Sunday Sleaze Round-Up
Due to the quantity of political sleaze being reported Guido is introducing a "Pigs in Shit" rating system for guidance on the misdemeanors of porcine politicians.
Wee Wendy in New Funding RowPolitically motivated mud throwing, technical reporting error / potentially honest mistake.
Wendy is facing another investigation by the Electoral Commission into a claim that she channelled £12,000 through the Scottish Industry Forum (SIF) a Labour front organisation to fund her constituency office. A Scottish Conservative party fundraiser, claims he was misled into contributing to her office at a fundraiser.
Purnell Fiddles Primary Residence to Dodge Tax
This is the classic property trick by politicians. Claim the mortgage subsidy allowance by saying your London home is your second home and the constituency home is your primary residence. When the MP comes to sell the London property this is a problem, only primary residences qualify to escape capital gains tax. Guido highlighted the primary/second home trick in December 2005 (see Four Lords a Fiddlin'). Guido is not going to give Purnell three pigs for fraudulent misrepresentation because he is so slippery he probably would escape prosecution.
David Davis Campaign Donation Declared by Lieutenants
A businessman who gave £20,000 to "essentially" support Basher Davis' bid for the Tory crown had his donation declared by Andrew Mitchell and Nick Herbert. They say they used the money to support a researcher who worked on the Davis campaign.
Multi-Millionaire Paxman Pays Staff Below Minimum Wage
Well, well, well - according to his ex-staff he paid them £200 for a forty hour week, gave them no payslips, no contract and no agreed holidays. He treated them with his characteristic arrogance and high handedness. Answer the question Paxo - Did you pay tax and national insurance on their wages? The Screws story also re-hashes some of his affairs.
Peers Fiddle Tens of Thousands in Allowances
Labour peer Baroness Billingham, who has a flat in Hampstead and a country house in Suffolk claimed £26,983 in 2006-07 in overnight allowances inexplicably. Another Labour peer and former senior trade unionist Lord Brett, who lists his address in Who's Who as a flat in Dolphin Square declares his main residence as his home in Cumbria allowing him to claim £27,887 last year. This scam is outright fiddling which Guido pointed to years ago.
Michael Ancram Claims £20,000 to Paint House
Yet more piggery, the multi-millionaire 13th Marquess of Lothian and Earl, Michael Ancram explains that the taxpayer had to paint his property and remove moss from the garden. Why?
Derek Draper's Missus is Tangoing With Someone Else
Purnell Fiddles Primary Residence to Dodge Tax
This is the classic property trick by politicians. Claim the mortgage subsidy allowance by saying your London home is your second home and the constituency home is your primary residence. When the MP comes to sell the London property this is a problem, only primary residences qualify to escape capital gains tax. Guido highlighted the primary/second home trick in December 2005 (see Four Lords a Fiddlin'). Guido is not going to give Purnell three pigs for fraudulent misrepresentation because he is so slippery he probably would escape prosecution.
David Davis Campaign Donation Declared by Lieutenants
A businessman who gave £20,000 to "essentially" support Basher Davis' bid for the Tory crown had his donation declared by Andrew Mitchell and Nick Herbert. They say they used the money to support a researcher who worked on the Davis campaign.
Multi-Millionaire Paxman Pays Staff Below Minimum Wage
Well, well, well - according to his ex-staff he paid them £200 for a forty hour week, gave them no payslips, no contract and no agreed holidays. He treated them with his characteristic arrogance and high handedness. Answer the question Paxo - Did you pay tax and national insurance on their wages? The Screws story also re-hashes some of his affairs.
Peers Fiddle Tens of Thousands in Allowances
Labour peer Baroness Billingham, who has a flat in Hampstead and a country house in Suffolk claimed £26,983 in 2006-07 in overnight allowances inexplicably. Another Labour peer and former senior trade unionist Lord Brett, who lists his address in Who's Who as a flat in Dolphin Square declares his main residence as his home in Cumbria allowing him to claim £27,887 last year. This scam is outright fiddling which Guido pointed to years ago.
Michael Ancram Claims £20,000 to Paint House
Yet more piggery, the multi-millionaire 13th Marquess of Lothian and Earl, Michael Ancram explains that the taxpayer had to paint his property and remove moss from the garden. Why?
Derek Draper's Missus is Tangoing With Someone Else
64 comments:
Gangsta Rap in Manchester when Rockin Gordo meets up with Dig Out Bertie..........Guido can reveal at his leisure.
I want to be alone
Who gets the three "Pigs in shit" badge?
Pass The [sick bucket] Pigs...
That swamp donkey Wendy has set a bar which all the lying shits will limbo under and the EC will not be able to act.
What a bunch of fuckwits they truly are Surely the "gatso" test applies if you get flashed you get done simple! it works on motorists and murderers so why not politicians.
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And while - in this age of transparency - our MPs continue to resist the kind of scrutiny and sanction that others in the public eye face, it is surely right that we ask the likes of Crick, Grossman and Paxman to keep asking awkward questions.
Peter Barron asks
Poor Paxo stuffed today ...
Who will be next ???
Guido, can you assure us that this is not just a short term campaign? It’s when these parasites come knocking on our doors, hoping to canvass our votes so they may continue their corrupt lifestyles,, That’s when this campaign will be needed the most, please let’s not play their game and develop amnesia around election time, run it now but please let’s have a re-run come election time.
It might be better to work through them alphabetically, just in case one slips through the net.
Great stuff Guido, keep it up.
After all the years of corrupt politics, I am, for the first time in my life, beginning to feel that one day soon an awful lot of them may get their just desserts. Its like a huge dam leaking while a small boy struggles to keep a finger in the hole. Hain, Harman, Alexander, the other Alexander, Johnson, Livingstone, Jasper, Electoral Commission, Michael Martin, Conway, MPs' expenses .... endless list. God bless the power of the internet and all its' bloggers
What did they paint the house with? Gold leaf?
Surely if lord Brett is listing his address as Dolphin Square, then he has no legal leg to stand on.
He should be Dis-lorded, made to pay the money back and taken down the local nick and charged with defrauding the Taxpayer.
No wonder the pigs on all sides of the house are keeping quiet. I know it is no better or worse than many of the other trough-snufflings, but Michael Ancram's leaves a particulary nasty taste - "we had to renew....", who the fuck is WE? Certainly not him apparently. Venal cunt.
i lov this pigs in shit--next time a MP waffles about benefit cheats--i will laugh
thx fawkes
The Purnell dodge may be kosher. I believe that you qualify for the CGT exemption if the property you sell had been your primary residence at any time in the previous 5 years. I only know that because I got my house at a knowckdown price of the estate of a man who had separated from his wife 4 years and 10 months previously, and they were in a bit of a rush to sell. thatw as seventeen years ago, but I think the same rules apply.
Ancram's 20K for painting and removing moss is cheap at the price - that moss doesn't just remove itself you know.
Can you imagine Paxo's face I wonder if he sneered ??
Love the three pig rating Guido. But....
How long before these shites start wearing them as a badge of honour (a la ASBOs)?
Does ONE offence qualify for a naximum 3 rating, and additional offences viz rubberlipswendy qualify again, in which case I can see 9 or more pigs to speakergorbalsmickpigandwife.....
O/T i kno, but fans of the beautiful game (and the national side in particular) should look away now....
http://www.sundaymirror.co.uk/news/sunday/2008/02/10/gordon-brown-i-m-fan-of-fabio-capello-98487-20314685/
it seems that jonah have climbed aboard...
If you flip Purnell's photoshopped pic 45 degrees his mouth looks like a crooked cunt. Quite apt really.
dolly draper hahaha...... there is a god you nulabour scumbag!
I find it morally repugnant and totally reprehensible that you should use such an offensive image of a pig to highlight the activities of corrupt politicians, while pigs may be manifestly dirty this is inherent in their nature in contrast to Politicians who become dirty when they detect the aroma of a trough to dine at.
Sincerely
Yusuf al-Qaradawi
(Currently bored in an Internet Cafe in Calais waiting for the heat to die down to come to UK for medical treatment).
P.S. Ken & Lee if you have got the LDA to book my room in the Savoy can you make sure the mini bar is full.
like the graphics guido !!
"pork rating" of course these images would be banned under sharia.
"pork factor" as in warp factor.
could have sizzleing burnt spit roast graphic for when they get sacked ! or a box of paxo for when they get stuffed .
this second home fiddle is clearly not being used in the way it was meant to be !!
but wheres gordon not seen him for ages , apparently he plays Wii tennis with his 4 yr old . "och you see wee laddie when in the bunker we play video games , thats right laddie you get a question from an adult and knock it back like a child would do .
got that one too gordon , yah boo sucks to trolls .
Look Guido i can't keep on writing and re writing my expense sheets.. I'm on Nine Quangos, Six commitees, and Twelve review boards as well as my MP duties you know.
What I am going to do is just put in a claim for a reasonable amount, say
£12,000 a month and just add a number of your pig icons to indicate the amount of over or underhand claiming that one could reasonably expect OK.
a rich man and a poor man are buying gifts for their wives birthday,the rich man says ' i got my wife a brand new BMW and a diamond ring,that way if she does,nt like the ring she can take it back in her BMW and still be happy'. the poor man says ' i got my wife a pair of slippers and a dildo that way is she doesnt like the slippers,she can go f*** herself.
Any pigsh-t on Brown ?
There is still always his purchase of a london flat from Arthur Anderson , receivers to Maxwell's mess in the the late 1990's- never seriously examined .
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The Smith Institute - a saga waiting to be exposed
but there must be lots more !
does anyone know how much porcupine commonus and porcupine lordus can accumulate a year and what is taxed and tax free as well?
One can see why Company Chairmen make sure the company donates as it boosts the old pension pot
Ancram's bloody moss problem is bad enough, but Billingham's fiddle is an utter disgrace.
I wonder if these scrounging bastards have insurance aginst being investigated by HMRC?
I hope not - what ever happened to the rule that any lead on corruption fed to the Customs and Excise (as they were) had to be investigated, whether deemed spurious or not.
An old man and his wife went to the doctor for a check-up. While the man is with the doctor, the doctor askes him, "So how has life been treating you?" The old man replies, "The Lord's been good to me. Every night when I go to the bathroom, He turn s the light on and when I'm finished, He turns the light off." While the old woman is with the doctor, the doctor tells her what her husband said. She replied "D*mn it! The old fart's been pissin in the ice box again!"
what a cheapskate cunt paxman is!
Guido - Hero of the Week Award
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P.S. Only the second recipient, last one was the Police who bugged Khan.
What gets me is that it was only last week that James Purnell was copying Tory policy bleating on about people who are wrongly on state benefits. This is totally hypocritical of the cabinet minister for work and pensions who is trying to fiddle the tax system himself. Purnell should resign!
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purnell would resign if
a) he had any morals
b) he wasn't so busy rimming gordon.
c) he wasn't bitch fighting nick robinson over who was going to rim gordon first.
this is not a multiple choice, the selfish immoral cunt would rim himself if he could fucking reach.
Why has Gordon Brown claimed £17K per annum as the cost of maintaing a home in London when in fact he gets his accomodation (no11 then No10) for free?
Derek Draper and missus were on charidee millionaire. He couldn't answer whose biog was called "Unless I'm Very Much Mistaken". Now I haven't read it or even knew of its existence but 2+2=Murray Walker.
Labour spinmeister couldn't work it out. Said it all for me.
The preacher is dying
An old preacher was dying. He sent a message for his banker and his lawyer, both church members, to come to his home.
When they arrived, they were ushered up to his bedroom. As they entered the room, the preacher held out his hands and motioned for them to sit on each side of the bed. The preacher grasped their hands, sighed contentedly, smiled, and stared at the ceiling. For a time, no one said anything.
Both the banker and lawyer were touched and flattered that the preacher would ask them to be with him during his final moments. They were also puzzled; the preacher had never given them any indication that he particularly liked either of them. They both remembered his many long, uncomfortable sermons about greed, covetousness, and avaricious behaviour that made them squirm in their seats.
Finally, the banker said, "Preacher, why did you ask us to come?"
The old preacher mustered up his strength and then said weakly, "Jesus died between two thieves, and that's how I want to go."
Well done Guido.
Of course the lot of them are scoundrels but Purnell seems an obvious and clear cut one to be fingered by the plod.
I wonder If he will agree with New Lab police directives to place his fingerprints and DNA on the government database for ever more, even if not charged or found innocent?
"Two men were out walking in the woods when they came upon a grizzly bear. The bear spotted them and started toward them. "One man turned to the other and yelled, Run as fast as you can!'
"The other man said, There is no way we can outrun a grizzly bear!'
"The other one turned to him and said, I don't need to outrun the grizzly bear, I just need to be able to outrun you.' "
If I remember rightly the Dolly Draper - Kate Garrigan marriage was graced by a classic comment from none other than the professional spiv and Murdoch lackey - Peiers Morgan
"If I'd known the bar was set that low I'd have had a go myself"
Seems like he was more than right
New Lab are Keen to record and publish photo evidence of petty crime on our streets yet they are NOT prepared to address frequent high level Fraud that is rife within their ranks.
Mr Fawkes,
I believe that you have used my picture in a context that may give rise to an action for libel.
Please advise me of the address where a writ may be served.
Lord Ashcroft is the elephant in the room of sleaze that you fail to mention.
If you have evidence of wrongdoing in regard to Ashcroft, contact the authorities.
How many disability-benefit claimants = one DWP minister's tax avoidance?
ashcroft is a fucking liability for the tories.
and he's a pompous arse.
the tories just can't help whoring themselves for money.
it must be in their nature.
"Why has Gordon Brown claimed £17K per annum as the cost of maintaing a home in London when in fact he gets his accomodation (no11 then No10) for free?"
Yes , why ?
you dont understand about Ashcroft. His management of the 'target seat' programme is of far more value them the money he donates.
The 'Ashcroft Money'that has Labour wetting their pants, isnt really from Ashcroft. Ashcroft donates money *and* manages the targeting of funds.
For a candidate in a target seat to get money from Ashcroft target seat fund, he needs to put together a business plan.
The business plan needs to show how the candidate expects to win the election, how he will lever in extra funding. This plan is then subjected to interrogation. Think dragons den/ applying for a business loan from your bank.
This process sorts out the men from the boys, it tightens up the priorities of the candidate, and concentrates their minds on what they need to do to win.
Because the value of the 'ashcroft money' is far greater then the actual sum of money they recieve (ashcroft money to local associations is lower then TU money going into local labour associations), and thus is even more dangerous to Labour then they could ever imagine.
Guido-wee wendy "the mooth" is definitely 3 pigs!
Purnell confirmed that from April 2003 he claimed the second-home allowance on his London flat. He said he could not recall which property he claimed on between 2001, when he became an MP, and 2003. He said that the parliamentary authorities had destroyed the records because they were so old.
So between 2001 & 2003 is now called "so old"..what a crock !
Saturday's Mail carried the sad story of Mr Graham Woodward who was given a 9 month suspended jail term and reduced to penury for defrauding the BenefitAgency of 24995 pounds.Nobody would dream of comparing his reprehensible actions with those of our MPs,civil servants,quango fodder etc.There is a world of difference.
Mr Woodward has no power.He is not intent on destroying our way of life and our freedom and turning England into a 3rd world shithole.
He is just an ordinary chancer caught out.
Not at all like our governing class with whom any comparison would be most inappropriate.I do love that useless word.
I think your system is in need of a 4 pig rating system, just in case.
There is a degree of sleaze higher then potentially fraudulent or criminal activity.
Which is
Deliberately treasonable activity deserving of the death penalty.
Guido, can you provide (another) public service by counting the days since the Charity Commissioner first began investigating The Smith Institute?
Then you can compare it against historci events: e.g., it has taken longer for the CC to investigate this case than it did for Monty to re-take North Africa etc.
It might shame the CC into action - though I doubt it as shame requires a conscience.
Happy Birthday Guido!!
Anyone know what is happening with the David Mills court case.
(Tessa needs to know, so she can decide whether she formally loves him or not...)
Guido- your pigs should be face-down in shit with their arses towards the public. Yours are too nice.
Quite why Kate Garraway married Dolly Draper is amystery to us all. He's not so much NuLabour as old, oily tawdry Labour. Not someone you would want to take to the BAFTAS surely? Seems Big Jugs Kate has decided to go from one extreme to another....
The Daily Wail has picked up the baton on Paxo and Dolly Draper today hooray....
Read Greg Pallasts 'Best Democracy Money Can Buy',says alot about Dolly Draper in the lobbeygate and the sale of Britain.
The parasitic scum can't even be bothered to do the job they are paid for - upholding our freedoms and democracy. The EU not-the-constitution is a done deal, they can't even be bothered to attend the debates. Parliament should be dissolved forewith as it serves no useful purpose.
George Galloway has written a great piece about Paxman in the Daily Record he is correct in what he says
The father of the youngest soldier injured in Iraq has criticised the Government for "cutting corners" in their new compensation scheme.
Private Jamie Cooper lost the use of one of his legs and a hand and his stomach was "blown out" after two mortar bombs hit his base in Basra in November 2006. His furious father Phil Cooper said the Government would have preferred his son to return to the UK in "a body bag" because it would have been cheaper. The 19-year-old also went on to contract MRSA and caught C difficile when he was in hospital recovering from his injuries. Despite a move by the Government to increase compensation to Armed Forces severely injured in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, Cooper has been told he will receive no extra money in addition to his compensation. The Bristol teenager was awarded a lump sum of £57,587 and an annual payment of £9,000 - 60 per cent of his final salary - for the remainder of his life. His father Phil said: "What faceless person decides that when your stomach is blown out, you lose the use of your leg and your hand is shattered, then that is worth only £57,000 for the rest of your life?
What a great pity this brave young man wasn't the son of Conway..hmmmm...did ANY son of an MP go to war...the one Bliar, Brown, Straw, Hoon etc supported?
nice idea
Talking of sleaze in British politics, what about large British charities, such as Oxfam with its close links to the Labour hierarchy, allowing a Labour Councillor (Antonia Bance, who is Oxfam's deputy director for its UK Poverty Programme) to do her Council business during Oxfam hours. You could argue that a charity is subsidizing party political work and thereby violating UK Charity Law, wouldn't you? I doubt that Oxfam would do this for a Conservative coucincillor.
good point 11.09. oxfam's profits in relation to its turnover are impossibly small considering they receive free stock.
help the aged also receives free stock. it has a turnover of 30million pounds a year, pays very low wages to its shop managers and has reduced business rates.
yet it barely makes 3 million a year in profit which it pays to the charity.
sounds like they are helping themselves rather than helping the aged!
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