Common Criminals

This one has been doing the rounds for a while.
Can you imagine working for a company that has a little more than 600 employees and has the following employee statistics:
29 have been accused of spouse abuse
7 have been arrested for fraud
9 have been accused of writing bad cheques
17 have directly or indirectly bankrupted at least [...]

Weekend News Round Up

With a hat tip to Viz and Private Eye.

So Farewell Then

So farewell then Alistair “Blink” Darling
“I’m very sorry” – that was your catchphrase
And quite apart from the recession, you had much to be very sorry about.
You introduced tougher, some might say draconian, penalties
For those submitting erroneous tax returns
Or claiming for things that that they shouldn’t have
You seemed to think that your penalty for such a [...]

Taxing Issues

Boy! are MP’s in trouble now!
HM Revenue and Customs are on their case.
One item of news in particular leaped out at me from the last couple of days.
Alistair Darling (in common with several MP’s) had hired a tax and accountancy expert to guide him through the complexity of the tax system and how it applied [...]

So Farewell Then

So farewell then Michael Martin
Speaker of the House of Commons.
Order! Order!
That was your catchphrase.
MP’s followed your instructions and ordered:
Nice furniture, jacuzzis and patio heaters.
And all manner of other things.
And then claimed them on expenses.
E.Z. Fiddle (our poetry correspondent)

“What Right Do the Public Have?”

The following is a disarmingly honest and candid response from Tory MP Anthony Steen to questions about his part in the MP’s expenses story.

Whilst watching and listening to this I was struck by the similarity not only of his views but also his physical resemblance to another pompous oaf who would [...]

Martin Empties the Chamber

My thanks to Tommy Reckless for this:

Scottish Parliament Expenses.

No need to buy the Telegraph.
All you do is CLICK HERE to find out when and what your MSP has claimed.
Not only that you can see what each party has claimed as a group.
Westminster take note.

A Paid Up Trough and a Trough Each!

As Alistair Campbell once said, no matter how shocking, interesting or revolting a news story is, it has a life of fourteen days.
I suppose therefore we’re coming to the end of the tale of the greedy bastards who run our country the farrago of hypocrisy, humbug and home-truths (sic) concerning our honourable elected [...]

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