tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8212152.post6760256207321768239..comments2008-01-26T11:49:54.977ZGuido Fawkeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15091277669318213298noreply@blogger.comBlogger71125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8212152.post-78487703082541592282008-01-26T10:31:00.000Z2008-01-26T10:31:00.000ZCan the tangoed twat explain why it took £100,000 to rent a one room office, buy two new PCs and employ a temp?<BR/>We should review election law. If you don't vote for the party in power then you should not have to pay taxes to keep them there. <BR/>Time to get out the old Soweto necklace, remember the petrol soaked tyre round the neck Tango boy?ron Vibentropnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8212152.post-44179151804039726052008-01-25T19:36:00.000Z2008-01-25T19:36:00.000ZAnd the White Queen in the Grauniad is STILL spinning for NuLiebor! I wish her vibrator would go into overdrive and finish her off.<BR/><BR/>Peter GrimesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8212152.post-34470533684069488292008-01-25T16:26:00.000Z2008-01-25T16:26:00.000Z...I should add (reinforce?) that the whole boiling lot of them, of whatever political pursuasion, should be more transparent in their dealings. It's perfectly easy to do, and it would add a lot to their credibility. And it need not be the addition of more laws and rules. They could all easily just do it. I reckon it would encourage more small donations from the constituency associations as it would make them all more likely to work hard at wooing small donations.<BR/><BR/>So I hold no candle out for Cameron or anyone.<BR/><BR/>Clear?lolanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8212152.post-44430094165946963382008-01-25T16:10:00.000Z2008-01-25T16:10:00.000Zyes, nowlolanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8212152.post-20470096570991345712008-01-25T15:55:00.000Z2008-01-25T15:55:00.000ZLola<BR/><BR/>Not true - we know the amount of HAin's donations but not Cameron's.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8212152.post-14609082382823458102008-01-25T15:50:00.000Z2008-01-25T15:50:00.000ZAnon 2:43 & 1.49 you're making the assumption that this is pro Tory - personally that's not the absolute case. They are just the least worst option.<BR/><BR/>And, transparency in donations should apply to all politicians. Those that you note are transparent. Hain's were not.lolanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8212152.post-70272954332387256372008-01-25T15:38:00.000Z2008-01-25T15:38:00.000ZAlex<BR/><BR/>Not in Section 4 of the Register of Members Interests - the reporting threshold is just the same as for the Electoral Commission. <BR/><BR/>I obviously did a few more minutes research than you!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8212152.post-41153722148460248112008-01-25T15:30:00.000Z2008-01-25T15:30:00.000Zordinary housewife said... <BR/>"£2,000,000 to elect someone to a job that has been invented to give him a title and let him play with other people's lives for a diversion COME ON."<BR/><BR/>It's their money. They can spend it on whatever keeps them happy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8212152.post-54775817718692130352008-01-25T15:29:00.000Z2008-01-25T15:29:00.000ZI think you will find that were the Conservatives have not informed the Elec. Com it is because the Elec. Com. informed them that they did not need to. This is a big difference to Hain & co.Johnny Norfolkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16900659617233793880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8212152.post-48517158250384657212008-01-25T15:24:00.000Z2008-01-25T15:24:00.000ZDo you know Mr Fawkes, you are one of the few people in the whole of the wider media who is saying what so many of us feel. Before the likes of you, people like me felt like a minority with the BBC and all taking a left wing stance on everything. Now I feel the silent majority is being represented by you where the BBC & co have totaly failed.<BR/><BR/>Thank you and well done.Johnny Norfolkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16900659617233793880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8212152.post-54074687689927102082008-01-25T15:17:00.000Z2008-01-25T15:17:00.000Zanon 1.49, let's root out the perverts first eh, 1.49.<BR/>you don't want to protect perverts now, do you?<BR/>we can get to the wastrels later.<BR/>get your priorities right.thick as thievesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8212152.post-12451441582056003282008-01-25T15:11:00.000Z2008-01-25T15:11:00.000Z"No Dougal - the law says all donations should be reported to the Electoral Commission"<BR/><BR/>No it doesn't. For one thing there is a minimum value for the donation for it to be reported to the EC. Hain made good use of that £1000 limit....<BR/><BR/>You'll be telling us next that on Cameron's website he has a page telling us he's murdered his mum and buried her under the patio.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8212152.post-51719778724979533122008-01-25T15:05:00.000Z2008-01-25T15:05:00.000ZAnonymous @ 1:49<BR/><BR/>So what makes you think that the donations that were reported in the RoMI but not reported to the EC were over the £1,000 reporting threshold for EC reports. All donations are recorded in the register of members interests, but only those over £999 are reported to the Electroal Commission. <BR/><BR/>A few minutes research would have told you that.Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13775753218753337766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8212152.post-89898287608307057302008-01-25T14:43:00.000Z2008-01-25T14:43:00.000ZNo Dougal - the law says all donations should be reported to the Electoral Commission - it doesn't appear that they were. I didn't know you could be selective about what laws you obey and those that you don't. The Register of Members interests doesn't report the amount of donations BTW. If Hain has broken the law he will have to face the consequences. <BR/><BR/> Glad you agree that donations should not be made through non functioning bodies - does the same logic apply to the Midlands Industrial Councils and the various companies used by Tory (and Liberal) donors?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8212152.post-27486348635191977392008-01-25T14:30:00.000Z2008-01-25T14:30:00.000Z@ Anon 1:49 PM<BR/><BR/>Wow! <BR/><BR/>Fantastic! <BR/><BR/>Why have you not started your own blog?<BR/><BR/>Amazing.Unsworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08307116169498533047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8212152.post-8214820615641830272008-01-25T14:22:00.000Z2008-01-25T14:22:00.000ZAnon @1.49 - so what you're saying is that all Cameron's donations were in fact publicly posted, so you didn't have to do any digging, and they're all legal (not donated through non-functioning Think Tanks, or so-called charities).<BR/><BR/>Well, that certainly puts old Hain in the clear then.dougalnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8212152.post-81595088440170995112008-01-25T14:08:00.000Z2008-01-25T14:08:00.000ZGF rote "Some 28,800 people were prosecuted last year by Hain's former department, the DWP, for failing to declare income. Many were prosecuted for small amounts of money".<BR/><BR/>Says it all really. Pay people benefits without proper supervision and - unsuprisingly - they do cash work. Then generate more bureaucracy by proescuting them as criminals.<BR/><BR/>We are all criminals now. If we do not fit some convenient bureaucratic category or act in a way that makes it difficult, we are criminalised.<BR/><BR/>Look at all the stupid law that this mob has enacted. A veritable blizzard of badly drafted envy legislation. It's no wonder the rules get brokenlolanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8212152.post-5976310861325967402008-01-25T13:55:00.000Z2008-01-25T13:55:00.000ZThe Labour is and always has been a criminal conspiracy to ruin the country.This masks the petty theft carried out by the apparatchiks and the quangocrats <BR/><BR/>This time round it has only taken the project longer to run out of public money to waste. <BR/><BR/>How can anyone with any sense vote for them?Jomohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16252698058263946442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8212152.post-52327760033564585892008-01-25T13:49:00.000Z2008-01-25T13:49:00.000Z"No ifs, no buts, lawmakers can't be allowed to be law breakers"<BR/><BR/>And does this apply to Dave? <BR/><BR/>A quick comparison of the Register of Members interests and the Electoral Commission Website shows that back in 2005 he received donations from Sir Anthony Wigram, Rodney Leach and Daniel Janner QC which were reported in the former - but do not appear to have been reported to the Commission over two years later. He also hasn't reported a Party that was hosted for him at the 2005 Conservative Party Conference by Paddy Gilford which he reported to the register of interests.<BR/><BR/>And Witney Conservative Association don't appear to have reported a donation from David Wilson which Dave reported in the register of interests in March 2006 (oh dear haven't they been in trouble with the Commission before!)<BR/><BR/>And all this from an hour's research - I'm sure an investigative blogger of your calibre could find so much more if you wanted to?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8212152.post-7289812932536600042008-01-25T13:48:00.000Z2008-01-25T13:48:00.000ZG Broon saying he's not a ditherer...he's geting on with the job..... <BR/><BR/>He's whizzing around the world like a blue a****d fly - what a waste of fossil fuel. <BR/><BR/>BTW I think the makeover people have been called in. His hair looks different and this photo of him on this BBC/Nulabour page shows the new 'groomed' look. Can't do much about the bags under the eyes and the jowls - will have to go under the knife ..oops my hand slipped. <BR/><BR/>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7208304.stmrobbienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8212152.post-63148288631187950432008-01-25T13:25:00.000Z2008-01-25T13:25:00.000ZMaybe you missed the Indian connection in Gordon's funding for his election and recent activity in India.<BR/><BR/>Oh and The Scottish Industry Forum which funded Wendy Alexander, what is it and who does it get its loot from is this not another third party?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8212152.post-22444913283184022442008-01-25T13:23:00.001Z2008-01-25T13:23:00.001ZStrapworld said ....<BR/><BR/>"Cameron will have to show his fighting abilities. He has to DEMAND a prosecution. "<BR/><BR/>Including the local Conservative Party in Witney who accepted llegal donations.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8212152.post-44445815378806683002008-01-25T13:23:00.000Z2008-01-25T13:23:00.000ZCome on, Guido. Hain's gone. Now turn your mighty guns on Leninslime. He's worse than the rest of them put together and I want to see him SHREDDED.bogeymannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8212152.post-7703215012914693592008-01-25T13:13:00.000Z2008-01-25T13:13:00.000Z"If they can bang up Archer and Aitken,"<BR/><BR/>Banged up for perjury, a crime only ever committed by Tory ministers it seems. How many people must lie in court every year but don't get charged with perjury.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8212152.post-30387216415071575602008-01-25T12:57:00.000Z2008-01-25T12:57:00.000Zordinary housewife said... <BR/><BR/>"There has never been a deputy PM before and no need for one."<BR/><BR/><BR/>Rab Butler?<BR/>Willie Whitelaw?<BR/>Geoffrey Howe?<BR/>Michael Heseltine?<BR/><BR/>Or don't Conservative Deputy Prime Ministers count?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com