Jacqui Smith expenses - the thieving SLAG

[LlcoolJ]

Can I just ask if you are making an allegation of that?

In what way can "it wouldn't surprise me" be construed as an allegation. By it's very definition the phrase shows ambiguity as to the authority or otherwise of the suggestion subsequently made.

Er...no, I'm not.

 

[Billy the Fish]

I'd be interested to see what Blair's expenses were like when he was in office. Tony and Cherie are renowned some of the biggest liggers and freeloaders to walk the planet.

 

[Dave the OAP]

In what way can "it wouldn't surprise me" be construed as an allegation. By it's very definition the phrase shows ambiguity as to the authority or otherwise of the suggestion subsequently made.

Er...no, I'm not.

oooh, in lots of ways, believe me!

Glad you are not though

 

[king Wombat]

oooh, in lots of ways, believe me!

Glad you are not though

why - you going to sue him?

 

[Pavilionaire]

There's so much about this whole expenses scandal that is wrong, but what I find alarming is that for years the Commons Fees Office have been routinely rubber-stamping hundreds of bogus expense sheets EVERY MONTH.

Surely the easiest job in the world has to be the Processing Clerk in the Fees Office? You role in at 09.30hrs, ink up your red rubber "Approved" stamp, work through you pile and hit the pub for opening hours.

The MPS have a point in that the expenses have been approved and paid. Now the feeling seems to be that the authorisation procedure was wrong, flawed and worthless. It seems as though MPs expenses was a licence to print money.

Jacqui Smith is a Labour politican - Keir Hardie and Ramsey MacDonald would turn in their grave if they knew what the modern day Labour party had become.

 

[Nibble]

 

[glasfryn]

Jacqui Smith is a Labour politican - Keir Hardie and Ramsey MacDonald would turn in their grave if they knew what the modern day Labour party had become.

to right .but I will say in her defence she was at the time a cabinet minister and should have a residence in London or very near otherwise have only one residence and stay in hotels while in London.
I don't think she would have "thieved" deliberately and I doubt very much if she is a "SLAG" unless someone knows different.

 

[User removed 4]

to right .but I will say in her defence she was at the time a cabinet minister and should have a residence in London or very near otherwise have only one residence and stay in hotels while in London.
I don't think she would have "thieved" deliberately and I doubt very much if she is a "SLAG" unless someone knows different.

of course she "thieved" deliberately! i dont know your circumstances,but lets imagine you own a family home in wales, but work in london during the week, luckily , your sister lives in london and has a spare room which she kindly lets you stay in for a modest rent, which would you class as your "main" home , the one in wales in which your wife and kids live, or the room in your sisters house that you give her £150 a week for ?? well we know that MPs can claim expenses for their second homes , for mortgage interest, fixtures and fittings etc, have a guess which one jacqui smith designated her "second" home and claimed expenses for ? the room at her sisters house for which she could claim approx £150 a week and a couple of duvet covers , or the one in redditch where her family lived which she spent f***ing thousands on ?

 

[Rusthall Seagull]

of course she "thieved" deliberately! i dont know your circumstances,but lets imagine you own a family home in wales, but work in london during the week, luckily , your sister lives in london and has a spare room which she kindly lets you stay in for a modest rent, which would you class as your "main" home , the one in wales in which your wife and kids live, or the room in your sisters house that you give her £150 a week for ?? well we know that MPs can claim expenses for their second homes , for mortgage interest, fixtures and fittings etc, have a guess which one jacqui smith designated her "second" home and claimed expenses for ? the room at her sisters house for which she could claim approx £150 a week and a couple of duvet covers , or the one in redditch where her family lived which she spent f***ing thousands on ?

spot on - what a f***ing joke this 'Labour' party has become

 

[Easy 10]

of course she "thieved" deliberately! i dont know your circumstances,but lets imagine you own a family home in wales, but work in london during the week, luckily , your sister lives in london and has a spare room which she kindly lets you stay in for a modest rent, which would you class as your "main" home , the one in wales in which your wife and kids live, or the room in your sisters house that you give her £150 a week for ?? well we know that MPs can claim expenses for their second homes , for mortgage interest, fixtures and fittings etc, have a guess which one jacqui smith designated her "second" home and claimed expenses for ? the room at her sisters house for which she could claim approx £150 a week and a couple of duvet covers , or the one in redditch where her family lived which she spent f***ing thousands on ?

Precisely. Its an abuse of the system, plain and simple.

There's nothing WRONG with MP's having 2nd homes in or around London when their main residence is a long distance away, and I wouldn't expect Smith to commute backwards and forwards from Redditch to London to do her job.

But she is without question a thieving CHANCER by declaring her sisters rented room as her "main residence" so she could claim expenses on her own house. Thats a blatant abuse of the system, and makes her a filthy conniving SLAG in my book as well. But thats just my opinion, of course.

 

[User removed 4]

spot on - what a f***ing joke this 'Labour' party has become

not just labour, from what i can gather about 90% of them have some sort of claim that the majority of us would class as spurious.

 

[snowdrop]

Jackie Smith was offered a Grace and Favour home when she became Home Secretary and turned it down for a room at her sisters. Enough said she should be prosecuted for theft as the Police have records of where she was staying on what night, it's an open and shut case. She has stated an untruth before the House yesterday and should be barred from public office with the rest of them.

 

[Rusthall Seagull]

not just labour, from what i can gather about 90% of them have some sort of claim that the majority of us would class as spurious.

yup, however, as a leftie - I expect much better from the so called 'Labour' party

 

[Perry Milkins]

spot on - what a f***ing joke this 'Labour' party has become

 

[Perry Milkins]

yup, however, as a leftie - I expect much better from the so called 'Labour' party

soon Rusty soon

 

[SICKASAGULL]

There is one consulation, after the next election Brown,Smith and Harman will be out of their present positions.

 

[Easy 10]

Yes, cos the Conservatives were whiter than white with their expenses claims, wern't they.

 

[El Presidente]

Yes, cos the Conservatives were whiter than white with their expenses claims, wern't they.

It's highly unlikely the Tories were black or asian.

 

[Horney]

If you think that our MP's are a bunch of hypocritical, thieving and self-centred bastards, then you should take a look at the criminals in Brussels. It is corruption on a scale never before witnessed in the Western World.
Politics is like football i.e the way that business is run bears no relation to the " real " world.
They are both run in an illegal, unprofessional and irresponsible manner.
They both rely on generous benefactors to fund them ( e.g Roman Abramovich and the British taxpayer )
They are both so top heavy with staffing costs, that they are technically insolvent.
They are both recession proof. In hard times, salaries continue to rise, pensions maintain their strength and everything possible is done to maintain staff numbers.
Issues that appear obvious and important to the general public are apparently ignored.
Individuals, clearly guilty of wrong doing ( fraud,corruption, cheating etc ) are given new jobs and further rewarded ( honours, higher paid roles etc )
So, will it ever change.? Wll football may have to. Eventually, the money will run out and sanity will be restored.
But I'm afraid Politics won't. Its like Turkeys voting for Christmas. When you are on a gravy train, why would you want to get off ?
They are aided by an apathetic and subservient public who gossip and moan to their mates but always go home and pay out ever increasing amounts into the public purse.
When £1 in every £5 paid in community charge goes straight into public sector pensions, we have a huge black hole that is getting bigger and bigger and is unsustainable. EEC contributions are crippling us and yet we commit ever more in that direction.
Any sane,mature and well intentioned individual would recognise the following -
1) The state is too large and unsustainable
2) The population of this small island with finite resources is growing too large and will eventually put too great a strain on roads,schools,housing,utilities etc
3)The benefit system is out of control..it is corrupt and crippling.
4) The political, legal and financial sectors are intertwined and look after each other
5)Our elected representatives do not serve us or represent us.
5 ) The EEC is fundamentally corrupt and is not set up to benefit our country.
But, hey ho...who am I ?...just a reasonably honest, tax paying individual, working in the private sector, with a worthless private pension.
Who's the mug?

 

[Pavilionaire]

I couldn't give a f*** about the corruption in Brussels. That's like a playground bully taking money from a little kid and saying it's alright because the bigger kid over there will take your money and kick the shit out of you as well.

To an extent, with Jacqui Smith I can understand the house issue but 2 plasma screen tellies?? I'm sorry, an intelligent women like her should have an innate sense of right and wrong.