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The Thieves Who Would be Government: Tory Shadow Cabinet to Repay £250,000 in Swindled Expenses
The criminal gang of Tories masquerading as the Shadow Cabinet has now been ordered to collectively repay £250,000 in fraudulent “expenses” claimed out of the pockets of the long-suffering British taxpayer.
The latest estimate of the total amount of money swindled by the Tory leadership in the ongoing parliamentary expenses scandal was revealed after Shadow defence secretary Liam Fox was forced to pay back £7,984 in mortgage interest, repairs and council tax. His total repayment to the taxpayer now stands at £12,279.20.
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And so they should, so thanks for pointing out that they are paying them back this will go down VERY VERY well with the voting public knowing that the system has identified this and ordered them to pay it back.
So this looks great for Democracy that MP’s have been made to pay this money back and that the system has been changed so that they can’t do it again.
So thanks for helping the BNP NO VOTE cause by pointing this out :-)
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Not really,
Eighty MPs refuse to pay back expenses and half of them have no evidence to back claims
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1236501/250-MPs-face-repay-1million-expenses.html
Dozens of MPs are fighting demands to repay tens of thousands of pounds in expenses after failing to provide paperwork to justify their mortgage claims.
Auditor Sir Thomas Legg has prompted fury across Westminster by telling MPs to return every penny if they are unable to produce the documentary evidence.
Sources close to his inquiry told the Daily Mail that around half of 80 ‘refusenik’ MPs who have lodged appeals against his payback demands are in such a position.
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If you look further down Andrew you’ll find this one already being talked about and frankly as I said lower down ALL these MP’s who are kicking up a fuss need to be slapped in to place and made to pay it back.
And on top of that they should NOT be allowed to stand for re-election next year, ANYONE who rips off the British Tax Payer doesn’t deserve to be paid their wage by the Tax payer.
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Ah another repeat post I take it it was designed to push down the comments I made about Nick Griffin pocketing Party donations in to his own bank account?
And Nick Griffin using Party funds to build his house extension?
And Nick Griffin using British Tax payers money to pay for his baodyguard on EU expenses?
Moderator: I deleted the duplicate post you commented on and moved this comment under the other copy. When I find duplicate comments that don’t make sense to duplicate I delete them.
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nick griffin would not need body guards if it wasn’t for the UAF democracy hating communist scum and the Islamic fatwa on him, VOTE BNP incidental the body guard have worked for free for years its about time they got paid . good luck to them , no rip off just fair pay for fair days work VOTE BNP while you can God bless them
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That’s as maybe Terence but my point was the British tax payer SHOULD NOT pay for his bodyguards, our TAX Money should NOT fund it AT ALL.
The Party should pay they are NOT even a serious party with only two MEPS they don’t qualify for any state funding, so I question why the hell my tax money should go towards paying for his security?
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Well as there are currently over 100 MPs standing down at the next Election due to the expenses claims the BNP won’t really be able to continue to use this one as the main offenders will NOT be standing for election next year and RIGHTLY so.
But as we are on the subject I will quickly point out again that Nick Griffin despite a requirement under British Laws hasn’t produced any expenses/accounts since taking his seat in the EU Parliment and neither has Andrew Brons for that matter, so they are not exactly playing by the laws of the land they claim to protecting with their honest brand of politics.
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it does not help the no vote at all because we see them all as criminals thieves who should be put on trial and jailed like any other benefit swindler would be .the lib/lab/con slogan to the poor who swindle ,is if you fiddle we are coming for you and jail is the option to make examples of people Sorry but we have had enough of them enough is enough we have had enough ! out with the old in with the new !! new broom sweep clean VOTE BNP get rid of the enemy
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If fraud can be proved against ANY MP then I am all for charging them which EVER party they come from, I don’t find it acceptable that ANY MP can rip off the state and expect to get away with it.
But to me that means also any MEP miss using British Tax payers money as well, like the ex UKIP one a few months ago good he was on the fiddle and got caught and right;y he was charged tried and found guilty tuff shit.
See I may have party loyalty but I have NO loyalty to ANY MP or MEP that gets caught on the fiddle.
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so the govenment have stole money for their houses expenses etc
now if i stole 12,000 from anyone i would be jailed for a few years
so where the fcuk is the law in this country
being in power and stealing tax payers money to me deserves the death penalty
traitors and thieves
so why vote Tory they do not agree with you they are for more invasion<i think Cameron said it when he was groveling for the Muslim vote
Shows you lack of understanding of other parties policies then Terence, if you bothered to read and understand them you would see it’s Immigration Policy is far closer to what I am looking for than the BNP’s Immigration Policy, having said that even the UKIP Immigration Policy is better than the BNP’s
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You mean the open door policy thats allowed millions in!! wake up man your more BNP if you listen to your self and honest with your self,Come on have the guts tow the line stand with us lets get Britain great again!!
Oh trust me Terence my politics is so far removed from the BNP you could fit 1000 more parties in there, the BNP have NOTHING to offer me what so ever.
I disagree with 100% of the BNP policies, so I can’t even say I like ONE of them or even part of one of them, so there is basically not even a tiny string of hope that would connect me with a BNP vote.
For me to take the BNP seriously this is what they would have to do:
1. Drop Nick Griffin (he has way too much negative baggage)
2. Drop Lee Barnes (the man is a fruit loop that does more damage to the BNP than just about anyone else in the party with his rants and raves)
3. Drop Mark Collette (his antics are so widely known across the net that he is also a negative to the party)
4. Drop basically all of the old guard BNP people
5. Change it’s economic policy (to one of NOT being a protectionist state)
6. Drop it’s attitude of blaming immigration for everything
7. Drop all the insistance on conspiracy theories of the New World Order and all that mumbo jumbo stuff.
8. Actually create real life workable policy that will benefit this country.
9. Drop all the policies that mean spending Trillions of £’s the country simple can’t afford them, EVERYONE knows the only way to get the country back on it’s feet is to cut Public/Government spending and NOT to commit to Trillions more.
Plus many more, so basically they would have to become a real mainstream party and offer real answers to this country.
Yes I am a Tory voter and I support many of their polices (some of which I have noted a few times already), but I don’t support all of them, but I certainly have more trust in Conservative policy to make some changes and start the process of getting the country back on it’s feet which frankly in my opinion the BNP cannot achieve.
So those policies I don’t agree with I will just have to accept as I believe we need to have a strong Governemtn that can take control of Government spending and reduce the countries deficit.
The BNP don’t have ANY people in their party that can fit the roles of Government in fact the only real public figure of the BNP is Nick Griffin, people want to see who will be taking the Government roles, people need to be able to trust them, they don’t just vote for the party leader.
Nick Griffin will not be responsible for every position in Government, the BNP’s foreign affairs spokesman is non other than Arthur Kemp a man who’s history is well document and VERY negative to say the least, I certainly wouldn’t want this man being our foreign secretary and representing us around the world.
Lee Barnes this man I wouldn’t trust to light a fire let alone be the one responsible for making the laws in the country.
I could take this a lot further but I’ll stop at this point.
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David Cameron’s expenses
David Cameron claimed tens of thousands of pounds on expenses for mortgage interest on a cottage in his Oxford constituency, after clearing the loan on his designated main London home.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/mps-expenses/shadow-cabinet-expenses/5633166/David-Camerons-expenses.html
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David Cameron’s expenses claims are minimal, paper reports
Former PR man is said to apply ‘Daily Mail test’, asking ask how a claim would look on front page of a brutal tabloid
straightforward expenses claims of any member of the shadow cabinet, the Daily Telegraph reported today.
When considering how to respond in any given situation the former PR man is said to apply the “Daily Mail test” – that is, not whether something is just “within the rules” set down by parliament, but also, if it were to become public, to consider how it would look splashed across the front pages of a brutal tabloid.
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2009/may/11/david-cameron-expenses
The alternative view to Terences claims.
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And it’s also worth noting that the oh so wonderful Nick Griffin BNP MEP and Chairman STILL hasn’t published ANY expenses so far despite being required to under British Law.
What has David Cameron’s expenses got to do with a discussion on whether the three main political parties (Labour, Conservatives and Liberal Democrats) are all in league together (one big party) as the BNP political conspiracy say they are?
I’ve had to again edit one of your copy and pasted articles, it’s the last one I do, any more will be deleted, wasting my and your time. Please attribute your copy and paste sources so others can check them out as well.
I’ll be moving your comment to: https://general-election-2010.co.uk/reasons-to-vote-conservative-2010-general-election/
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Around 50,000 children in the most deprived areas of England are missing an average of one day a week of school – more than five times the proportion of the richest areas.
6.1% of children living in the 10% most deprived neighbourhoods were classed as ‘persistent absentees’ because they missed at least a fifth of school, compared with just 1.2% of children living in the 10% richest neighbourhoods.
Michael Gove, the Shadow Children’s Secretary, said that these figures show that “the problem is concentrated in the most deprived neighbourhoods”. “We need to focus on these areas, giving extra money to schools that take children from the most deprived backgrounds”, he said, “so that we can give these children the opportunities which others take for granted”.
Source: https://www.conservatives.com/ShareTheFacts
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I hate to say it but stupid people breed stupid children; if parents are not intelligent enough to support schools, get their kids regularly attending schools and explain to their children the importance of an education to give them a better life then it’s more than an uphill battle.
Labour has thrown around £1 billion in initiatives to get attendance rates up and has only made modest gains. Some parents just resist any kind of punitive measures to get their kids into school and to actually take responsibility for them.
I think that schools do have a strong part to play in making learning interesting, inspiring teachers, dealing with bullying effectively, etc.
Also, when I was at school (during the Conservative years) once you got to choosing your options those children who were identified as not particularly hopeful academically were given the choice to study vocationally in such areas as farming, child care, carpentry / joinery, etc and had one day a week work experience during their study.
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That system still exists in some areas of the country Sarah, the less bright are offered vocational training.
And I know Labour are all set for the keeping kids in education un till they are 18 (which in many cases isn’t such a bad thing), but not sure it’s such a wise thing across the board.
But yes you are right in that kids of parents who are shall we say not so bright to tend not to achieve in school, but the circle has to be broken somewhere otherwise all we do is continue to have a population of less that clever kids who become adults.
So I think we need a serious overhaul of the schooling system in all areas which should include a programme of education for parents in the importance of being well educated.
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More reasons to vote Conservative: (these are not all of the policies just the ones I like most)
Advancing Opportunity:
1. Over 220,000 new school places being created
2. Diverting more resources to pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds
3. Measures to make it easier for companies to run apprenticeships
4. Creating 100,000 additional apprenticeships every year with a £775 million injection of funds
5. A £100 million NEETs fund aimed at youngsters not in any kind of education, training or employment
6. A £100 million injection into the adult community Learning Fund
7. Providing a careers adviser in every secondary school and college in the country
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Nurturing Responsibility
1. Those recipients of Incapacity Benefit who cannot work will receive continued support
2. A comprehensive programme of support for jobseekers
3. Welfare-to-work services to be provided by organisations on a payment by results basis
4. Rapid assessments for new and existing claimants
5. People who refuse to join a return to work programme will lose the right to claim out of work benefits until they do
6. People who refuse to accept reasonable job offers could lose the right to claim out of work benefits for three years
7. Time limits for out of work benefits – so people who claim for more than two years out of three will be required to join community work programmes
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Business:
1. Establishing a temporary National Loans Guarantee Scheme to get credit flowing again and help protect jobs
2. Cutting small firms’ payroll taxes
3. Helping companies with the costs of hiring new staff by giving tax breaks for new jobs
4. Cutting the main rate of corporation tax
5. Cancelling Labour’s planned increase in the small companies tax rate, and cutting the rate instead
6. Reducing the burden of regulation to give businesses more freedom and greater flexibility
7. Reforming the Regional Development Agencies to create a vibrant, business-focused force
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Climate Change and Energy:
1. Transform electricity networks with ‘smart grid’ and ‘smart meter’ technology that automatically matches supply and demand, allowing a huge increase in renewable power
2. Provide up to £6,500 worth of home insulation improvements, enabling households to reduce their gas and electricity bills
3. Create a decentralised energy revolution by introducing a system of feed-in tariffs to encourage micro-generation of electricity
4. Expand offshore wind and marine power and provide government backing for a network of large-scale Marine Energy Parks
5. Making it illegal for energy companies to charge unfair price premiums on prepayment meters, reducing bills for 5.8 million households
6. Requiring every energy company to offer social tariffs (special low rates for electricity and gas) to vulnerable households
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Crime and Justice:
1. We will scrap stop and search forms and cut bureaucracy to allow police officers to spend more of their time on the streets fighting crime
2. We will reform the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA), which regulates police surveillance, so that authorisation is not needed in straightforward cases. At the same time, we will take steps to prevent the misuse of surveillance powers by local authorities.
3. We will strengthen police powers of stop and search to enable officers to respond decisively to incidents or threats of serious crime
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Defence:
A Conservative Government will match resources with commitments by launching a Strategic Defence Review and introducing a US-style system of quadrennial defence reviews. It is completely unacceptable that the last Strategic Defence Review was conducted a decade ago.
Future defence procurement projects will be determined on five criteria:
* Capability
* Interoperability
* Adaptability
* Affordability
* Exportability
We will streamline the procurement process to ensure the speedy delivery of equipment to the front line. And we will immediately reinstate the Defence Export Services Organisation (DESO) to ensure a healthy UK defence sector.
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Democracy:
1. Restore the integrity of the ballot by introducing individual voter registration and addressing the disparities that exist between constituency populations
2. Address the West Lothian question and give English MPs a decisive say on laws that affect only England
3. Replace the Human Rights Act, which has undermined the Government’s ability to deal with crime and terrorism, with a British Bill of Rights.
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Economy:
1. We will freeze council tax for two years by reducing wasteful spending on advertising and consultancy in central government
2. We will introduce a £50bn National Loan Guarantee Scheme to underwrite bank lending to businesses and get credit flowing again
3. We will provide tax cuts for new jobs with a £2.6bn package of tax breaks to get people into work, funded by money that would otherwise go on unemployment benefit
4. We will cut the main rate of corporation tax to 25p and the small companies’ rate to 20p, paid for by scrapping complex reliefs and allowances
5. We will give small and medium-sized businesses a six-month VAT holiday, funded by a 7.5% interest rate on delayed payments
6. We will cut National Insurance by 1% for six months for firms with fewer than five employees, paid for from the above changes to the company tax regime
7. We will abolish Stamp Duty for nine out of ten first-time buyers and raise the Inheritance Tax threshold to £1 million. Both of these changes will be funded by a flat-rate charge on non-domiciles.
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And many more but that’s a good start
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The email I sent to the Conservatives on Europe:
“Since the ratification of the Lisbon Treaty and the subsequent reversal of a pledge on a Referendum, as there is no other stance on Europe I will now be transferring my vote to the UKIP. If the Conservative Party were to make a public cast-iron pledge on a “In or Out” Referendum you will have my vote once again.”
The response I got:
“I am writing on behalf of David Cameron to thank you for your e-mail about the ratification of the Lisbon Treaty.
I am very sorry for the long delay in this reply. As you might understand, David has received an unusually large number of e-mails recently, and I am afraid it has taken longer than normal to reply to everyone.
We are grateful to you for getting in touch and for making us aware of your views. As you know, the Lisbon Treaty was signed by the President of the Czech Republic and the Treaty has now become European law.
David knows from the huge number of letters and emails that he has been receiving how much people resent the fact we cannot now have the referendum we were promised by the Government. We are also incredibly disappointed that our campaign for a referendum has come to an end. However, as David has made clear, this Treaty has now become part of European Union law. Holding a referendum here in Britain cannot change that.
David has always been clear that, if this situation came about, he would immediately set out how a Conservative Government would respond. So the day after the Lisbon Treaty received its final signature, David gave a key speech in London making clear our approach for the future.
As David explained, if we win the next election, our first step would be to prohibit, by law, the transfer of further areas of power to the EU without a referendum. Never again should it be possible for a British government to use a treaty to transfer further areas of power to the EU without the British people’s consent.
Second, we will introduce a United Kingdom Sovereignty Bill to make it clear that ultimate authority stays in this country, in our Parliament.
And third, we want to negotiate three specific guarantees with our European partners over powers that we believe should reside with Britain, not the EU. We will negotiate the return of Britain’s opt-out from social and employment legislation in those areas which have proved most damaging to our economy and public services. We also want a complete opt-out from the Charter of Fundamental Rights. And we will negotiate for the return of powers in criminal justice to prevent EU judges gaining steadily greater control over our criminal justice system.
If David becomes Prime Minister, the British Government he will lead will be an active member of the European Union. Like every other Member State, we will fight our corner to advance our national interests. But our guiding principles will be that Britain’s interests are best served by a European Union that is an association of its member states – and that we must never allow Britain to slide into a federal Europe.
I do hope you feel reassured by the approach we have taken. You can find out more about our European policies by going to the following link from our website:
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Negotiating is all well and good however, all the other members have to agree.
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“Foreign students would be required to post a bond of up to £6,000 with the Home Office before starting a three-year course in Britain under Conservative proposals to tighten border controls.
Students would only get the money back on leaving Britain after the completion of their studies and cash forfeited by those overstaying their visas would be used to fund deportations.”
Source: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/
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