https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/ope...from-oil-firm/
I don’t know what’s more depressing that he’s willing to sell out his own kids futures or that it’s for such a paltry sum. If you’re going to take a bribe why not at least make it life changing?
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https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/ope...from-oil-firm/
I don’t know what’s more depressing that he’s willing to sell out his own kids futures or that it’s for such a paltry sum. If you’re going to take a bribe why not at least make it life changing?
Also his voting record is like that of an actual super villain, how can people still vote for someone like this? Do people never check voting records before they vote?
Consistently voted against the hunting ban
Generally voted against laws to promote equality and human rights
Generally voted against equal gay rights
Almost always voted for reducing the rate of corporation tax
Consistently voted for selling England’s state owned forests
Generally voted against financial incentives for low carbon emission electricity generation methods
Generally voted against measures to prevent climate change
Almost always voted against slowing the rise in rail fares
Consistently voted against paying higher benefits over longer periods for those unable to work due to illness or disability
Consistently voted against raising welfare benefits at least in line with prices
Consistently voted for a reduction in spending on welfare benefits
Consistently voted for the Iraq war
Almost always voted against UK membership of the EU
Generally voted against a right to remain for EU nationals already in living in the UK
Generally voted against a banker’s bonus tax
Almost always voted for more restrictive regulation of trade union activity
Almost always voted for restricting the scope of legal aid
Generally voted against restrictions on fees charged to tenants by letting agents
Consistently voted for the privatisation of Royal Mail
Consistently voted for mass surveillance of people’s communications and activities
Consistently voted for ending financial support for some 16-19 year olds in training and further education
Voted for raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year
Conservative ?
See, this is the point (only four posts in...sometimes its as late as 10) when the thread just becomes a rather pointless activist-y equivalent of a political circle-jerk for the usual suspects to make themselves feel better about themselves for half an hour by participating in it and making stereotypes about 'other people'.
There are loads of ongoing scandals involving the Labour Party, SNP, Lib Dems etc. If someone looked at the case involving Claudia Webbe or Keith Vaz or former Liverpool mayor Joe Anderson (all much much worse examples!) and concluded 'typical Labour' they would be wrong to do so. Same as anyone making the same accusations here.
For the record;
1 / If you have any interest in political corruption etc, then you know it impacts all parties. That's just a fact. If you dont realise that you either arent paying attention, or your eyes are closed to it, in which case you actually support the thing you profess to dislike.
2 / Being paid by an organisation and voting that way doesnt necessarily equal corruption, it may equal passion. MP's are paid externally to advise all the time. It means they have expertise in something and care about it. Someone may be paid by a trade union for example and vote for Trade Union rights, it doesn't mean he or she is corrupt per se. I don't agree with his stance on fossil fuels, but it doesnt mean he's corrupt about it.
3 / He does sound like a bit of a knob, and his brand of social conservatism and climate change-scepticism doesnt interest me, but he is answering to his constituents, many of whom may share his views and thats fair enough. Same goes with Corbyn, Johnson, any other MP you care to mention.
Yeah its no suprise with this lot.
The what’s in it for me party in all of its glory.
Do people see this voting record and the bribes and still want to vote for him? I just can’t get my head around it.
Or do people vote without knowing?
So you’re happy to vote for a party where the majority have similar voting records.
Any examples of other parties having similar types of corruption to this?
Being paid and voting that way is the definition of corruption, even if he was enough of a twat to vote that way anyway.
Some balance yes cut and pasted, ( those in glass houses shouldn't ??)
Former Labour MP for Peterborough,*Fiona Onasanya, was removed from her position in Parliament following a criminal conviction. Elected in the 2017 General Election, Onasanya was found guilty in December 2018 of perverting the course of justice, after she lied to the police to avoid being prosecuted for speeding.
She was eventually removed from office in May 2019 after a successful recall petition. Chaudhury Mohammed Iqbal, a former Labour councillor for Loxford in Ilford, was sent to prison last January and ordered to pay more than £28,000 back to Redbridge Council after committing electoral fraud. Iqbal provided a false address when applying to be a councillor and continued to lie to the police during its investigation into the matter – even encouraging a former tenant to give a false account to the authorities on his behalf.
Sitting Labour MPs Claudia Webbe and Apsana Begum are both currently facing trial. Webbe was parachuted into the constituency of Leicester East in the last general election – with her selection resulting in the resignation of the Constituency Labour Party chair. Labour’s vote share dropped by 16 percentage points in the seat – with Webbe now facing a charge of harassment after allegedly threatening and making numerous unwanted phone calls to an individual.
Begum, MP for Poplar and Limehouse, will stand trial this coming July over allegations of housing fraud. With Judge Martyn Zeidman QC prioritising her trial in the public interest, it is alleged that Begum caused more than £63,000 of loss to Tower Hamlets Council after being allocated a one-bedroom social housing flat in the Isle of Dogs and failing to disclose key information to the relevant authorities.
But most tragic of all has been the fundamental breakdown in governance in the Labour-controlled Liverpool City Region. Following Merseyside Police investigations into building and development contracts under Operation Aloft, five individuals –*including Labour mayor Joe Anderson*– were arrested. Amid allegations of intimidation, bribery, and corruption relating to the council’s highways, regeneration, and property management functions, it has been decided that government-appointed commissioners will oversee parts of Liverpool City Council.
Oh the ( sssssh ) antisemitism thingy.
The real question we should ask ourselves should we trust any of them ,you only had to look back to 2009 and the expenses debate accross all parties , even now with Angela Raynors £249 expenses claim for I pods and Matt Hancock it just beggars belief what goes on in thier heads
You are seriously including the allegations against Apsana Begum in your latest attempt at cut and paste whataboutery?
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeands...criminal-trial
There’s never much debate because the left leaning people on here, myself included, tend to slag off Labour as much as those on the right much of the time. There are more debates regarding the Tories because, as members of the forty per cent, Conservatives on here back their party whatever they get up to.