Mark Menzies MP campaign funds
Discussion
President Merkin said:
andymadmak said:
Whereas we can all judge you by the stupidity of your posts.
Shapps reference to double standards for AR is clear. Being investigated by the Police was enough for AR to call for resignations,.........until it applied to her.
If Menzies has done anything wrong, throw the book at him. Dishonesty is dishonesty regardless of the colour of the rosette. Due process will determine if the book should be launched or not.
Aww, that's rough Andy. I'm not as think as you stupid I am.Shapps reference to double standards for AR is clear. Being investigated by the Police was enough for AR to call for resignations,.........until it applied to her.
If Menzies has done anything wrong, throw the book at him. Dishonesty is dishonesty regardless of the colour of the rosette. Due process will determine if the book should be launched or not.
Anyway, now we're off the why are you following me around & dishing out childish insults? phase of the discourse, you know full well the difference between someone who was an imposverished care worker at the time of an alleged offence - alleged btw by a Tory MP unable to articulate exactly what that offence is, despite repeated requests & someone who was PM & no matter how often you & your one eyed true bluers attempt to run this nothingburger up into crime of the century, you're failing over & over again. Now stop being such a silly sausage, there's a good chap.
If you actually bothered to read what I put in the AR thread, you'd see that I specifically have not called for her to resign over the issue she faces, guilty or not! I've also said firmly that due process should be followed.....just like I am doing here....just like I did with Boris. Consistency, you might want to try it sometime. It certainly beats the pompous frothing you tend to post.
Good grief, can the usual suspects not bring AR into every bloody thread?!
Let the police look at this and determine what’s what. I know we are all thick muppets up north, but we aren’t calling for a resignation and bye election because of the fairly simple logic that we know a GE is coming and he can be shown the door.
Let the police look at this and determine what’s what. I know we are all thick muppets up north, but we aren’t calling for a resignation and bye election because of the fairly simple logic that we know a GE is coming and he can be shown the door.
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The Times also reports Mr Menzies used a total of £14,000 - in several payments stretching back four years - from campaign funds to pay his personal medical bills.
I do hope he paid Tax on those payments....
It would be a terrible shame if HMRC were to get invovled. Credible chance he will have pocked the cash.
The Times also reports Mr Menzies used a total of £14,000 - in several payments stretching back four years - from campaign funds to pay his personal medical bills.
I do hope he paid Tax on those payments....
It would be a terrible shame if HMRC were to get invovled. Credible chance he will have pocked the cash.
"In March 2014, Menzies resigned as Parliamentary Private Secretary to Alan Duncan, then the International Development Minister, after a report in the Sunday Mirror that Menzies had paid a Brazilian male escort for sex and asked him to supply the illegal drug mephedrone. Menzies said a number of the claims were "untrue".[4][14][15] "
CraigyMc said:
55palfers said:
Please can we have some honest, decent, principled, intelligent, MPs at the next election.
Populism killed them.1. Too many voters has come to expect that fixing stuff is the responsibility or at least to be paid for by someone, anyone else but themselves.
2. The standard of political debate is incredibly poor these days. Nobody wants to say the difficult stuff that needs to be said.
3. Nobody wants to make choices, especially if those choices might piss somebody/some section of the media off.
4. The media is increasingly toxic, but then the public lap up that toxicity, so we can only expect it to get worse
5. We expect Politicians to fix complex problems (often caused by other politicians it has to be said) but the actual calibre of people elected is pretty poor in many (not all) cases.
6. Politicians and their families are too frequently considered to be fair game for personal and/or physical attacks
7. Any mistake, any misdemeanour has the press and others howling for your head
So who wants to get involved in that world? Poor job security, the pay isn't brilliant for the responsibilities involved, and no matter what you do half the country will still hate you.
Politics therefore attracts in the main a particular subset of people for all the parties. Some genuinely want to serve the country and its people, some are entirely self serving, some start out with good intentions and just lose their way, and some have delusions of capability far beyond the reality.
By and large, the truly capable, the genuinely forward thinking, the moral, honest and decent folk no longer bother with politics because its a waste of time. If you have talent, drive ability and integrity, why would you want to engage in any of the above when other careers would be more rewarding, more secure and less stressful for you and your family? The question is, how on earth do we tempt them back?
andymadmak said:
Whereas we can all judge you by the stupidity of your posts.
Shapps reference to double standards for AR is clear. Being investigated by the Police was enough for AR to call for resignations,.........until it applied to her.
If Menzies has done anything wrong, throw the book at him. Dishonesty is dishonesty regardless of the colour of the rosette. Due process will determine if the book should be launched or not.
What's AR being investigated for?Shapps reference to double standards for AR is clear. Being investigated by the Police was enough for AR to call for resignations,.........until it applied to her.
If Menzies has done anything wrong, throw the book at him. Dishonesty is dishonesty regardless of the colour of the rosette. Due process will determine if the book should be launched or not.
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