On Harry Potter, Snape, Moonie Labour Lords And Cash For Amendments
THE Sunday Times’s scoop that the former Energy Minister, Lord Truscott was offering to put down amendments to legislation in the House of Lords in return for money – something he denies – is taken up by the BBC.
Readers are treated to this gem:
One of the other peers named, Lord Moonie, a former defence minister, told the BBC that he had been suspicious of the people who had approached him.
Dickens opined that people have names that reflect their character or place in the world.
Here’s Lord Moonie in the House of Lords. Lord Moonie was once – get this - a defence minister. Says he:
“I am not aware of having offered to do anything for these people that was outside the rules.”
Over there is Lord Truscott proclaiming his innocent and saying that to “suggest I would offer to put down amendments for money is a lie”. Trust me.
Better yet:
The leader of the House of Lords, Baroness Royall, said she was “deeply concerned” by the allegations.
A Royall in the House of Lords?
Ones to watch:
Lord Adonis
Lord Alliance (LibDem nartch.)
Lord Black of Crossharbour (Boooo!)
Lord Bragg (TV star)
Lord Burns
Lord Crisp (Health)
Lord Dear
Baroness Gardner of Parkes
Lord Leitch
Lord May of Oxford (Crossbench)
Lord Plumb
Lord Quirk
Lord Razzall
Earl of Stair
Lord Tombs
As for the claims, the Sunday Times reports:
Labour peers are prepared to accept fees of up to £120,000 a year to amend laws in the House of Lords on behalf of business clients, a Sunday Times investigation has found.
A Lord Taylor also gets mention, and fans of Harry Potter will enjoy the introduction of Lord Snape, a former Labour whip.
Indeed.
Posted: 25th, January 2009 | In: Politicians Comments (3) | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed: RSS 2.0 | TrackBack | Permalink
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January 25th, 2009 at 10:54 pm
With a silken rope?
January 25th, 2009 at 7:48 pm
Find myself not at allshocked at the alleged revelation in the Sunday Times that four New Labour peers have in essence allegedly agreed to accept bribes for tabling amendments to Laws to benefit Commercial interests of the people offering to pay them.
It’s just another example of Government corruption.
And we are not talking minor amounts; one of them allegedly wanted £120,000 per year!
So politics on every level in this country is peopled by people with their snouts in the trough to rip this Country off for as much as they can.
Starting with the Councillors, whose allowances now are so substantial they amount to a salary along with their redundancy and retirement packages.
To MPS who seem capable of attracting Part time jobs with multinationals alongside their Parliamentary duties(although of course with no potential conflict of interest, No, No never!!!!).
Finally to the Lords who along with their ‘allowance’ of up to £300 per day are now, at least on the Labour benches, apparently selling off the law of this country to the Highest bidder!
But are we surprised?
No, not when we remember their role model, Tony Blair, Mr Teflon, who has prostituted himself around the world taking money where he can get it, trading on his reputation as British PM.
The Christian who definitely begins at home, his home!
This warmonger and war criminal has sold this country down the river and left in charge an incompetent buffoon who is even more rapidly destroying our economy than Bliar and Bush destroyed Iraq with their illegal war and both of whom supported the Israeli war crimes in Gaza.
So a few Lords trying to ‘trouser’ as much as they can should be no surprise.
But forgive me, isn’t this in essence ‘Treason’ for which I believe they can still be hanged?
January 25th, 2009 at 10:15 am
I imagine that the reporters had the good sense to tape the exchanges, but the really implausible bit is that the Sunday Times assure us that some peers said ‘No’…