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The Blogosphere and Wikipedia are ahead of the newspaper releases, yet again.
Showing posts with label Lobbying. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lobbying. Show all posts
Monday, March 22, 2010
Wiki World
Don't you just love the Internet.
Margaret Moran's Wiki Page:
Geoff "The Hoon" Hoon's Wiki Page:
Margaret Moran's Wiki Page:
Geoff "The Hoon" Hoon's Wiki Page:
Hoon, Hewitt & Byers Have Whip Suspended
Brown plotters Hoon and Hewitt as well as Tony's mate Byers have all tonight had the Labour Whip suspended following the Dispatches programme which revealled that the individuals focused upon where in fact soliciting cash for influence.
Basically all three, who are standing down at the next election are now suspended from the Parliamentary Labour Party, but this does not mean they will lose salary or perks in the remaining two or so weeks before Parliament is dissolved. This is a token slap on the wrist for the boys and girls on the way out just before their big pay-offs. Moran has already had the Whip suspended over expenses... she didn't look to ill on camera touting for cash, did she!
The big questions are now these:
1. Why did Gordon Brown insist no investigation would be necessary? He has suspended the trio within an hour of the Dispatches programme airing. What information was shared with him, was he lied to earlier today?
2. Is Gordon Brown now admitting he was wrong to insist prematurely that no investigation was needed?
3. Will the Police be invited to investigate? The recorded interviews all took place away from Parliament.
4. What are the Conservatives going to do in the new Parliament to make absolutely sure that the rules are clear and adhered to; how and when will wrong-doers be punished.
Basically all three, who are standing down at the next election are now suspended from the Parliamentary Labour Party, but this does not mean they will lose salary or perks in the remaining two or so weeks before Parliament is dissolved. This is a token slap on the wrist for the boys and girls on the way out just before their big pay-offs. Moran has already had the Whip suspended over expenses... she didn't look to ill on camera touting for cash, did she!
The big questions are now these:
1. Why did Gordon Brown insist no investigation would be necessary? He has suspended the trio within an hour of the Dispatches programme airing. What information was shared with him, was he lied to earlier today?
2. Is Gordon Brown now admitting he was wrong to insist prematurely that no investigation was needed?
3. Will the Police be invited to investigate? The recorded interviews all took place away from Parliament.
4. What are the Conservatives going to do in the new Parliament to make absolutely sure that the rules are clear and adhered to; how and when will wrong-doers be punished.
Now We Know
So, now we know! For between £3,000 to £5,000 a day and your company can buy a MP or Peer and they will actively Lobby in your interests. Some of them have even read the rule books and know exactly how to Lobby for you whilst, in their eyes at least not falling foul of the law.
It stinks.
It stinks.
Politicians For Hire
The sodding laptop is playing up so I have been unable to post what I wanted to on Byers et al, but as always the Blogosphere has covered all angles and captured the mood quite well.
Whilst the dispatches programme is on tonight, Ollie Cromwell is holding a LiveChat session which makes all political discussions more lively and as such I am happy to offer a plug. I will be joining if technology allows.
Also, Guido has emailed out the Guy News list and he has stated a petition to have Stephen Byers kicked off the Privy Council.
As Guido Says:
Membership of the Privy Council is what entitles one to be addressed as “the Right Honourable”. When Stephen Byers was made a member of the Privy Council he swore “by Almighty God to be a true and faithful Servant unto The Queen’s Majesty as one of Her Majesty’s Privy Council … And generally in all things you will do as a faithful and true Servant ought to do to Her Majesty.“ Surely whoring yourself out to change Her Majesty’s Government’s legislation “like a taxi cab for hire” falls outside the terms of this Oath?
Being a member of the Privy Council is a great honour, it is the oldest political institution in the land after the monarchy itself, tracing its history back to the Norman monarchs. Byers’ continuing presence on the Council sullies the institution, so given he is unlikely to resign himself he will have to be removed. It is still possible to petition the Queen to have him removed and Guido has set up an online petition to do just that:
“We, the undersigned, call on Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of Her other Realms and Territories Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith, to strip Stephen Byers MP of his membership of the Privy Council due to his involvement in offering to sell access to the British Government for personal profit.”
Politics is corrupt, and the troughing bastards have run down the clock soley to keep themselves in the good life. The previous Lobbying and Expenses scandals outraged the public and rocked faith in our politicans to an all time low. These scandals are not new, they are just fresh in the memory with a current cast of characters. We need democratic renewal and some real democratic reforms. Time to put power back in the hands of people.
Whilst the dispatches programme is on tonight, Ollie Cromwell is holding a LiveChat session which makes all political discussions more lively and as such I am happy to offer a plug. I will be joining if technology allows.
Also, Guido has emailed out the Guy News list and he has stated a petition to have Stephen Byers kicked off the Privy Council.
As Guido Says:
Strip Byers of “Right Honourable”
Membership of the Privy Council is what entitles one to be addressed as “the Right Honourable”. When Stephen Byers was made a member of the Privy Council he swore “by Almighty God to be a true and faithful Servant unto The Queen’s Majesty as one of Her Majesty’s Privy Council … And generally in all things you will do as a faithful and true Servant ought to do to Her Majesty.“ Surely whoring yourself out to change Her Majesty’s Government’s legislation “like a taxi cab for hire” falls outside the terms of this Oath?
Being a member of the Privy Council is a great honour, it is the oldest political institution in the land after the monarchy itself, tracing its history back to the Norman monarchs. Byers’ continuing presence on the Council sullies the institution, so given he is unlikely to resign himself he will have to be removed. It is still possible to petition the Queen to have him removed and Guido has set up an online petition to do just that:
“We, the undersigned, call on Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of Her other Realms and Territories Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith, to strip Stephen Byers MP of his membership of the Privy Council due to his involvement in offering to sell access to the British Government for personal profit.”
Politics is corrupt, and the troughing bastards have run down the clock soley to keep themselves in the good life. The previous Lobbying and Expenses scandals outraged the public and rocked faith in our politicans to an all time low. These scandals are not new, they are just fresh in the memory with a current cast of characters. We need democratic renewal and some real democratic reforms. Time to put power back in the hands of people.
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