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.

Makes my blood boil.... £165 a night allowance.... robbing b*stards the lot of 'em

That's a pretty small allowance bearing in mind the cost of staying in London for a night. It is all triviality.

From wilkipedia, the free encyclopedia.

In Criminal Law, a fraud is an intentional deception made for personal gain or to damage another individual, the related adjective is fraudulent. The specific legal definition varies by by legal jurisdiction. Fraud is a crime, and also a civil law violation.


From a taxpayer (aka me), robbing bitch!

It was 4 years ago and it is unlikely to have been fraud.

Quite right Haystack no criminal offence whatsoever can be proved if £165 was the accepted allowance paid for an overnight stay in London four years ago. Money for old rope eh, especially if you can stay at a mates house for nowt. Baroness Warsi if the allegations are true was surely not alone in claiming these expenses under similar circumstances. For me personally leaves a nasty taste in the mouth old boy, what!

When people commit fraud or other similar offenses who work in a position of public office they are increasingly being charged with the additional offense of 'misconduct in public office'.
For years this was only used against Police Officers, and is now being used more and more against other public servants, 'BUT NOT MP's'.
As this sort of catch all offense is easy to prove, I wonder why no MPs or House of Lords members are being charged in this way.
Could it be that they are the law makers.
Turkeys voting for Christmas springs to mind.

Whilst appreciating that compared to many countries, we are still fairly honest, it does looks like corruption is becoming more prevalent in the UK.

Note...........When I was a Police Officer, anyone caught fiddling their expenses or similar would be sacked with loss of pension, with a court case following if it was more than a minor amount.
As far as I know, MP's get away with quite large amounts being forgiven if they pay it back, with very few going to court at all.
Fiddling b*****ds!

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Ask Donna or Barbra!

Flesh eating grazed zombies in Miami , and i thought those film's were not based on real life.


http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/05/28/cannibal-attack-naked-man-shot-dead-in-miami-as-he-chewed-victims-face-video_n_1549896.html?ref=mostpopular

Where is Tanker? :-)

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KOFI ANNAN . joke he should resign but he will not the money is is god.

Thanks Skinny.
I should thank the guy who could raise this issue there. We hope the media (BBC) investigate it and clarify it for the sake of democracy and public.

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The home secretary's attempts to deport radical cleric Abu Qatada will be delayed for at least four months, a court has heard.

Edward Fitzgerald QC, representing Abu Qatada, told a bail hearing his side would not be able to assemble evidence until September.

The judge listed the deportation appeal hearing for 10 October and said there would be a decision a month later.

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German slackers vs toiling Greeks......

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So Edward Fitzgerald QC, representing Abu Qatada, told a bail hearing his side would not be able to assemble evidence until September.

There can't be any new evidence, so why the hell didn't the judge just reject the plea.
These people are not in the real world.
Also the judge should be ignored and Qatada put on the next plane out.
The cost to keep this ba****d over the years is far more than my personal tax bill over my working life. I didn't work to keep people like Qatada.

I know about the rule of law etc, etc, but surely this makes the UK an even bigger laughing stock, if thats possible.

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