Minister For Dodgy Expenses

[SantaClaus]

I thought removing our civil liberties was enough.

Now we find Jaqui Smith is morally corrupt too!


"Minister for dodgy expenses: How CAN Jacqui Smith justify £116,000 claim for home costs while staying with her sister? "

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...ng-sister.html

[Mich the Tester]

Scum rises to the top.

[Gonzo]

Seductive as it is to have a go at the people taking advantage if we don't like them, it is the system that allows it and therefore the system that needs to be fixed.

You can't really have a go at the people that maximise their opportunities to rake in the cash - it is what we all do afterall.

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[SantaClaus]

Seductive as it is to have a go at the people taking advantage if we don't like them, it is the system that allows it and therefore the system that needs to be fixed.

You can't really have a go at the people that maximise their opportunities to rake in the cash - it is what we all do afterall.

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Yes, but MPs have a moral responsibility towards the electorate. Computer contractors do not.

[Gonzo]

Yes, but MPs have a moral responsibility towards the electorate. Computer contractors do not.

You have no idea how much it pains me to be defending a Labour MP, I will need to have a shower afterwards but,

It would appear that she has done everything according to the rules.

Therefore the rules are wrong. She isn't and she is the wrong target.

[EternalOptimist]

You have no idea how much it pains me to be defending a Labour MP, I will need to have a shower afterwards but,

It would appear that she has done everything according to the rules.

Therefore the rules are wrong. She isn't and she is the wrong target.

Adolf Hitler followed the rules, but we still would have hung him. Smith is part of the organisation that produces the rules

that's the difference

[pmeswani]

Adolf Hitler followed the rules, but we still would have hung him. Smith is part of the organisation that produces the rules

that's the difference

Hence why she will never be an Independent politician. The political establishment is corrupt to no end. If there is an opportunity to sh@ft the electorate out of as much money as possible, the Blues, Yellows and Reds will be happy to do it. You know the saying... kick a poor man when he is down. (The same applies to women as well).

[SantaClaus]

You have no idea how much it pains me to be defending a Labour MP, I will need to have a shower afterwards but,

It would appear that she has done everything according to the rules.

Therefore the rules are wrong. She isn't and she is the wrong target.

Give me strength!

[Gonzo]

Give me strength!

It seems that she has followed the rules and done well out of them.

I don't see that it is reasonable to attack anyone for doing exactly that. Do you?

[EternalOptimist]

It seems that she has followed the rules and done well out of them.

I don't see that it is reasonable to attack anyone for doing exactly that. Do you?

He is making the distinction between something being legal and something being moral.

i.e. just because it's legal doesn't make it right (a bit like IR35 really)