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Originally Posted by TheNorm
Just before going to bed last night, I spent half an hour reading through the report from the Standards and Privileges Committee ( http://www.publications.parliament.u.../280/28002.htm)
The main findings were:
They suggested he repay the money, and face a 10 day suspension.
He broke a rule, was found out, and was punished. OK, now can we move on? |
So the Standards and Privileges Committee suggested (
suggested!) he repay up to £13,161 of the £43,000 in salary and bonuses he gave to his younger son and that he be suspended from Parliament for ten days, and you think he's been punished?! If I'd misused my employer's money like that, I think I might have been treated rather differently. And allowing him to stay on until the next election, claiming salary and expenses, is more like a pat on the back.
There are more important things going on in politics, so I think we should move on, but please don't try to play down what he did. Drawing comparisons between how the Labour party and the Tories handle unworthy MPs is to close to comparing rotten and rancid.