Thought Id start this one going because its rather dead on this board at the moment and I suppose all my usual muckers are either at the Stella tennis event watching Dim Tim (lose again) or at Henly Regatta eating cucumber sandwiches (they wish,...NOT).

Anyway please feel free to just talk to yourself blast away and let it go on any company or subject you wish. Just wish Id thought of this one before.

cheers GF.

Nick Robinson ‏@bbcnickrobinson 19m
BREAKING NEWS shipbuilding to stop at portsmouth...................


I said we were becoming a nation of TILL PINGERS.

Mark Pritchard, the Conservative MP for The Wrekin and former secretary of the influential 1922 Committee, told an undercover reporter that he could use his “network” to set up meetings with politicians in countries where he had parliamentary connections.


Mr Pritchard sits on official parliamentary groups for many of those countries where, in return for payment, he was offering to broker investments and to arrange meetings with senior government figures.


Parliamentary rules ban MPs from seeking to profit from their positions and warns politicians to avoid any potential conflict of interest.


Mr Pritchard also stands accused of using a Nato parliamentary assembly to discuss business opportunities with contacts.


The MP suggested that the undercover reporter, posing as a foreign businessman, should invest £10 million in a group of boutique hotels in Albania. Mr Pritchard was formerly the chairman of the all party parliamentary group (APPG) for the country and is still a member of the committee.

two interesting sides to the above .....
you can argue no smoke without fire or that the Fascist Gazette is gunning for this chap as apparently he has sued and won against them previously

gold yes been away going away on 13th dec for 3 weeks going to get a bit of sun

now thinking of be coming a corrupt MP and be a con
who says being a crook does not pay
IF YOU BECOME A MP it does pay big time and you do not have to be clever
just street wise and dishonest are the degrees needed

cynic . the video says he had is trousers down
the video does not lie .
have you watched it . if not do so
he is guilty

leverson inquiry wants to stop the PRESS giving out facts
set up by top MPs who do not want the public to know true facts about their
dirty work

The torygraph has the Pritchard story as well, complete with video.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/conservative/10429206/Senior-Conservative-MP-uses-political-contacts-to-further-business-empire.html

the gov closing Portsmouth to save Scotland from leaving the union
disgusting if the scots want to go good bye . close the border
the gov to do anything to stop salmond

he as broke MP rules and must resign

MPs have come under attack for getting taxpayers to cover the costs of their energy bills.

Some 340 MPs have used the parliamentary expenses system to recoup the cost of heating their second homes, according to the Sunday Mirror.

Bills costing more than £1,000 were submitted by 41 MPs, while 78 made claims for £500 in the 12 months up to March this year, its analysis found.

The claims do not break any parliamentary rules, but come at a time of heightened tensions over the spiralling cost of gas and electricity.

One MP claimed more than £5,000 to cover electricity and heating oil for his esta

PMQs today aswel, but like cynic says this rag has tried it on before with Pritchard and he sued them.

Mind youd think theyd be right this second time.

gold have now watched the video 5 times clear as the nose on is face
guilty . the trouble we have is that 50% of MPs are on the fiddle and will protect each other . will any MP bring it up today ?

the video clear as the nose on is face

the UK in 2013 people to scared to speak out about corruption
and crime because of being called a racist or a whistleblower
or a trouble maker. this is why crime now pays

sticky - let's start with the cynical view that all politicians are at least somewhat bent!

Fascist Gazette has certainly had a bloody nose at least once before and further, this guy has reported himself immediately to the relevant House committee ..... it's be interesting to see the result, before which, pretty much all is speculation

Plebgate was an open and shut case wasn't it ...... hmm! later revelations showed that all was not exactly as reported!

And let's not even mention the irrefutable proof of WMD in Iraq!!

He cant survive this, call me dave has an election to win.

cynic have you watched the video it is quite clear and loud he was out to make millions from being a MP which is against the house of commons rules

if I was caught on video like him their would be no appeal I would be guilty
fact

CYNIC . do you not believe your eyes and ears when watching the video or watching it on the news .
he was caught with is trousers round is ankles

i am happy to wait and see, not that i can get much excited about it eityher way, any more than say reading about simon cowell's baby

maxk . if he does not resign or sacked then it is pointless to vote

MrT .... i'm sure this episode (there are plenty of others from all spectra to choose from too) will keep you and your drinking (drunk?) chums well occupied from opening to closing time for at least the next fortnight