Comments on: Expenses, recession, war will dominate the election

By: jesus

jesus — Wed, 20 May 2009 23:04:49 +0000

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By: Tony Brady

Tony Brady — Sun, 17 May 2009 20:29:54 +0000

David – Hello!

Great suggestion! I have already written to the Queen to ask her to dissolve Parliament. See comments in: Life is still life in House of Lords

By: Media Picks « Laura MacDonald

Media Picks « Laura MacDonald — Sat, 16 May 2009 12:40:21 +0000

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By: Steve Willis

Steve Willis — Fri, 15 May 2009 12:39:28 +0000

I’d love to see Jon Snow grilling the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police about the action his force is taking in response to the revelations about the expenses of Members of the Houses of Commons & Lords.

As far as I can see: (1) the Police do not need a formal complaint from a member of the public in order to start an investigation, (2) there appears to be evidence of fraudulent behaviour emerging, (3) the Police cannot just set aside the law. There’s a piece of case law – Regina vs Blackburn – that established this principle. The Police must act, now, or they may find themselves the subject of litigation.

By: Ken Thornton

Ken Thornton — Fri, 15 May 2009 10:33:56 +0000

Hi Jon, after reading lots of the comments passed on MPs and Lords, I think its time to reflect on what I think could make fair comment, which is, old quotes and cliche, lets start with the quote by Sir Walter Scott.
Oh what a tangled web we weave, when we practice to deceive.
I think this is applicable to most of the duplicitous MPs in our employ, so lets have more, or maybe some new home made ones

By: Peter Lloyd

Peter Lloyd — Fri, 15 May 2009 00:22:53 +0000

Agreed…..keep the spotlight ready…

By: Michael Donnelly

Michael Donnelly — Thu, 14 May 2009 23:37:53 +0000

The Journo Party: Jon Snow as Leader and Prime Minister, Jeremy Paxman as Deputy Leader, Faisal Islam as Chancellor of the Exchequer, Orla Guerin as Foreign Secretary, John Pilger as Home Secretary…I would vote for that.

By: Honj

Honj — Thu, 14 May 2009 23:12:56 +0000

Yes and most of the country to i think.

By: Honj

Honj — Thu, 14 May 2009 22:48:24 +0000

I think the reason we are in Afghanistan is because there is a lot more money to be made out there than in the UK at the moment, as we are broke.
Which of course is a terrible shame when it turns out that our “Enemies” are actually our MP’s in westminster.
Personally i can’t remember the last, or the first time an Afghani caused me any serious cause for concern. But our politicians must be really gratefull that our brave soldiers are out there killing these evil peasants, Which as we all know is a very tough job especially when you don’t have the right equipment to do it due to the lack of funding for it. I mean we all need our moats cleaning before we can even consider buying a new APC! and horsesh!t doesn’t come cheap either.
But i think what probably makes them happiest of all is that if you don’t have the tanks to kill the Afghani’s then its unlikely you will wake up tommorrow and find them parked outside the gates of westminster.

Thanks.

By: Honj

Honj — Thu, 14 May 2009 22:04:54 +0000

Would it not be possible to get the views and opinions of some of our servicemen and women who are currently overseas? Or perhaps some of the injured and invalid who have returned?
I mean how can a politician now look a soldier in the eye, who has been fighting overseas to uphold our so called “Values”