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Apr 28
2008

Posted by richard

Something caught my eye tonight when I was quickly scanning the BBC news page: Jail over £5,500 benefits fraud

As you might imagine, I agree with that. Scam the system, take our money, and pay for it. The thing is, only a few months ago – an MP called Derek Conway did the same thing with a lot more money (something like £40,000 over three years) which he was forced to pay back £13,161.

So from this you can surmise our political system is corrupt. If you’re an MP it’s ok to abuse the taxpayers and take our money for your own lazy son, paying him for work you can’t prove he’s done. If we were a fair and just society, he would be spending about a year in prison right now, don’t you think?

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Feb 3
2008

Posted by richard

What a crock, and what a crook, that’s what I say. The BBC reports:

Tory MP Derek Conway has defended parliamentary payments to his son, for which he was censured and suspended, saying: “I am not a crook.”

I think that a good photo opportunity with two hands in the air with a V for victory symbol might be useful, Mr Conway. At least Nixon had the good grace to resign.

He goes on to defend himself:

Mr Conway said Freddie and Henry worked from the family flat in nearby Victoria, adding: “Lots of MPs have family who work from home.”

Outlining the work Henry did, he said: “He’d fillet post, scrutinise e-mails and stuff envelopes. I am one of many MPs who employ family members. It doesn’t mean there’s not a job to be done or that they weren’t doing it.”

And yet the committee found no evidence of this. Interesting.

Call the police, that’s what I say.

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Jan 29
2008

Posted by richard

Corruption comes in many forms but nepotism has to be one of the most abused, don’t you think?

I understand the urge to protect you and yours, but to pay your two sons for working for you (as an MP) when they are a University and not actually doing the work? Hmm, I’d definately say that spills over from corruption and ends up in fraud.

Then you get the tongue-in-cheek attitude of the establishment media. First Derek Conway was suspended, then he was expelled, then in another report the ‘whip was withdrawn’ and then in yet another he was expelled again. For God’s sake, get it right.

Frankly, when you pay your sons £52,700 (that’s the last count, according to the BBC) for work they haven’t done (out of OUR pocket) that’s when the police get called in. Sod the parliamentary committee suspending him from Parliament for 10 days. 10 days?! If I nicked £52K from the government I’d be living at their expense for three years in a 10 foot by 5 foot cell!

Some feel his suspension and whip removal was acceptable, that David Cameron‘s decision was about right (I don’t). Some (prisonlawinsideout) feel like me, that he should pay all of the money back and spend time in prison.

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