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Mercdriver

I can't believe after the Chris Huhne case how another MP would think they could get away with this

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5991597/Labour-MP-Fiona-Onasanya-charged-perverting-course-justice.html

Joe_Horner

And a lawyer in a previous life!

Does give an idea of the entitled untouchableness people seem to assume when they enter the House

Mercdriver

Joe_Horner wrote: »

And a lawyer in a previous life!

Does give an idea of the entitled untouchableness people seem to assume when they enter the House

Well they aren't going to be going easy on her when it comes to sentencing - if found guilty of course...

Joe_Horner

Mercdriver wrote: »

Well they aren't going to be going easy on her when it comes to sentencing - if found guilty of course...

But they can't find her guilty because everyone knows MPs never lie.

She may have mis-spoken, or possibly even inadvertently given a false impression of the matters at hand, but lie? Never!;)

Money_Grabber13579

Wonder how many days suspension this one will get...

Nilrem

Joe_Horner wrote: »

And a lawyer in a previous life!

Does give an idea of the entitled untouchableness people seem to assume when they enter the House

One of the things I've noticed about the modern politicians is that no matter what qualifications they may have clocked up in university, they rarely if ever seem to have a grasp of the subjects once they start working in politics (and many never seem to have actually used their qualifications in a job).

Which is part of the reason you end up with a bunch of people with legal qualifications who don't appear to understand the most basic parts of the law*, and create laws that have massive loopholes and flaws because they've not registered how important the phrasing and punctuation is for the legal system.

I may not like a lot of the older school politicians from 10-20 years ago (pre Blair) but at least a lot of them had real world experience rather than aiming to be an MP practically from their first serious conversations about "what sort of job do you want?".

Utter idiots to lie over something as silly as a speeding offence that the chances are no one would have cared about if they'd been honest.

*The ones that get me are those that go on about changing the law so you can defend yourself, something that has been enshrined as a basic principle for hundreds of years, or those that can't understand the concept of aggravating circumstances.

Exemplar

She should be sacked and not allowed to work in any form of Govt.

Car_54

Exemplar wrote: »

She should be sacked and not allowed to work in any form of Govt.

Really? She hasn't even been tried yet, let alone found guilty.

Exemplar

Car_54 wrote: »

Really? She hasn't even been tried yet, let alone found guilty.

I had open my copy of the Daily Mail - apologies.

If found guilty she should not be allowed to serve in any form of Govt.

How's that you leftist liberal? :beer:

AndyMc.....

Exemplar wrote: »

She should be sacked and not allowed to work in any form of Govt.

Until labour get elected she’s not working for the government.

Exemplar

AndyMc..... wrote: »

Until labour get elected she’s not working for the government.

You're saying they will get elected?:eek: