Saint Nigel with his nose in the trough

Saint Nigel with his nose in the trough

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mrpurple

2,624 posts

187 months

Wednesday 16th April 2014
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Not sure I can find a link but did anyone else see ITV news at 10's bit about MEP's expenses? NF's nose in the trough..my arse!

eharding

13,597 posts

283 months

Wednesday 16th April 2014
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McWigglebum4th said:
TKF said:
Don't be silly. I've seen him drinks pints and everything.

No privately educated ex-Tory former commodities trader would drink beer.

He's one of us, BV. One of us.
I live in a safe labour seat

Why shouldn't i vote UKIP?
Not so long ago you were threatening to either vote UKIP or stuff your voting slip up your own fundamental orifice, for all the difference it would make to the incumbent.

As was observed at the time, UKIP or Jacksie, you seem hell-bent on delivering your vote to some form of rectum.

So why not vote Labour? - same net effect, but at least you'd be on the winning side for once in your life. wink



sjn2004

4,051 posts

236 months

Wednesday 16th April 2014
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10 Pence Short said:
Getragdogleg said:
TKF, have the "UKIPH" reactions been as you were expecting so far ?
They're interchangeable reactions to any negative story regards UKIP.

Farage could be found on live TV with a dead priest on his dick and 24 box files full of child porn and proof of tax evasion and it would all be some kind of non story / establishment conspiracy against him.
No, that would probably be Cyril Smith, now dead Lib Dem MP.

johnfm

13,668 posts

249 months

Wednesday 16th April 2014
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I love the idea that you people think that the country will be any different under Labour or Tories.

They are both virtually indistinguishable high tax, big government left of centre parties who will preside over an ever growing state.

The ONLY thing that sets them apart is their two groups of tribal, dogmatic supporters.

You could play 'top trumps' with the cabinet and shadow cabinet and there would barely be a fag paper between all the Oxbridge PPE graduates...

hidetheelephants

23,735 posts

192 months

Wednesday 16th April 2014
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johnfm said:
I love the idea that you people think that the country will be any different under Labour or Tories.

They are both virtually indistinguishable high tax, big government left of centre parties who will preside over an ever growing state.

The ONLY thing that sets them apart is their two groups of tribal, dogmatic supporters.

You could play 'top trumps' with the cabinet and shadow cabinet and there would barely be a fag paper between all the Oxbridge PPE graduates...
It's interesting to note that this shift to the centre is eroding Labour support in traditionally red bits of Scotland, exacerbated by endemic corruption within local party organisations; I don't know if the same thing is happening in Englandshire but it's certainly true up here. The vacuum created is being filled by a range of wackos alternatives, from the Greens through several flavours of Socialist Labour to a ragbag of single issue candidates.

Edited by hidetheelephants on Thursday 17th April 00:32

mybrainhurts

90,809 posts

254 months

Thursday 17th April 2014
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johnfm said:
I love the idea that you people think that the country will be any different under Labour or Tories.

They are both virtually indistinguishable high tax, big government left of centre parties who will preside over an ever growing state.

The ONLY thing that sets them apart is their two groups of tribal, dogmatic supporters.

You could play 'top trumps' with the cabinet and shadow cabinet and there would barely be a fag paper between all the Oxbridge PPE graduates...
You forget the little things Labour is good at, destroying the economy every time they get their hands on it and an uncontrollable need to control every aspect of our lives. They just can't help it.

lamboman100

1,445 posts

120 months

Thursday 17th April 2014
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Getragdogleg said:
So, No receipts are required from any MEP to show where this allowance has gone.

How then do OLAF go about showing he did not spend the money ?

How many other MEPs are running a similar system of operations ?

Just shows how loose and easy the EU allowance system is and where some of the billions are wasted in this odd little federalist experiment.

Fail for UKIP but a bigger fail for the EU.

Edited by Getragdogleg on Tuesday 15th April 09:04
Working for the EU is one of the best jobs in the world.

I know someone who just got a free trip to Belarus on a "culture-swap program" for 4 days. They flew business class, stayed at a 5-star hotel, ate like kings every day, did a total of 2hrs work (literally signing off some papers), and got a special visit on the last night from a local lovely. Next trip is Russia next month, where they expect more of the same, lol.

mybrainhurts

90,809 posts

254 months

Thursday 17th April 2014
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lamboman100 said:
Working for the EU is one of the best jobs in the world.

I know someone who just got a free trip to Belarus on a "culture-swap program" for 4 days. They flew business class, stayed at a 5-star hotel, ate like kings every day, did a total of 2hrs work (literally signing off some papers), and got a special visit on the last night from a local lovely. Next trip is Russia next month, where they expect more of the same, lol.
What do you mean, lol...?

We're paying for this obscene, uncontrolled crap. The sooner we leave this mire of corruption, the better.

Hrummmmph....

Cheese Mechanic

3,157 posts

168 months

Thursday 17th April 2014
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I don't think that what has been tried on Farage comes at any surprise. The facts appear that EU expenses are a huge gravy train, with little or no control over their use , by a bunch of self serving politicians.
The entire schedule appears to be an enormous abuse of other peoples money , so aledged abuse of a system which appears not to exist is absurd, an oxymoron.

All this has had a more negative impact on the EU , than on Farage.

The fact is, the established duplicitous lying scumbags who comprise our "political elite" are scared to death of UKIP, so attempted stitch ups like this scenario are entirely predictable, and very much typical of said "political elite".

I'm looking forward with great relish to seeing Lib/Lab/Con being severley punished at the polls,quite simply because the bds deserve it.

McWigglebum4th

32,414 posts

203 months

Thursday 17th April 2014
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eharding said:
McWigglebum4th said:
TKF said:
Don't be silly. I've seen him drinks pints and everything.

No privately educated ex-Tory former commodities trader would drink beer.

He's one of us, BV. One of us.
I live in a safe labour seat

Why shouldn't i vote UKIP?
Not so long ago you were threatening to either vote UKIP or stuff your voting slip up your own fundamental orifice, for all the difference it would make to the incumbent.

As was observed at the time, UKIP or Jacksie, you seem hell-bent on delivering your vote to some form of rectum.

So why not vote Labour? - same net effect, but at least you'd be on the winning side for once in your life. wink
Yep shoving it up my arse has the same effect as voting tory

Where as the number of UKIP voters will worry tory central

anonymous-user

53 months

Thursday 17th April 2014
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Cheese Mechanic said:
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The facts appear that EU expenses are a huge gravy train, with little or no control over their use , by a bunch of self serving politicians.


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So, here's how it works:

Person not called Nigel Farage riding gravy train = self serving politician.

Person called Nigel Farage riding gravy train = selfless and heroic defender of the people.

Thanks for clearing that one up!





Scuffers

20,887 posts

273 months

Thursday 17th April 2014
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Breadvan72 said:
So, here's how it works:

Person not called Nigel Farage riding gravy train = self serving politician.

Person called Nigel Farage riding gravy train = selfless and heroic defender of the people.

Thanks for clearing that one up!
almost...

Person not called Nigel Farage riding gravy train = self serving politician trying to perpetuate said train

Person called Nigel Farage riding gravy train = pointing out at every station how bad it is and trying to stop the train.

anonymous-user

53 months

Thursday 17th April 2014
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And this he does by banking the cash, not being open about it, and flying into a rage when challenged about it? Yes, I see.

Cheese Mechanic

3,157 posts

168 months

Thursday 17th April 2014
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Scuffers said:
almost...
Person not called Nigel Farage riding gravy train = self serving politician trying to perpetuate said train
Person called Nigel Farage riding gravy train = pointing out at every station how bad it is and trying to stop the train.
Absolutely spot on.

A typical example of this "Person not called Nigel Farage riding gravy train = self serving politician trying to perpetuate said train" is/was that moron Kinnock.

That clown went to Brussels to apparently root out corruption, then vilifies and sacks the person who points it out to him. Insane.



Cheese Mechanic

3,157 posts

168 months

Thursday 17th April 2014
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Guam said:
Do we know that IS what he has done yet? I am yet to see evidence to that effect, perhaps you have a link?
He won't have, because there is effectively no control at all on EU expenses . All that matters from a UK perspective is that those funds are not used for electoral campaigning. So NF , or any MEP can use it to get pissed all day if they see fit to.

All this is doing is showing what a disastrous corrupt gravy train the EU is. No wonder their accounts have never been ratified.

hidetheelephants

23,735 posts

192 months

Thursday 17th April 2014
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Cheese Mechanic said:
Absolutely spot on.

A typical example of this "Person not called Nigel Farage riding gravy train = self serving politician trying to perpetuate said train" is/was that moron Kinnock.

That clown went to Brussels to apparently root out corruption, then vilifies and sacks the person who points it out to him. Insane.
Marta Andeasen, former EU auditor/accoutant, whistleblower and UKIP MEP, now conservative MEP?

Also of note is Hans Martin Tillack, the journalist who wrote about EU corruption and got arrested by the Belgian police for his trouble.

10 Pence Short

32,880 posts

216 months

Thursday 17th April 2014
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Guam said:
Do we know that IS what he has done yet? I am yet to see evidence to that effect, perhaps you have a link?
Farage admits he has received the money. There is dispute over how much of it is being spent on the things it is supposed to be.

WinstonWolf

72,857 posts

238 months

Thursday 17th April 2014
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Guam said:
10 Pence Short said:
Guam said:
Do we know that IS what he has done yet? I am yet to see evidence to that effect, perhaps you have a link?
Farage admits he has received the money. There is dispute over how much of it is being spent on the things it is supposed to be.
Well we know he received the flaming money every MEP does, he can hardly deny it, so show us some evidence regarding these "disputes" so far much fluff no substance from what I am finding, this isn't it appears like Maria miller, or the Labour crooks who had documented wrong doing published. When the Telegraph did its thing it had hard evidence and published it, so where is the Times equivalent?
give us a link and I will happily sign a petition demanding he stands down (as I did with miller through Change.org)
You do realise 10PS will now spend his entire day desperately searching on Google hehe

Zod

35,295 posts

257 months

Thursday 17th April 2014
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Breadvan72 said:
I am not sure, but I think that Zod might be a bit posh. Caran d'Ache?

As for posh schools and non posh schools, I would never hold anyone's posh or non posh background against them. I don't give a toss that Cameron went to Eton and Brasenose (darlings, it's a faintly second rate College anyway). The question is whether he is any good as PM. On that, opinions vary. I am not his biggest fan.

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Posh? Moi? Bradford Grammar.

Zod

35,295 posts

257 months

Thursday 17th April 2014
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Cheese Mechanic said:
I'm looking forward with great relish to seeing Lib/Lab/Con being severley punished at the polls,quite simply because the bds deserve it.
They'll all be punished at the European Parliament elections, but they won't realy care. Then Labour's punishment from UKIP and its supporters will be to have the country handed to it on a plate in May 2015. Bravo, UKIP!