Labour Lord expenses sleaze...

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Puggit

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48,539 posts

250 months

Saturday 10th October 2009
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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/art...

Dodgy Labour Lord (and friend of Winky) claims £38k for flat he never lived in.

NismoGT

1,634 posts

192 months

Saturday 10th October 2009
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No surprise.....

Tycho

11,674 posts

275 months

Saturday 10th October 2009
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He has a family fortune of £500M and still claims over £20K. Some people have absolutely no shame or morals.

NismoGT

1,634 posts

192 months

Saturday 10th October 2009
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Tycho said:
He has a family fortune of £500M and still claims over £20K. Some people have absolutely no shame or morals.
This is what makes my piss boil about the expenses scandal. Our troops are desperate for equipment to do the job in Afghanistan safely , which requires money.

They are not equipped properly regardless of what winky & co say. These slugs are claiming a life of luxury whilst our troops are paying the price with they're blood.

Tossers!


Jasandjules

70,012 posts

231 months

Saturday 10th October 2009
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Sounds like fraud. Go to jail, do not pass go, do not collect any further expenses.

Tycho

11,674 posts

275 months

Saturday 10th October 2009
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Jasandjules said:
Sounds like fraud. Go to jail, do not pass go, do not collect any further expenses.
But if you have a photo of yourself and Winky then you can use that as a get out of jail free card judging by past events.

AndrewW-G

11,968 posts

219 months

Saturday 10th October 2009
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Tycho said:
Jasandjules said:
Sounds like fraud. Go to jail, do not pass go, do not collect any further expenses.
But if you have a photo of yourself and Winky then you can use that as a get out of jail free card judging by past events.
Hopefully Swraj Paul wont try to play the race card as Baroness Uddin, Shahid Malik & Khalid Mehmood all did when confronted with their dishonesty

Mojooo

12,811 posts

182 months

Sunday 11th October 2009
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AndrewW-G said:
Hopefully Swraj Paul wont try to play the race card as Baroness Uddin, Shahid Malik & Khalid Mehmood all did when confronted with their dishonesty
Links?

tubbystu

3,846 posts

262 months

Sunday 11th October 2009
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Jasandjules said:
Sounds like fraud. Go to jail, do not pass go, do not collect any further expenses.
To Joe Public it is, to them they seem to regard it as like being caught smoking behind the bike shed. Breaking a rule, not the law.

Presumably we will have to go through that annual farce they call the state opening of parliament where HMQ reads Winky's speech out. Wouldn't it be great if she put it to one side and said something like;

"whilst I've got you all gathered here, I wanted a chat about your understanding of the concept of fraud - particularly relating to your expenses claims..............."

baz1985

3,598 posts

247 months

Sunday 11th October 2009
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If one finds such conduct deplorable, then one should do their utmost to mimic the actions of the disparaged.

unrepentant

21,292 posts

258 months

Sunday 11th October 2009
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Whilst the Uddin episode was utterly deplorable and the woman is basically a thief and should be punsished accordingly this is far worse. Lord Paul is one of the wealthiest men in Britain and for him to use this kind of deception to swindle the tax payer for a few grand betrays a serious character fault. Not only should he be prosecuted but he should also be stripped of his title.

PPPPPP

1,140 posts

233 months

Sunday 11th October 2009
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unrepentant said:
. Lord Paul is one of the wealthiest men in Britain and for him to use this kind of deception to swindle the tax payer for a few grand betrays a serious character fault. Not only should he be prosecuted but he should also be stripped of his title.
And be ordered to pay a £100 million fine.

zcacogp

11,239 posts

246 months

Sunday 11th October 2009
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Mojooo said:
AndrewW-G said:
Hopefully Swraj Paul wont try to play the race card as Baroness Uddin, Shahid Malik & Khalid Mehmood all did when confronted with their dishonesty
Links?
I'd be interested in those links as well.

(Not that I doubt the allegation; Malik is exactly the sort of despicable wet turd who would try and pull the race card, and I can imagine the other two would do exactly the same, but a link to the story would be interesting.)


Oli.

loltolhurst

1,994 posts

186 months

Sunday 11th October 2009
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fraud plain and simple but according to all the front pages of mondays papers the mps are going to reject the inquiry into their expenses ( an inquiry that has already cost a million...)

Mr Dave

3,233 posts

197 months

Monday 12th October 2009
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Tycho said:
He has a family fortune of £500M and still claims over £20K. Some people have absolutely no shame or morals.
Thats because he is one of those no good, corrupt, rich Tory types!

Oh wait.

unrepentant

21,292 posts

258 months

Monday 12th October 2009
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Of course Lord Paul is also a non dom. So he's an overseas born Labour peer who chooses to pay no tax in the UK and then repays the country that enobled him by stealing £20k a year of taxpayers money. As well as being prosecuted and having his peerage stripped he should have his citizenship revoked and be deported to wherever he claims is his home for tax purposes.

Mclovin

1,679 posts

200 months

Monday 12th October 2009
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of course obrien of lbc going on about predominantly tory expenses sleeze...makes me sick how labour get away with stuff...

Ewan S

1,295 posts

229 months

Monday 12th October 2009
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As this is PH after all, he's also the man that owns the Caparo company including the manufacturing arm in basingstoke where they make the T1!.

But he's still a git.

Digga

40,477 posts

285 months

Monday 12th October 2009
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Ewan S said:
As this is PH after all, he's also the man that owns the Caparo company including the manufacturing arm in basingstoke where they make the T1!.
There's only one thing the Politbureau hates more than successfull entrepreneurs; cars. So he's certain to be made and example of.

unrepentant

21,292 posts

258 months

Monday 12th October 2009
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The BBC R5 drive time programme just announced that Lord Paul has asked for his expenses to be investigated. The morons hosting the show had no idea why he should be asking for this and suggested that he felt left out because he hadn't been investigated! If the BBC's news and sport channel can't even keep up with the news....

I emailed in and put them straight......