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43 comments:
Badumdumtish!
We haven't had it on a silver spoon, says Mrs Mary Speaker. Maybe not dear, but you've had it in most other ways. At our expense.
Mick Martin must be a good bloke, that fine, sober, straight, upstanding, paragon George Foulkes, says so.
In today's Grauniad:
"A group of 100 academics, politicians and artists is warning that a victory for Conservative candidate Boris Johnson in May's London mayoral election would be a disaster for the capital and could provide a springboard for the Tories at the next general election.
In a statement sent to the Guardian, the group - which includes the film-maker Lord Puttnam, the singer and songwriter Billy Bragg and the actor Tony Robinson - says Londoners face a clear choice when they go to the polls on May 1 which will have ramifications across the country....."
Would that be the same Billy Bragg who loves Ken's multi-culti London so much that he upped and offed to rural, "hideously white" Dorset years ago?
And is it the same Lord Puttnam who fled London and fecked off to the unspoilt rural Irish idyll of Baltimore, West Cork many moons ago?
It seems they know what's best for Londoners but don't want to live there themselves.
Bloody hypocrites!
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2008/feb/25/london08.london
Its for both of us this time!
Didn't anyone tell you Michael?
Keep this up Guido.
Humour will kill him off.
Nobody likes to be a laughing stock - especially working class people.
Have a daily cartoon / joke on Speaker Martin(now thats a joke in itself!!the man cannot speak)
come on Guido, give a crack at 'Auschwitz Dave'. I've bought a new key board, just for this moment.
We will cunt you all over the media for your forgetfulness, you know.
Next time you're onn Newsnight,we will be in the shadows, waiting to cunt you all over the place.
Disn't you hear about Dave's 'holocaust story'? oops, how forgetful of everyone not to inform you.
Suppose you were busy with the days events: tea parties, charity bashes, outing someone, etc..
Go on, be a devil. Do a friday caption on him.
PLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEZE !!!!!
I know that according to parliamentary rules the speaker has done nothing wrong with his luxurious use of his expenses account subsidised by us lesser fortunate taxpayers. However who approves these very generous and unaccountable expenses? why MPs themselves. It is not the speaker or Mr Conway who is guilty but the system that allows them to award themselves these perks with the only checks in place being their own committees. Parliament in this country is out of touch with the electorate and while its MPs swan around in first class luxury paid for by us proles, things will never improve. Just like our police force who realise that putting back the bobby on the beat to be in touch with the people, our elected MPs must do likewise, instead of once every four years when their meal ticket is in threat of being removed.
Isn't the real truth of all this is that few MPs want to forgo their 'expenses' without a comparable rise in their salary - and that they know the outcry there would be for such a rise.
"A group of 100 academics, politicians and artists is warning that a victory..."
Aren't these the people who got us into all this pantomime ten years or so ago?
I see another days news will see the Tories go to ground. This is becoming very common these days.
Today's news that ofgem have fined the National Grid £41m. No we would rather flog this none story.
Ofgem guard consumers against rip-off prices for gas, electricity, water and telephone services. This is proof that regulation and some red tape isn't a bad thing.
Tory John Redwood was asked by David Cameron to look in to these regulatory bodies, and in Aug 2007 the Tories proposed that all these regulatory bodies that protect the public be scrapped. Another Tory gaffe to add to the growing list, listen to John Redwoods silenc
anon 10:39am - one of the reasons these companies are able to rip off the consumer is that the market is heavily "regulated" and the barriers to entry are extremely high - making it somewhat of a gentlemens' club for those able to have a seat at the table. What real competition is the National Grid subject to, pray tell me?
Gormless Gary,
'Auschwitz Gimmick' Jibe Backfires - do try to keep up you mong.
We are the second home preservation society,
God Save Gorbal's Mick, vaudeville and variety,
We are the Commons' sleaze appreciation society,
God save MPs' expenses in all their different varieties,
Preserving the old ways from being reformed,
What more can we do ?
I fear Gary is at this moment in time is at that nice benefit office in Stoke providing proof that he is actively seeking employment or perhaps thinking in some vague form of retraining at something or other.
Still he has got comic value.
He makes me Laugh and Laugh.
just another gormless unemployable oik acting as frontman for the traitors operating smoothly behind the scenes to fuck this country for good; you are doing a good job boys! have another bacon sandwich - you've earned it.
Is Martin's wife related to Camilla Parker-Bowles?!
It's all right chaps. Our beloved prime minister has described Gorbals Mick as a very, very good speaker. The kiss of death.
"come on Guido, give a crack at 'Auschwitz Dave'. I've bought a new key board, just for this moment."
The taxpayers is funding Gary's time in Stoke to send his silly troll postings. Not funny, not clever.
Gary the pride of Stoke- why don't you apply for a council funded translator who could explain to you that cunt, like Gary is a noun. The only difference being Gary is a proper one.
From the BBC news website.
Gordon Brown has defended Commons Speaker Michael Martin, describing him as having been "very, very good".
Like I said previously,, They are so far out of touch, they neither understand or care what us proles think anymore. The sad thing is, what is the alternative? Politics in this country stink. My idea of democracy is not to vote one lot out for another lot to carry on in the same fashion,,, like in the US, it is time for radical change.
10.39
"fined the National Grid £41m"
and just who is going to pay this 41m.... directors? board members ? no, the poor bloody consumer pays...... "result eh "
who will be sacked.... no-one
who will not get a bonus.... no-one
The Beeboids quote Brown as being "Very, very good"
So that's ok then
nothing to see here, move along
Fuck me I did'nt know he was married to Esta Rantzen!
Dear Mr 45
Brevity, eh? Soul of fucking wit. Bravo.
love from stanislav
This letter arrived by mistake today at my office.. I'm always geting the Speakers mail...
Dear Mr Martin
Re Your order for engraved Gold Back- Scratchers.
The items for Sir Stuart Bell, Nick Harvey and David Maclean are now complete with each persons name and the inscription "The Members Estimate Committee 'research' trip Hamburg 2008 "
Your own personal one is however still undergoing some slight modifications as we have been attempting to work the Motto you required into the engraved twin buttock motiff.
The delay has come about due to finding the correct translation from the Latin of Kiss This.
We have "Basio Addo " or "Adde Exosculor".
Please peruse these options and reply to us by Taxi as usual.
Please find enclosed your recipt and your official inflated recipt as per our usual arrangement.
Yours
Singeon Di Caprotei
Sales Manager.
I'm surprised the Speaker doesn't have an official driver, surely he can take Mr. and Mrs. Martin to the shops!
Why the need for all of those taxis?
Straight from the BBC1 1pm news, a clip of Gordon Brown saying that the speaker is a very good speaker. Well of course he is, he keeps on shouting order to break up the flow of attacks against New Labour and give the ineffectual Brown baffoon a chance to get some thoughts into his head, and time to calm down before he blows his stack and strokes out.
Just like all the other useless speakers under New Labour, he's also a good speaker for allowing New Labour to answer a question with another question, instead of getting the point of PMQ's - it's a time to QUESTION THE PM!!!!!
William Wales said...
Is Martin's wife related to Camilla Parker-Bowles?!
11:39 AM, February 25, 2008
You wouldn't be referring to the person Mr Al-Fayed called a 'crocodile wife' would you?
In the past few days, the BBC has been broadcasting comments from defenders of Michael Martin that 'snobbery' is a factor in the campaign against him. The BBC knows perfectly well this is unlikely, as former Speaker George Thomas (a 'poor boy' from the Welsh valleys) always commanded respect from all parts of the House, and 'snobbery' never came into the picture. So when Labourites start talking about 'snobbery', why doesn't the BBC interviewer point out that Thomas was also from the 'working class' - unless they are happy for the snobbery smear to take root?
Quick lets go... our Kinnock rouse has been exposed!
You cann't provide details of my time as your paid secretary, but our daughter Mary is your the constituency secretary, and our son
Paul, WTF, holds the same seat as you - MSP for Glasgow Springburn.
Does that mean that Mary works and is paid by her brother too?
The good times may be coming to an end, I don't think we have a family member MEP?
Anonymous Trumpeter Lanfried said...
"It's all right chaps. Our beloved prime minister has described Gorbals Mick as a very, very good speaker. The kiss of death."
If this is the case why does he have to have a "Spokesman" ???
The man has to go, he is no longer seen as impartial and his expenses sicken the country.
that will damage Labour all the while they try and cling to him.
it also damages the BBC all the while they continue with the bias in his favour.
actually on second thoughts let him stay!
MPs cheered the Speaker in the house this afternoon. Doesn't it make you want to spit?
Never mind this business about having his snout in the trough, his performances alone are reason enough to want rid of him. I've been following events in the Commons since it was first televised, and I can honestly say that the current speaker stands out as by far the worst I have seen.
That Brown describes him as "very good" comes as no surprise. By the same token you could also describe the non-threatening lightweights Brown has in his cabinet as "very good" too. Northern Rock's former management might be deemed "very good", as the inflation and insolvency figures have been for some time now. The state of the 3 main parties' finances are also "very good", I hear.
What else might be labelled as "very good"? We could consider the intelligence that told us Iraq had weapons of mass destruction as being "very good", along with Brown's chances of winning an election. The prospects of me witnessing Elvis Presley crash-land an UFO on the Loch Ness monster are "very good" too.
Well I'll be fucked, I never thought I'd every agree with a single word Clair Short utters but she was spot on in today's daily politics show "he's a bad speaker" and "he's biased towards labour" Good on ya Clair.
so they cheered Mick into the chamber eh? spineless arseholes.
"In a statement sent to the Guardian, the group - which includes the film-maker Lord Puttnam, the singer and songwriter Billy Bragg and the actor Tony Robinson - says Londoners face a clear choice when they go to the polls on May 1 which will have ramifications across the country....."
Fuck me, Puttnam, Bragg and Tony fucking Robinson, the three biggest cunts in Britain. If I had a vote in Lannan it would certainly go to the albino Turk if only to piss off twats like those three. Vote Bozza, vote often.
Mr John Lyon CB
Office of the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards
House of Commons
London
SW1A 0AA
24th February 2008
Dear Mr Lyon,
I write to request that you investigate reports that the Speaker of the House of Commons, Michael Martin MP, has abused allowances provided to him for household expenditure in the discharge of his official duties.
Taxpayers are extremely concerned that the money provided to Members of Parliament to enable the
democratic process to run smoothly and to assist with good representation has in some cases been taken advantage of either for personal or familial gain.
Reports that £4,000 of taxpayers’ money had been spent on taxis for the Speaker’s wife, Mrs Mary Martin, were initially dismissed with the explanation that the taxi trips had been taken in order to purchase food for official functions, and that an administrative Commons official had accompanied Mrs Martin on the trips. It is of great concern to the taxpaying public that it has now emerged that these taxi trips were in fact to buy food for informal functions, and that no official was in fact present.
In the interests of the taxpayers whose money has been used to pay for these taxi journeys and in order to discover the truth of the matter which has already been subject to misleading information from official spokesmen, I ask you to investigate: (i) whether the £4,000 was claimed improperly for these unofficial shopping trips, (ii) whether the money should be paid back by the Speaker, (iii) who decided and agreed to mislead the public in the original explanation of these trips, (iv) at what point the Speaker became aware the public had been misled, and (v) whether the Speaker is therefore an appropriate figure to oversee the House of Commons Commission and the associated inquiry on MPs’ expenses and allowances.
I would of course be more than happy to meet with you to discuss my concerns regarding this issue, which I trust you will approach with the utmost seriousness.
Yours sincerely,
Mark Wallace
Campaign Director, TaxPayers’ Alliance
Mr Wallace, Taxpayers' Alliance, also raises the question of these two Labour Peers claiming overnight allowances in a newspaper article. Billingham, plump and pink, is often reviewing the papers on Sky News late at night, for which she presumably gets a fee, and then claims overnight allowances off us sucker taxpayers. I've never heard of Brett.
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Among those who claimed last year was the Labour peer Baroness Billingham, who has a flat in Hampstead and a country house in Suffolk to which she normally returns on Thursday nights. Billingham claimed £26,983 in 2006-07, the last year for which figures are available, and said she had not been asked to provide any proof to support her claim. 'I think a lot of things are based on trust, to be absolutely honest with you,' she said.
Others with property in London who claim the expenses include the Labour peer and former senior trade unionist Lord Brett, who lists his address in Who's Who as a flat in the Dolphin Square complex near Westminster, but declares his main residence as his home in Cumbria. He claimed £27,887last year.
The claims are within House of Lords rules: there is no suggestion any of those involved are guilty of wrongdoing. But Mark Wallace of the Taxpayers' Alliance, which has led calls for more accountability from MPs, said: 'No one minds lords being recompensed for reasonable expenses they incur, but the claims system has to meet modern standards of accounting and scrutiny. No other industry allows staff to claim tens of thousands of pounds without a receipt.'
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It's all still a joke to them.
Hasn't this twit gone yet?
I don't think MPs were cheering the Speaker himself. They were cheering for their perks and fiddles: expenses claims without receipts, having your home redecorated every year, being able to employ your entire fucking family without anyone checking they are actually working, and all at the taxpayers' expense.
MPs know that their best hope of retaining, indeed enhancing their lavish package of freebies is to have a Speaker who has his snout buried as deep in the trough as any of them. To this bunch of greedy, venal twats the weekend's newspaper coverage of the Speaker will have been great news indeed - confirmation that Mr Martin is indeed one of the biggest pigs in the piggery. Hence the genuine and heartfelt cheers that greeted his appearance in the Chamber yesterday.
they were cheering in favour of the embezzlers' charter mr martin is proposing.
mr martin and the other dishonest members of parliament are as thick as thieves. and that is because they are indeed thieves who shamelessly steal our hard earned money.
martin is misusing parliamentary procedures to cover his own backside.
unacceptable and untenable.
resign you chancer.
In the past few days, the BBC has been broadcasting comments from defenders of Michael Martin that 'snobbery' is a factor in the campaign against him. The BBC knows perfectly well this is unlikely, as former Speaker George Thomas (a 'poor boy' from the Welsh valleys) always commanded respect from all parts of the House, and 'snobbery' never came into the picture. So when Labourites start talking about 'snobbery', why doesn't the BBC interviewer point out that Thomas was also from the 'working class' - unless they are happy for the snobbery smear to take root?,
Because to George Thomas his Welsh working class roots were a matter of pride. It was part of who he was. Part of the foundation for all he achieved. He believed he owed the world something and gave unstintingly.
But despite what Speaker Martin might claim, he is ashamed of his Scottish working class roots.
He has allowed his working class roots to be a stumbling block, and not a foundation.
He firmly believes that the world owes him and he takes unstintingly.
He is a sort of Vidkun Quisling to his roots and his nation.
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