Diane Abbott ate my donation

[Dedworth]

As revealed in yesterday’s Sun, Diane Abbott took her mind off losing her shadow front-bench job last week by appearing on ITV’s Saturday night gameshow The Chase, alongside celebs Anton du Beke, Denise van Outen, and Matt Le Tissier.

http://order-order.com/2013/10/21/di...e-my-donation/

[grahamw48]

Are we surprised ?

[joebloggs]

did the other celebs get an appearance fee
if they did whats the problem

[les_taxi]

It's annoying because she is always so ....... self righteous,and I cant believe any of them would get an appearance fee

[Dedworth]

She's a bog standard hypocritical champagne socialist - sent her kid to private school.

Very professional at picking up TV appearance money

[grahamw48]

I can't stand the woman.

[grahamw48]

Of course Labour MPs don't have a great record on TV shows.

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[Arthur Little]

Diane Abbott Ate My Donation:

what's the difference ... ... she's well~used to being forced to "eat her words", that 'un!

[Dedworth]

Repulsive woman

[Arthur Little]

Then again ... those here with long memories, will doubtless recall a certain Anthony Aloysius Bliar pocketing twenty grand apiece - for giving talks of half-an-hour's duration respectively, to three separate Philippine universities a few years ago.

SCANDALOUS!

[Dedworth]

Then again ... those here with long memories, will doubtless recall a certain Anthony Aloysius Bliar pocketing twenty grand apiece - for giving talks of half-an-hour's duration respectively, to three separate Philippine universities a few years ago.

SCANDALOUS!

The sheep continue to vote for them Arthur.

Re Tony's Cronies, Labour Hypocrisy, Schmoozers, Trough Feeders etc etc here's a bit of news about another slippery creature who was bigged up on here for fighting the Millipede corner on the BBC :-

Alastair Campbell's job with dictator was 'set up by Tony Blair'


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz2iyL9IyZs

[Arthur Little]

The sheep continue to vote for them Arthur.

Re Tony's Cronies, Labour Hypocrisy, Schmoozers, Trough Feeders etc etc here's a bit of news about another slippery creature who was bigged up on here for fighting the Millipede corner on the BBC :-

Alastair Campbell's job with dictator was 'set up by Tony Blair'


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz2iyL9IyZs

leaves Campbell's own parliamentary ambitions ... the "khazi", then!

[bigmarco]

Let's not forget the current London Mayor and many peoples tip to be next Tory leader who thought £250,000 on top of his mayoral pay was "Chicken Feed"

[bigmarco]

And his the Tory MP who is believed to be the best paid MP in Parliament. Can he really represent his constituents whilst doing all that work

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/poli...arliament.html

[SimonH]

And his the Tory MP who is believed to be the best paid MP in Parliament. Can he really represent his constituents whilst doing all that work

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/poli...arliament.html

Good point Marco

Did you read the article

The outside work was for a total of 1500 hours spread over 2,1/4 years or 115 weeks, so effectively 10 hours a week
It also goes onto say:-

The MP, who was elected with a majority of almost 20,000 votes in the 2010 General Election, told the newspaper: “My attendance and other indicators are among the highest among MPs, with my expenses among the lowest, and my remaining work outside Parliament is primarily when the House is not sitting and other MPs are on holiday.

So, the answer is a resounding YES, he does represent his constituents rather well

[andy222]

You could go on about labour and tory scammers for years gone by. But you wont change who I will vote for.

[grahamw48]

UKIP ?

[andy222]

No chance graham. I will let the tory voters do that.

[SimonH]

You could go on about labour and tory scammers for years gone by. But you wont change who I will vote for.

And there lies the crux of the situation, we can all quote history and make arguments either for or against our beliefs, but at the end of the day we stick by them

Nice one Andy for sticking by yours.......... you still wont get me to change mine though

[Dedworth]

You could go on about labour and tory scammers for years gone by. But you wont change who I will vote for.

[andy222]

There is a lot there Ded. I wouldnt waste your time voting mate. Have a nice bike ride instead.

[SimonH]

There is a lot there Ded. I wouldnt waste your time voting mate. Have a nice bike ride instead.

The thing is they have the wool pulled over their eyes and don't realise their actually voting yes for a one way ticket to the slaughter house

[andy222]

Talking about sheep .

[SimonH]

Talking about sheep .

Silly me I thought we were talking about Labour supporters

[andy222]

[joebloggs]

and my remaining work outside Parliament is primarily when the House is not sitting and other MPs are on holiday.

So, the answer is a resounding YES, he does represent his constituents rather well

no not a resounding yes, has he done 1,500hrs when the house was not sitting or on holidays, if he did then its not 10hrs per week, more like full time when the MP's were on their long holidays, and when he should have been in his constituency sorting their problems out

maybe its time MP's were forced to do more work than the 30wks a year they 'work' talk about school teachers having long holidays

[bigmarco]

Good point Marco

Did you read the article

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Probably better than you
I take it maths wasn't your strong subject
I make July 2011 to May 2013 quite a bit less than 2 1/4 years or 115 weeks.

However as a lawyer I'm sure that Mr Phillips is an ideal candidate to be an MP and probably a lot better than the trough feeder he replaced. However I don't think it's right when the MP's position can be looked upon as their second job.
This leaves you open in certain circumstances to a conflict of interest which we have seen in the past from members of all parties can shall we say cloud their judgment.
I've believed for a long time now that politics is attracting the wrong sort of people. IMO it should be a calling to serve and improve not to fill your boots.

[SimonH]

no not a resounding yes, has he done 1,500hrs when the house was not sitting or on holidays, if he did then its not 10hrs per week, more like full time when the MP's were on their long holidays, and when he should have been in his constituency sorting their problems out

maybe its time MP's were forced to do more work than the 30wks a year they 'work' talk about school teachers having long holidays

Joe, you're going to get a sore head with all that ing you're doing recently

Valid points though that goes for all MP's irrelevant of which party they represent

[andy222]

I dont think your following the script Simon. Ded hasnt said nothing about valid points.

[SimonH]

Probably better than you
I take it maths wasn't your strong subject
I make July 2011 to May 2013 quite a bit less than 2 1/4 years or 115 weeks.

Marco, my sincere apologies, I was reading the the date at the top (Oct 2013) which would make it 115 weeks. As it is, you are correct and it's nearer 95 weeks.
Thanks for the the reading, and the maths lesson