There has been hearsay that a number of senior LibDems have been employing close relatives who have little visible presence in the constituencies; concealing this from attention by paying researchers as little as possible so redirect allocated funds (a la Jim “common practice in the Unions” Devine).

Does anyone know about this? If true, I would call for culprit’s dismissal.

Nothing wrong with my ethical standards but you may wish to to take a further look at that book on ethical philosophy – read it carefully this time.

If I had all my money stolen and donated to Oxfam, I wouldn’t go to Oxfam and ask for my money back – why? Because I know damn well that it’s not Oxfam’s fault that I lost all my money. The crime/morally wrong part of what that guy did was steal the money, not donating to a political party. That’s what the Lib Dems argued and the judge agreed with.

EIther you know that (and you’re just arguing for the sake of arguing) or you don’t. In the latter case can I recommend that you go and read up on ethical philosophy?

I find it shameless that you should defend the Lib Dems having received money from a convicted crook and even more so when it is clear that the money he gave was stolen from honest people. What’s self-justifying about saying you should give it back – bet you wouldn’t disagree if your life savings (or that of your parents) had been stolen.
Maybe you need to have another look at “your moral dimension”. Frankly if your argument is the best you can do LC Jones would be ashamed of you.

So, let me get this right. The fact that a smaller proportion of Lib Dem MPs had to re-pay a much smaller amount of money wrongly claimed in expenses, than either Lab or Con (not that I would want to justifiy it) – and the fact that some money was legally donated to the Lib Dems, by someone who turns out after months and months of investigations by the police, to have done some other stuff wrong – should prevent the Lib Dems from rightly criticising Labour and Conservative MPs who either openly sought, or tacitly acted, to prevent MPs’ expenses being subject to freedom of information legislation?

Is there actually any logic in that? Are you actually saying you think that freedom of information legislation should have been changed so all the dirty secrets about MPs’ expenses should not have come out? I know which party I’m proud to be a member of.

It’s not surprising that politics is so messed up with such self-justifying nonsense falling out of the mouths of Labour and Conservative supporters.

As Lance Corporal Jones might say: “They don’t like it up ‘em!”

(Remember, Grammar P, remember – *don’t feed the trolls*)

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23418227-revealed-london-mps-claiming-9m-expenses.do

BTW
He also voted strongly against the Iraq war, anti-terrorism laws, ID cards and for the hunting ban.

I am sooooo happy that there are no issues at all surrounding the Lib Dems & public money re-directed to the pockets of the great & the good in the yellow rosettes.

Lots of Conservative Front Benchers and Labour Ministers voted in this way.