MPs' overseas visit rules abused
22-03-2010, 22:05
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MPs' overseas visit rules abused
Another day another reason for angry voters..
A BBC Investigation uncovers widespread abuse of parliamentary rules.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8580183.stm
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22-03-2010, 22:07
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Re: MPs' overseas visit rules abused
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However, the former Commissioner for Standards in Public Life, Sir Alistair Graham, told the BBC repeated rule breaches threatened to "undermine the integrity" of the democratic system.
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I like this quote. Any one here think there is any integrity in government?
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22-03-2010, 22:12
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Re: MPs' overseas visit rules abused
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Originally Posted by zing
I like this quote. Any one here think there is any integrity in government?
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I really thought that, by 1997, things were so bad in politics that anything would be better than what we had. What's so very disappointing is that all the promises made over the last 13 years to clean up parliamentary sleaze have amounted to so much cynical hot air.
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22-03-2010, 22:12
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Re: MPs' overseas visit rules abused
as i see it the only rule is get your snout as deep into the trough as you can.
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24-03-2010, 23:03
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Re: MPs' overseas visit rules abused
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Originally Posted by papa smurf
as i see it the only rule is get your snout as deep into the trough as you can.
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wouldn't you do the same in there position.
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25-03-2010, 01:16
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Re: MPs' overseas visit rules abused
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Originally Posted by ashgray
wouldn't you do the same in there position.
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I wouldn't. The again, to me, money is not the be all, and end all in life.... You can't eat it, you cant wear it to keep warm, and you surely can't take it with you when you peg out....
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25-03-2010, 07:56
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Re: MPs' overseas visit rules abused
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Originally Posted by papa smurf
as i see it the only rule is get your snout as deep into the trough as you can.
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You are apparently insinuating that we are no better than the people we vote for...
Frankly the worse that could be said of me is that I believed what I was promised... 
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25-03-2010, 20:03
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Re: MPs' overseas visit rules abused
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Originally Posted by Earl of Bronze
I wouldn't. The again, to me, money is not the be all, and end all in life.... You can't eat it, you cant wear it to keep warm,
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You could burn it to keep warm 
That said I don't think I'd do it in their position either, how much money do you actually need + you get one of the best pensions around to 
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25-03-2010, 20:42
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Re: MPs' overseas visit rules abused
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Originally Posted by ashgray
wouldn't you do the same in there position.
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Would you? Or would you try to do the best for the people that you were elected for rather than for self gain?
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