Jack Straw retires from parliament

[Josef Svejk]

Does he support the Red Sox?

[Gnasher]

Ha ha cunt caught with fingers in till singing I'mayankeedoddledandy.

[Hooch]

Love his vehement insistence on no wrong-doing.

 

That seems to be the new tactic for these cunts - strongly deny the allegation and spout references to some vague grey rules, and/or respond with counter accusations of someone else to divert and confuse people until they're not sure or arsed about whether he/she is guilty of said allegation.

[Bobby Hundreds]

Have any of them got any ethics.

[lifetime fan]

Is there a 'labour' politician that would surprise you less for getting caught up in this?

 

Horrible, spiteful cunt. Change the colour of the tie and you'd never know he wasn't a Tory.

[Champ]

I cycled past where Malcolm Rifkind lives yesterday and it came into my mind, I wonder what he's up to these days...busy feathering his nest like the rest of them, it seems. Allegedly

[Champ]

Is there a 'labour' politician that would surprise you less for getting caught up in this?

Horrible, spiteful cunt. Change the colour of the tie and you'd never know he wasn't a Tory.

Frank Field? Or is he misunderstood too?

[Bobby Hundreds]

Rifkind said it's unrealistic for MPs to live on £67000 salary. It's a bit of a kick in the bollocks to people who have been sanctioned for being late to the job centre and are punished by having their money removed or saying people are better off in work when there 40 plus hours a week job they have had no choice but to take doesn't even pay well enough to cover the rent and food bill together. What's unrealistic these days to politcians. He's a cheeky twat, the shit they have done, the rhetoric they have spewed about tightening belts and we're all in together except of course whe they feel the pinch. Ban any other income for politcians if that means a large selection will not become MPs then good, it shouldn't be a job for those who seek personal wealth. I'd also ban them from joining companies after their tenure that may have benefitted from their role as a politician. It's corrupt to fuck. Have less MPs, increase the wage but improve the transparency and hold them accountable for unethical behavior.

[dennis tooth]

If hes done nowt wrong whats his issue with the programme being aired the hysterical hooray henry.

[Creator Supreme]

I once met him. I was heading down to the Reading Festival aged 17 back in 1995, had long hair down to my stomach, and the train from Preston was absolutely mobbed, forcing me to sit on the floor along with most other people in the carriageway as I was too pissed to stand. About an hour in, someone stood on my hand, I turned round and it was Jack Straw. "Sorry, love", he said, as he ambled off regardless. I also had a shit goatee beard, so all in all it was a bit weird that he called me "love". And a bit ungrateful. "That's the last Straw", I thought, so I drank some Hooch and did some poppers to get over it. Like a lady. '95, lads; crazy days.

(This reads like that knobhead from f**tb*ll365 who tries to write about f***ball whilst referencing the rock scene in the '70s and how he shagged some bird named Susie who turned out to be a man which was disappointing and in a way ties in with the burgeoning failure of a struggling manager. For that, I apologise.)

Fringe festival perchance?

[Creator Supreme]

It brings to mind the Richard Prior routine about being caught cheating by his missus, and just denying point blank even though you're caught in the act.

 

"Who you going to believe? Me, or your lying eyes?"

[Section_31]

68 MPs, one in ten, is a company director apparently.

[Paul]

Frank Field? Or is he misunderstood too?

Frank Field is a difficult, abrasive character and a complete politician. However, he has a lifelong commitment to improving the life chances of the poor in this country and is absolutely focused on his own constituency. He still personally answers constituency emails, for example, and is a constant presence in Birkenhead when not required in the smoke.

 

He was also a strong ally of my colleagues and I when we were working in insufferable circumstances and was very helpful to our cause.

 

If we had anyone else but him here I'd've stopped voting Labour a while ago. Maybe even stopped voting, actually.

[Bobby Hundreds]

I was reading the article on andrew rosindell musing over the fact rachel reeves might take maternity leave after the general election. One of the comments under the article from a chris padwick stated this

 

"Well Mr Rosindell is unquestionably one of the brighter sparks on the Tory right. He voted against upping benefits for the disabled. His principled guardianship of the public purse however does not extend to himself - he claimed £177,000 expenses in 2013/14 in addition to his £77K salary. We have also bought him a lovely second home - £125,000 expenses claimed for this - a handy 17 miles from his first home so he can visit his mum. What a considerate son! He is on record as being an admirer of the late General Pinochet and his campaign bus pulled up in a disabled parking bay. He loves a foreign junket (£2500 expense claims for flights to Gibraltar and Cyprus) despite being a dedicated Eurosceptic and advocate of detaining asylum seekers. To top it all, this political titan is the chairman of the All Party Flags and heraldry Committee. So when this Disraeli de nos jour speaks, the worls sits up. And laughs. What a prat."

 

He voted against upping benefits for the disabled yet has rinsed the tax payer for a luxury lifestyle. How can this kind of shit continue.

[Stu Monty]

Because the game is rigged.

 

Basically.

[Gnasher]

The slimy rat's trying to feather his nest on channel 4 now.

[Josef Svejk]

[littletedwest]

Can't believe the brass neck of either of them. But malcolm rifkind moaning about £67000 a year when his party is so keen on keeping the poor in the gutter.

One rule for them another for us.

[Hooch]

The comment about having all this free time would irk me if he was the leader of my ward. I thought politicians never had enough time in the day?

[Section_31]

It's just symptomatic of a wider issue, when the only reason people get up in the morning is money this is what you end up with. An absence of duty and morality, just a means to an end.

[liverbobs]

Met him at a fund raising dinner for Unite the Union a few years ago in Burnley, vile man, at the end of the night I was drunk and called him a dwarf, he was not impressed.

[Hooch]

Rifkin has stood down.

 

He'll be fine though. Will likely just walk into a cushy job in the city somewhere - The revolving door.

[Stickman]

Rifkin has stood down.

 

He'll be fine though. Will likely just walk into a cushy job in the city somewhere - The revolving door.

If there was any justice he should be out on the street....it's just a pity he has enough money own a street.

[Strontium]

It's just symptomatic of a wider issue, when the only reason people get up in the morning is money this is what you end up with. An absence of duty and morality, just a means to an end.

 

IIRC, two-thirds of MPs take a pay cut to enter the House of Commons.

 

I'd be interested to see how many here would take a pay cut to become an MP.

[Lee909]

I'd be interested to see how many people on here who would be taking a pay cut and still earning over 60k a year