Dudious conduct

[billyo]

Peter Hain is in the sh## Gorden has giving him his full backing so its good bye from him and its good bye from Hain should we care or should he fall on his sword, wot are they really up to when in power

 

[billyo]

should read dubious soz ops,

 

[johnny_t]

What has tended to do for the various New-Labour ministers during their time (Mandleson, Blunkett et al) has not been so much the 'offence' that they have committed, but the incessant attempts to weasel out of it afterwards.

In Hain's case, it is the use of the 'fake' think tank to channel money in that is causing him the problems, rather than the not declaring it. Even if it is above board, it certainly smells fishy, so we need him to be up front about what was going on and what he knew about it.

And if it turns out that he was using it as a dodgy way to circumvent the rules, then he probably will have to go...

 

[joe-90]

But all parties are the same. Corruption and politics go hand in hand. Always have and always will.

 

[Nige F]

Hey Dude....they can all fall on each others swords.

 

[johnny_t]

But all parties are the same. Corruption and politics go hand in hand. Always have and always will.

True, but does that mean we should excuse it when it is discovered. Especially when you are a party that came to power, at least partly, on a 'different to all that seedy stuff that used to go on in the past' ticket.

 

[joe-90]

No, probably not. If they get caught with their hand in the till - then they should go.

However, we are better off with a slippery, slimy MP that won't get shafted by every slimy French or German MP.

 

[Hysteresis]

No, probably not. If they get caught with their hand in the till - then they should go.

However, we are better off with a slippery, slimy MP that won't get shafted by every slimy French or German MP.

Really - You think Hain is above being shafted by the EU. Any MP will stand still and be shafted as long as they can keep their noses in the trough.
Slimey bunch the whole damn lot of them!

 

[joe-90]

Yeah but Mary Poppins isn't available.

 

[Hysteresis]

Yeah but Mary Poppins isn't available.

She was last year, but without the morals, in the name of Tony Blair