I said in the summer that MP’s who were found to have fraudulently cheated with their allowances should face the full force of the law. We are all equal under the law and it is absolute garbage to suggest that a MP who breaks the criminal law will not be subject to its full rigor. In 1987 when Labour MP’s were campaigning against Thatcher’s Poll Tax, and some were refusing to pay it, the then Labour Leader Neil Kinnock told his backbenchers that they were, quote, “law makers, not lawbreakers”. Any MP who thinks they are above the law is delusional and not only should MP’s be treated equally, they should expect to face the full severity of punishment if convicted.
Irresponsible
There is no way MP’s can escape any criminal charge by claiming parliamentary privilege, and the political elite which includes David Cameron know that. The Conservative Party, two months from the election have seen their poll lead halved. It seems that Cameron decided to enter the affray and irresponsibly support the false hypothesis on parliamentary privilege. This was another bandwagon for him and he didn’t stop there. He announced a government led by him would stop lobbyist buying access to political parties. This is the same David Cameron who dines with bankers and lobbyists at his Conservative Luncheon club, membership annually reputed to be £50,000 a plate. Alex Salmond’s £9000 lunch auction looks a bit amateurish by comparison.
Law Makers not Law Breakers
Law makers not law breakers
I said in the summer that MP’s who were found to have fraudulently cheated with their allowances should face the full force of the law. We are all equal under the law and it is absolute garbage to suggest that a MP who breaks the criminal law will not be subject to its full rigor. In 1987 when Labour MP’s were campaigning against Thatcher’s Poll Tax, and some were refusing to pay it, the then Labour Leader Neil Kinnock told his backbenchers that they were, quote, “law makers, not lawbreakers”. Any MP who thinks they are above the law is delusional and not only should MP’s be treated equally, they should expect to face the full severity of punishment if convicted.
Irresponsible
There is no way MP’s can escape any criminal charge by claiming parliamentary privilege, and the political elite which includes David Cameron know that. The Conservative Party, two months from the election have seen their poll lead halved. It seems that Cameron decided to enter the affray and irresponsibly support the false hypothesis on parliamentary privilege. This was another bandwagon for him and he didn’t stop there. He announced a government led by him would stop lobbyist buying access to political parties. This is the same David Cameron who dines with bankers and lobbyists at his Conservative Luncheon club, membership annually reputed to be £50,000 a plate. Alex Salmond’s £9000 lunch auction looks a bit amateurish by comparison.