Conway is Gone Away
At least he had the sense to go without making a scene. Word is that David Davis understood that his friend's position was impossible and told him so.Conway's statement says "I have advised the Chief Whip and the chairman of my local Conservative Association that I shall not seek to continue as the Conservative Party Candidate for Old Bexley and Sidcup at the next election. Though not an original supporter of David Cameron for the leadership of my party, I believe that he has shown he has both the ability and the character to be Prime Minister of our country and I do not wish my personal circumstances to be a distraction in any way from the real issues that have to be addressed."
No bed blocking in Bexley now...
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What I am not clear about is why there is a 'fuss' if he is still going to be an MP for another 2-3 years - which is surely not that much different to the situation before his announcement ?
Given that the voters might have booted him out, or the local association might have decided to pick a different candidate [assuming that they are able to do this to a 'sitting' MP ?]
Or is there an assumption that, like Tony Blair, he will soon decamp and trigger a by-election ?
The Knutsford Guardian is a most appropriate place for this knut's words to appear.
It was the right move from Dave he has dealt with this fairly swiftly and got himself out of a lot of potential bad headlines.
I spent the majority of my morning press briefing laughing at what a twat Conway's son is.
Presumably David Davis also had to explain to David Cameron that CONway had to go.
This whole episode has really set the Tory cause back. What a bunch of spineless jokers.
IDS will be popping the cork on a bottle of Lidl Cava tonight...
CONway is not fit to be an MP and should force a By-Election right away. As my learned friend Guido correctly points out - Law makers should not be law breakers.
This cunt has to go. Now.
I hope the Tories manage to choose a candidate for Old Bexley and Sidcup who wasn't a member of the Labour Party 5 minutes ago. Some of their candidates are so set on becoming MPs they don't really care what party they stand for.
Well done Cameron, and well done Davis. Good riddance to Conway.
Now let's see Brown deal with the growing number of sleazebags within his own party and even within the government.
Don't hold your breath.
I agree with Call Me Dave.
By the same token, Harriet Harman should resign and trigger a by-election in Camberwell and Peckham.
She was caught speeding last year and Gordon Brown himself described the money she received from David Abrahams as "unlawful" and "completely unacceptable".
She has broken the law twice in a matter of months and is clearly not fit to be an MP. She should walk.
machiavelli - So true ! You can't beat the law of 'What goes around, comes around'...
Harman is one of the most spiteful, talentless, chippy mps who has nothing to add to anything. she has broken the law and should be tinned.
that fuckwit brown hasnt realised that cameron has set him up for an implosion of the cabinet once the various inquiries report.
harman will HAVE to go, alexander will HAVE to go etc etc
Conway will turn out to have done the Tory party a great service.
I'm not sure Conway has done anything that he can be prosecuted for having read seemingly more knowledgable posters comments.
I'm not sure that he can be fired as an MP.
He could resign I suppose.
This is all a bit disappointing but Cameron has made the best of it considering this sort of thing is widespread at Westminster. Everyone interested in politics knows MP's employ their relatives.
The upside is that Labour MP's, Harman, Alexander, Johnson et all must be shitting themselves.
Why? The public may ask don't Labour sack all their criminals? (H/T Stanislav).
Paul, check out Paul Farrelly MP, Wife is Victoria Perry, an architect who was on the payrole why?
This is good news but - how many more MPs are employing their wives/children/sisters/cousins/aunts?
It isn't the employment of nearest & dearest that is the issue per se, but whether they are actually working for their money and being paid the correct rate.
Apparently in 2006 the Speaker blocked an application to find out how many were employing relatives because the FOI apparently didn't apply to the people who passed it into law for the rest of us.
Surely it's time the media had another go at this - after all, if you've nothing to hide you've nothing to fear...........
(Don't think the Speaker appreciated searching questions about his wife's habit of charging her shopping trip taxi fares to the public purse too much. Apparently they were all vital trips to "help him in his duties as Speaker".)
resign thief.
Anon 5.41 has it. Conway has NOT "gone away", He is still very much with us, head still firmly wedged in the swill bucket. He must apply for the Chiltern Hundreds. Now. Failing that someone must present him with them on a plate, gift-wrapped.
I trust that we will see a transparent Selection for this seat. I hope all applicants on the approved list will be allowed to apply. I know that CCHQ will allow the Association to sift all applications unvetted by the Candidates Department or Mrs S R.
I hope the best man or women on equal terms is allowed a chance for selection.
In reality we can all expect one hell of a row as the Association is told by CCHQ to chose a Lesbian or Gay man of ethnic orientation, with not all Physical or Mental Faculties, preferably with no track record of political work in the Conservative Branch Structure or party membership. Applicants with a lot of "time " with the labour party will be especially welcome.
White males, grey haired and experienced with a marital certificate and children must not apply under any circumstances.
Dear Mr Anonymous at 5.41.
Amen to that; this is disgraceful. If only the local burglar could get let off with a promise to all the other burglars that he'll stop screwing people's houses in two or three years time AND keep all his proceeds. This, left to themselves, is how they self regulate.
Gorbals Mick should insist that this clown stand down immediately and call in Old Bill - if he's finished marching/shooting civilians/harrassing motorists/going off sick.
Why is no-one from the local CID even looking at this ?
thief/ a person who steals esp. secretly and without violence
steal/ take (another person's property) illegally, esp. in secret with the intention of not returning it.
honourable/ worthy of honour. bringing honour to its possessor.showing honour, not base.
base/ lacking moral worth.
Well standby for the rush as Tory wannabes scramble like pigs for the soon to be vacant safe seat of Sidcup and Old Bexley.
Can someone please tell me if the money paid to the Conway family is in addition to his (Conways') circa£140,000 p.a. expenses?
More to the point, why aren't the police looking at Bendy Wendy? The Electoral Commission have had 2 months on this, so why no plod?
PS. She is also the ugliest woman in Scotland. Gore Vidal got it right, politics is show business for ugly people.
Meanwhile the Labour MPs are saying: "See? We told you the real crooks were the Tories! Crook, crook, crook, cluck, cluck cluck!" As the parade up and down, preening themselves, as... oh, look! Is that a Tory Fox heading towards the chicken house? Why, yes, I believe it is!
Sadly, Farmer Broon seems to be absent without intelligence, leaving the chickens out with a fox about, letting the sheep go undipped and the manure piling upwithout any sign of someone with a shovel.
Poor Farmer Broon. He and his farm are, to use a technical expression, 'well fucked.'
We have not seen the last of Derek Conway PLC, I fear.
His alarming son Henry will no doubt continue to grace the pages of Hello! Magazine (not, alas, Goodbye! Magazine...)
Meanwhile Dodgy Derek will presumably re-surface on "I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of This Strict Ice-Rink", at TV-Tax-payers' expense.
Still, Beadle is no longer with us, so we can be confident Conway Hasn't Been Framed.
I agree with shit bag.
Harperson has to go. Remember when Blair fired her for incompetence as social security Secretary within a year of appointing her?
Her appearances on Question Time are embarassing - she doesn't even understand the questions!
And she's a thief - ask Simon Heffer about when she stole his expensive umbrella from a Brighton restaurant during the Labour party conference. It's a crying shame that we can't get better talent on the front bench.
Did you see THIS shit answer from Brownnoser in chief smirking Jack Straw?
Andrew Rosindell MP: "Can the Secretary of State for Justice explain why a patient in an NHS hospital has only £3 a day spent on their food, yet a criminal locked up in a police cell has £12 a day spent on food? Will the Secretary of State enlighten us as to why the figure is four times more for a criminal in a cell?"
Jack Straw MP, Secretary of State for Justice: "As ever, the hon. Gentleman, who comes from the same great county as I do, asks an important question. The issue is an interesting one, and I shall revert to him and the House on the matter."
WTF has the county they come from to do with it? Couldn't answer the question so he smarms all over Rosindell. What a dollop of dog turd!!
it takes a thief to catch a thief.
if conway becomes the sacrificial lamb for the conservatives then it becomes easier for the labour lawbreakers to be brought to justice. and concerning the labour party members moaning, it is no surprise that their lambs are bleating and kicking as they are dragged to the altar.
even dumb animals can sense what awaits them upon the slab.
Why didn't he go when he was first found out?
Why didn't Dave sack him when he first found out?
When did Dave first find out?
Are our MPs duping their public as to the extent that they fiddle their expense accounts because it is considered the done thing? (Fraudulent criminal behaviour in plain speak)
One last question:
Since when was a criminal allowed to avoid prosecution by returning his stolen goods when found out?
Mr Conway's mistake was in not getting the timesheets sorted for the 'research'.
I'm sure there will be lots of MPs on the Excel spreadsheets tonight. Don't forget to alter the PC time if you're going to backdate them ! And don't create them in a version of Office which didn't exist when the "work" was done !
out the gay gordon,
unfortunately vidal's quote requires updating. politics has now become snow business for ugly people.
this bunch of ugly cunts all went to the colonel tom parker university of snowmen and achieved firsts in 'how to do a snow job on the electorate.'
or am I being too cynical?
Your story is not true. He has not "gone". He hangs on. Outrageous. What whips are going to make sure he turns up? What will he do as my local MP? Withdrawing the whip and saying he won't restand is pathetic. Any normal job and he would be walking straight out of the door.
He is a goner Duncan. Which is obviously a shame for you because he would have been that much easier to beat, eh?
Never mind.
I guess that's one adulation that David Cameron could have done without.
Of course Conway's done harm to the party, but seeing how rapid his fall has been, should certainly encourager les autres. His hanging is short term pain, but long term gain.
The frugal Scots...or how nice to be devolved.....
Members of the Scottish Parliament publish details of their expenses down to the last bus ticket. Freedom of information laws have meant that all claims by MSPs, no matter how small, have been published since 2006.
Whereas Westminster MPs can claim up to £250 without a receipt, their counterparts at Holyrood must provide bills for every penny they claim. The former Scottish Tory leader David McLetchie stood down after wrongly claiming taxi fares. Only claims for travelling by car are exempt from the rules, which allow voters to scrutinise their elected representatives' expenses in minute detail. Voters can access details of about 150 types of expenditure at the click of a button. Expenses published quarterly include money claimed for key cutting, tea, coffee and biscuits for meetings, mobile telephones and bus tickets. Entries include a £2.99 pack of lavatory paper, £6.50 for a set of keys and sums as small as £1 claimed for cycling to and from Holyrood by bike. Until recently, the Scottish Parliament even published copies of original receipts, although now the sheer volume of data has forced officials to scale the publication back to details of claims.
Officials have also stopped publishing full details of taxi claims amid fears that they could reveal too much about politicians' personal lives. The rules appear to have limited claims after they were introduced in June 2006. Figures for the full 2006-07 financial year showed that MSPs claimed £9.7m, a modest rise of less than 3 per cent on the previous year. MSPs are paid £53,091 a year, about £7,000 less than their Westminster counterparts. They can claim up to £60,700 in expenses for staff and support costs, well below the maximum for Westminster.
No thieving bastards in Beanbrown's home country then?
It doesn't matter what fraternity the British New Ruling Class belong, they dive into the trough eventually. The Mass Crass electorate vote in anyone without thought, Ken Livingoffyouson and his gang of hoodies as example or the hanging monkey in the NE.
Shouldn't his name be spelt "Conwy"?
This shows the case for having recall votes built into our constitution even more...
A new campaign for Fawkes perhaps?
Don't panic...Income Shifting will soon put a stop to all this nepotism shit...Silly me , that will only apply to small family businesses.
Hypocrytical Bastards...
When Conway stands down will this be the first occasion of an MP retiring to spend more time with his staff?
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