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life on mars
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
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