When The Law No Longer Applies To The law Makers
WHEN the law no longer applies to the law makers:
The police in the UK have admitted that regardless of whether or not an Members of Parliament broke the law regarding expenses (i.e. helping themselves to our money), they see no point in attempting to prosecute any of them as the laws are so arcane, it is almost impossible to know if any have in fact been broken.
I believe it was a Roman senator (Crassus?) who when asked if he would use his power and privilege to prevent himself being punished for some small transgression, he replied “as we make the laws, it behoves us to obey them if we want other to as well”. Clearly this is not the view prevailing in Westminster.
Let’s all stop paying income tax and see what happens…
Posted: 22nd, March 2008 | In: Politicians, Twitterings Comments (4) | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed: RSS 2.0 | TrackBack | Permalink
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March 24th, 2008 at 4:25 pm
I’m all for not paying income tax and fiddling my expenses.
Please don’t make me become an MP in order to do so legally. There are some levels to which I would not stoop.
March 24th, 2008 at 3:45 pm
The public deserve everything they get, their apathy and indifference to matters political is an open invitation to be shafted. You get the government you dont vote for.
March 22nd, 2008 at 3:22 pm
Do as I say, not as I do
March 22nd, 2008 at 2:18 pm
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?