Oh dear- Denis MacShane

[Ed Selley]

Another "principled man of the left" seems instead to be a grubby thief;

Denis MacShane expenses claim referred to police It seems that part of the problem is that he claimed £125,000 for his office, which is in fact a garage.

Couldn't happen to [-]a nastier more vitriolic ******[/-] nicer bloke.

 

[dazza74]

Is this actually true

 

[Ed Selley]

Very much so.

 

[dazza74]

Maybe he's using the Baby Bentley for an office

 

[Wild Weasel]

No wonder he's a rabid EU fanboi. Fiddling your expenses over there is de rigueur.

 

[la gran siete]

smacked bum time for mr MacShane

 

[Ed Selley]

I'd prefer a short prison sentence followed by a lifetime ban from any public office for all MP's of any party charged with expenses offences. They work for us and we paid for this largesse.

 

[la gran siete]

I'd prefer a short prison sentence followed by a lifetime ban from any public office for all MP's of any party charged with expenses offences. They work for us and we paid for this largesse.

our prisons are already overcrowded , and in any case i hardly think it will change him as a person

 

[damo_in_sale]

Can't we make him join UKIP?

 

[Dave]

i hardly think it will change him as a person

I don't really give a **** to be honest.

If he blagged that much cash from the tax payer he deserves a spell with her majesty's nastiest bastards.

 

[Ed Selley]

I don't really give a **** to be honest.

If he blagged that much cash from the tax payer he deserves a spell with her majesty's nastiest bastards.

Quite- anyone else convicted of taking £125,000 off the state would get more than a short sentence. I maintain that in the specific case of MP's, absolute sentence length can be traded off against the ban from being in public office for life- that will hit pretty hard.

Oh- and strip their pensions too.

 

[Count von Count]

our prisons are already overcrowded , and in any case i hardly think it will change him as a person

Are you a judge, I'm only asking as most of them seem to be as out of touch as you are