I wouldn't be too sure of that gynn, Bet he says sod all about a certain attempted train fare dodger.
Andrew Mitchell
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I think you do have an idea, actually, Gynn.
If it had been a Labour politico, Graham Jones would've said NOWT about it, just as he'll say nothing about that greedy, grasping Labour MP from Halifax.
Seems quite a few of 'em are at it, including a third of the shadow cabinet. I wonder if Graham Jones will be tweeting about that?
The gravy train: 185 MPs travel first class and 24 claim for club class flights - Telegraph
The gravy train: 185 MPs travel first class and 24 claim for club class flights - Telegraph
The Sunday Telegraph’s investigation into discovered:
- 113 Labour MPs, 48 Tories and 19 Lib Dems have claimed first class rail tickets over the past year. Two Plaid Cymru and three Scottish National Party members bring the total to 185. Somehow i doubt that very much Wyn.
I don't know what all the fuss is concerning the train fare. I used to travel on trains when there was 3rd, 2nd and 1st class compartments and when 3rd class was full have had to pay the extra to the inspector for being seated in 2nd class.
As for the Andrew Mitchell affair, it was fortunate for the police that their 442 page record pushed some of their quite serious misdeeds off the front pages for a month. Did his action really warrant a police delegation from WARWICKSHIRE to travel to London to talk to Mitchell or was that to gain favourable police publicity? Having read some of the police log it reminded me of how annoying some people can be when they repeatedly parrot the same officious phrase. Maybe the reason I'm veering on the side of Mitchell is that I've been known to lose my top with acivilian enforcement officer when being handed a parking fine. I noticed someone else on this board also called first formers "plebs" - this was the accepted term at the grammar school I attended in Yorkshire back in the 1950s.
As for the Andrew Mitchell affair, it was fortunate for the police that their 442 page record pushed some of their quite serious misdeeds off the front pages for a month. Did his action really warrant a police delegation from WARWICKSHIRE to travel to London to talk to Mitchell or was that to gain favourable police publicity? Having read some of the police log it reminded me of how annoying some people can be when they repeatedly parrot the same officious phrase. Maybe the reason I'm veering on the side of Mitchell is that I've been known to lose my top with acivilian enforcement officer when being handed a parking fine. I noticed someone else on this board also called first formers "plebs" - this was the accepted term at the grammar school I attended in Yorkshire back in the 1950s.
Maybe the reason yer veering to the side of Mitchell is yer a Tory?
I've already mentioned I've got Scottish and Yorkshire blood - why would I throw money away joining any political club?
I never said yeh were in the club Lucy, too much of a gentleman.I've already mentioned I've got Scottish and Yorkshire blood - why would I throw money away joining any political club?
I don't agree with having a class system on trains.
It is financial apartheid.
Comfort at a reasonable level should be available to all users.
The fact that there is a 1st class is an excuse to provide others with a substandard service, on the basis that if you want comfort you have to pay extra for it.
It is financial apartheid.
Comfort at a reasonable level should be available to all users.
The fact that there is a 1st class is an excuse to provide others with a substandard service, on the basis that if you want comfort you have to pay extra for it.
Can't argue wi that at all, But there is a class system n it goes against me craw when rich creeps abuse it.
Margaret, those rich creeps would have us plebs ruin at back of the train...they would like us to go back to Donkey transport...that would put us firmly in our place(tugs forelock - his!)
Cameron has plenty of form when it comes to clinging on to his selections for high posts in this Government...the only person he sacked was George Young for saying "we'd never had it so good" last year..... lo and behold he has now made George Young the new chief whip!.. you coudn't make it up..could you?
Cameron has plenty of form when it comes to clinging on to his selections for high posts in this Government...the only person he sacked was George Young for saying "we'd never had it so good" last year..... lo and behold he has now made George Young the new chief whip!.. you coudn't make it up..could you?
Blair brought Mandelson back twice!
Yep they are as bad as each other.. David Laws has been brought back into the cabinet..he's the bloke that claimed 35k for rent in a flat for his secret lover until it was no longer a secret.. Laws is the man that proposed the ending of tax credits saying they were "A means of the low paid to rely on welfare"..I'd say David Laws is a benefit fraud..but Cameron would say he made a mistake in the heat of the moment.Blair brought Mandelson back twice!
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Ah but should this man get a second chance?...
BBC News - David Laws deserved second chance, David Cameron says
for me he don't... Cameron and Clegg seem to be the higher judges of the law in this land.
BBC News - David Laws deserved second chance, David Cameron says
for me he don't... Cameron and Clegg seem to be the higher judges of the law in this land.
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No, but then again, neither should Mandy!