House of Corruption
The BBC reports that finally David Cameron has acted and withdrawn the Tory whip from the corrupt Tory MP Derek Conway. Why did it take him so long to be decisive? Not that long ago the Tories were criticising Gordon Brown for being indecisive. Meanwhile, Tory pseudo-blogger Guido is running a poll on his blog whether the whip should be removed from Derek Conway. Catch up at the back there! I do give Guido credit for actually covering the story, when Iain Dale's Diary remained silent on the affair. See Bob Piper's posts here and here. Even when Iain Dale succumbed to pressure to post on the story he said nowt. Unity over at the Ministry of Truth has written a book on the subject, and plagiarised my intended title for my first post, great minds think alike, and Chris Paul is on form with his post on the affair. And, kicks the man whilst he is down.
Derek Conway has said: "I have let my family down very badly indeed and no judgement from any quarter could be more harsh than that which I apply to myself". You didn't let your family down, they have fared very well on the proceeds of your crimes. You let the electorate down. You honestly think we intend to let the matter drop because you claim that you will punish yourself more severely than we can? I want to see Not A Penny More, Not A Penny Less paid back into the public purse even if it means you have to sell one or both of your houses. In addition, I would like to see you serve a lengthy prison sentence as a deterrence to other MPs to keep them on the straight and narrow path.
A mixture of law, politics, autobiography and humour. Once described as "The Devilish Advocate" (Guardian), I do have the ability to provoke a response. Sometimes it comes from someone who uses a thought process, and sometimes from jerks usually associated with the knee.
5 comments:
"...no judgement from any quarter could be more harsh than that which I apply to myself".
well how about that. So, if I think he is a lying, cheating, thieving, snivelling little toad who should have his bollocks fried in chip fat... how much harsher than that would he suggest?
Hear hear, he should see if pinstripes fit him well.
Bob: I think he was intending to be more lenient upon himself, such as say 3 hail Mary's and write 100 lines of "Who's a silly boy then?".
the english guy: Certainly the prison shirt is blue and white striped.
Trouble is that there are so many of them doing it.
"No "ifs", No "buts"...
Fact is Our prisons are full of people who have STOLEN far far less than this corrupt politician.
It really is time that MPs are not given the "Get out of Jail" option of paying thee money back if caught out being on the fiddle. They should face the full force of the Law that the rest of us would.
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