-Labour Cabinet Minister, two Labour MPs, one Liberal Democrat and two Tories. The whistle-blowing MP is from a Northern constituency and is not one of four politicians awaiting trial. It is said to be the first time that an MP has accused colleagues of making false claims. Last night, Scotland Yard declined to comment on the latest reports, but said so far six files relating to parliamentarians’ expenses had been passed to the Crown Prosecution Service resulting in charges. Some 10 files have been handed to the Crown Prosecution Service by the Met's economic and specialist crime unit, of which six led to charges and two to no further action being taken, while two others remain under consideration. Former Labour MP David Chaytor was jailed for 18 months earlier in January after admitting false accounting, while Barnsley Central MP Eric Illsley has announced he will step down from Parliament after entering a guilty plea to dishonestly claiming more than £14,000. He will be sentenced next month. According to the Sunday Times, the MP who passed on his colleagues' names has been the subject of a police investigation, but is not one of the four politicians awaiting trial. He has reportedly highlighted claims by colleagues which were similar to his own expenses for household expenditure like council tax, maintenance and utility bills. Today's report comes ahead of the opening on Monday of the trial of Lord Taylor of Warwick, a former Conservative peer, who faces six charges of false accounting relating to 2006 and 2007. He pleaded not guilty at an earlier hearing. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1347603/MP-accuses-expenses.html?ITO=1490 The clean ones should shop some more so they aren't all tarred with the same brush. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nixy Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 The clean ones should shop some more so they aren't all tarred with the same brush. MPs fiddling their expenses is no crime. MPs real crime is to failing to regulate the banks............. banks like J P Morgan (J P Morgue?). Apparently it is to give its 10000 employees an AVERAGE bonus payment of £230,000 each. Mind you, I did read this in the DM so is most likely untrue?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patfig Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 The clean ones should shop some more so they aren't all tarred with the same brush. Honour among thieves is DEAD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Executive Sadman Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 I wish all 600 odd of them were locked up. Maybe we could actually make a new start then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Democorruptcy Posted January 16, 2011 Author Share Posted January 16, 2011 According to reports, the six politicians – who cannot be named for legal reasons – include one ex-Labour Cabinet Minister, two Labour MPs, one Liberal Democrat and two Tories. If we could choose who had done something wrong, hoping it results in getting rid of them, my choices would be: Gordon Brown Ed Balls & Alison Seabeck Chris Huhne Davlie Cameron, Osborne Osborne & Robert Syms (I know it says 2 Tories but I couldn't narrow it down below 3) I hope I haven't missed a "good" one out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
payback period Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 MPs real crime is to failing to regulate the banks............. banks like J P Morgan (J P Morgue?). Apparently it is to give its 10000 employees an AVERAGE bonus payment of £230,000 each. Mind you, I did read this in the DM so is most likely untrue?? Correct. A few will get multi-million pound payouts, more with get under a million, most will get a couple of months salary and some will get nothing at all. The average is completely misleading. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oracle Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 The clean ones should shop some more so they aren't all tarred with the same brush. I think we should offer cash rewards to the ones who shop their colleagues......that's what they were planning on doing to joe public WRT dustbin items in wrong bins/5mm over the plimsol line etc. poetic justice if ever there was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oracle Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 I wish all 600 odd of them were locked up. Maybe we could actually make a new start then. Hey,that's a great idea for next year's Big brother!!! only let out one at a time too.......after completing demeaning tasks of course! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erranta Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 The clean ones should shop some more so they aren't all tarred with the same brush. The real meaning of "green shoots" (get rid of the 'dead' wood first!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erranta Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 I think we should offer cash rewards to the ones who shop their colleagues......that's what they were planning on doing to joe public WRT dustbin items in wrong bins/5mm over the plimsol line etc. poetic justice if ever there was. Like "logans run" we could have the "Whithering Witenagamot" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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