Rations MP on holiday in Lombok

Alan Duncan the man whose lawn was dug up, who invited the man who did it to the House of Commons is on holiday in Lombok with his partner.

In an exclusive resort, and paying at least £10000 for the holiday. No wonder he feels that he is on rations. Ever thought about living within your means and mixing with the little people Alan?

Oh that would never do would it? Can't possibly bump into a constituent on holiday It would mean that you couldn't escape from work. Being an MP isn't about shirking and avoiding your constituents its about working for them and being their representative 365 days of every year that they vote you in for.

Not to mention your carbon footprint for the whole trip. Not very green are we, yet your party is known as "progressive" Yeah and the rest. You don't fool me.

Actions speak louder than words ever can.

You sir are a disgrace.

Along with the other 642 members in the house who are just like you. There are a few exceptions.

After all you aren't needed anymore, everything is rubber stamped when it comes from the EU on high. If the masses ever found out you would be lynched.

MP expenses storm breaks

The Telegraph has had the expenses leaked, with full details of the myriad expenses of the fat cat MPs.

The revelations came after The Daily Telegraph obtained copies of receipts relating to the expenses of current and former Cabinet ministers dating back to 2004.(The Daily Telegraph has seen uncensored copies of the receipts, which lay bare the extent to which MPs play the system to maximise the amount of money they can claim from the taxpayer. )

They also show that Hazel Blears, the embattled Communities Secretary, submitted claims on three different properties in the course of a year, while Jack Straw, the Justice Secretary, repaid £1,700 that he overclaimed for council tax soon after it transpired that all MPs expense receipts would be published.

Lord Mandelson billed the taxpayer almost £3,000 for work carried out on his constituency home in Hartlepool less than a week after he announced that he was standing down as an MP. He later sold the terrace house for a profit of £136,000.

from the Times this morning

Also in the Telegraph this morning your best and worst value MP
Pictures here of extraordinary claims

Frankly they are being paid enough what the hell do they need to claim for windows and doors?

It seems even the Ginger Ninja Hazel Blears is ready to trough at expenses too

* Hazel Blears, the Communities Secretary, claimed for three different properties in a single year. She spent almost £5,000 on furniture in three months after buying the third flat in an upmarket area of London.

* David Miliband, the Foreign Secretary, spent hundreds of pounds on gardening at his constituency home — leading his gardener to question whether it was necessary to spend the money on pot plants “given [the] relatively short time you’ll be here”.

* Alistair Darling, the Chancellor, changed his official “second home” designation four times in four years.

* Geoff Hoon, the Transport Secretary, also switched his second home, which allowed him to extensively improve his family home in Derbyshire before buying a London town house also funded by the taxpayer.

* Andy Burnham, the Culture Secretary, Caroline Flint, the Minister for Europe, and Paul Murphy, the Welsh Secretary, also bought flats — or the freehold on a property they already owned — and claimed stamp duty and other moving costs. Mr Burnham warned the parliamentary authorities that his wife might divorce him if expenses were not paid promptly.

All this the day after Jacqui Smith has been shown to be milking the system telling one thing to her local council and another to the House of Commons.


We want a General Election now! Not in a years time.

The Coroners and Justice Bill

Or why the Conservatives are not fit to rule the country either if Labour are defeated at the polls in the General Election


Thanks to Lynne Featherstone my MP and my soon to be rival at the polls, I have gleaned the following information about the Coroners and Justice Bill. She wrote to me and thanked me for bringing it to her attention.

The majority of MPs voted against the motion to condemn the Coroners and Justice Bill.

The motion, which was rejected, said:[1]

* This House declines to give a Second Reading to the Coroners and Justice Bill
* because it provides for inquests in private and without a jury, at the behest of the Secretary of State and on grounds that are overbroad;[2]
* because it unduly restricts what coroners and inquest juries may say about a death; because it proposes reforms to the law of murder that are ill-thought through and incomplete;
* because it fails to deal with legitimate criticisms of the legislation on anonymous witnesses, and in particular because it fails to make adequate provision for the use of special counsel;
* because the system of sentencing guidelines it proposes fails to incorporate adequately the aim of reducing re-offending;
* because it will allow unlimited data sharing to occur between any organisations or persons for the purposes of supporting unspecified government policies, regardless of the safeguards contained in other legislation; and
* because, to the extent that other measures proposed in the Bill are welcome and not merely symbolic, those measures should have been brought forward in separate Bills to allow them to be scrutinised more carefully.

No Conservative MP voted on this motion.

Party	Majority (No)	Minority (Aye)	Both	Turnout
Con	0	0	0	0.0%
Ind	2	2	0	66.7%
Lab	276 (+2 tell)	2	0	80.0%
LDem	0	41 (+2 tell)	0	68.3%
PC	0	2	0	66.7%
Total:	278	47	0	53.5%

What does this say about the Conservatives? They abstained from the issue. They are lily livered loons and should not be in power, The electorate has been misled by David Camerons sweet talking but when the actual acts of the party are taken into account this is a gaping omission on his part and on his party the Conservatives who are by abstaining letting the matter go unchallenged.

Of note all the LibDems in the House voted to condemn the motion and only 2 Labour MPs

The full report of how the vote went is here in the public whip


This is frankly sickening The Conservatives and Labour MPs who abstained or voted against the motion to condemn the bill should be thrown out of office.

It is completely sickening.

Henry North stands for Parliament

Henry is standing as the Libertarian Party Candidate for Hornsey and Wood Green in the next General Election.

He would like your support in publicising this and by generating lots of support which might get turned in to votes.

I suppose I can even vote for myself,as Im registered in my own constituency. Don't worry if you dont see the name Henry North on your ballot paper, but look for the Libertarian party candidate, thats right the one with the yellow griffin on the light blue background a bit like this little fellow here



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Remember I am wholly for civil liberties, and will represent my constituency properly and fairly.