Brogan Posted October 7, 2014 Report Share Posted October 7, 2014 Even if they cannot get back to holding office in parliament (and I don't know if this is the case) they usually get help from the Old Boys Club and their network of business friends only too happy to have a minister with influence! as part of the board There's nothing to prevent someone with past misdemeanors becoming an MP. Current MPs are only disqualified if they are detained for any offence for more than a year. Their seat becomes vacant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wendy Saints Posted October 7, 2014 Report Share Posted October 7, 2014 What sort of democracy runs with an unelected House of Lords!? Denzil, lmsaintee and Pelosi 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AthensSaint Posted October 8, 2014 Report Share Posted October 8, 2014 What sort of democracy runs with an unelected House of Lords!? An English one so get used to it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintdunc Posted October 8, 2014 Report Share Posted October 8, 2014 Even if they cannot get back to holding office in parliament (and I don't know if this is the case) they usually get help from the Old Boys Club and their network of business friends only too happy to have a minister with influence! as part of the board Will that apply to Tommy Sheridan who seems a decent guy and well liked by many on this thread? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denzil Posted October 8, 2014 Report Share Posted October 8, 2014 And the current head off mps remuneration board wants to ban future mps names being published if convicted off expenses fiddling , got to be something brewing them. Question.... Does the fact you have been convicted and jailed for any of the above criminal actions not exclude you from holding office in parliament or any level of government? How many if any have been convicted, sentenced and then walked back into their positions they held? If an MP is jailed for over a year they are forced to stand down, but I think I'm right in saying there's nothing to stop them standing again once they got out - whether or not they'd get in again is another matter. MP Ex-cons seem to quietly disappear into cushy jobs outside parliament so make of that what you will. On the other hand, it could be said that a conviction in the Irish Republic hasn't done Martin McGuinness's political career any harm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintdunc Posted October 8, 2014 Report Share Posted October 8, 2014 If an MP is jailed for over a year they are forced to stand down, but I think I'm right in saying there's nothing to stop them standing again once they got out - whether or not they'd get in again is another matter. MP Ex-cons seem to quietly disappear into cushy jobs outside parliament so make of that what you will. On the other hand, it could be said that a conviction in the Irish Republic hasn't done Martin McGuinness's political career any harm. He is still detested by many in the province and elswhere. A terrorist in different clothing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denzil Posted October 8, 2014 Report Share Posted October 8, 2014 True, and I wouldn't dispute that, and there are politicians on both sides with 'dodgy' pasts. Speaking of things 'dodgy', there is of course a former British Prime Minister who is still to be brought to book. He too is detested by many Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wendy Saints Posted October 8, 2014 Report Share Posted October 8, 2014 An English one so get used to it Yes bracing myself for more of the same!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
south inch Posted October 8, 2014 Report Share Posted October 8, 2014 There's nothing to prevent someone with past misdemeanors becoming an MP. Current MPs are only disqualified if they are detained for any offence for more than a year. Their seat becomes vacant. Cue Blackadder 3rd. Blackadder is filling up Baldrick's MP application form, he comes to the question - "Any criminal record?" Baldrick - "None". Blackadder - "Oh come on you're applying to be an MP for god's sake! I'll just put down Fraud, Rape and Murder, that should do it" lmsaintee 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pelosi Posted October 9, 2014 Report Share Posted October 9, 2014 More jobs for the boys!...well that's if you can call it a job...probably just another excuse to claim even more expenses for doing nowt! What sort of democracy runs with an unelected House of Lords!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wendy Saints Posted October 9, 2014 Report Share Posted October 9, 2014 More jobs for the boys!...well that's if you can call it a job...probably just another excuse to claim even more expenses for doing nowt! Could not agree with you more! How many 'socialist peers' do you reckon there are there!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint sid Posted October 11, 2014 Report Share Posted October 11, 2014 NO voters will never.....EVER be able to moan about ANYTHING our (westminster) government does EVER again! so feck off no voters. don't moan about anything our scare mongering / war mongering shitey government does ever again because YOU have voted for scotland NEVER to have a say in anything. didn't realise there were so masonic sheep in scotland until this vote, bahh bah feckin bah Wendy Saints 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
south inch Posted October 11, 2014 Report Share Posted October 11, 2014 NO voters will never.....EVER be able to moan about ANYTHING our (westminster) government does EVER again! so feck off no voters. don't moan about anything our scare mongering / war mongering shitey government does ever again because YOU have voted for scotland NEVER to have a say in anything. didn't realise there were so masonic sheep in scotland until this vote, bahh bah feckin bah You need to change your location Sid you appear to have moved on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintee4life Posted October 12, 2014 Report Share Posted October 12, 2014 NO voters will never.....EVER be able to moan about ANYTHING our (westminster) government does EVER again! so feck off no voters. don't moan about anything our scare mongering / war mongering shitey government does ever again because YOU have voted for scotland NEVER to have a say in anything. didn't realise there were so masonic sheep in scotland until this vote, bahh bah feckin baht*** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wendy Saints Posted October 12, 2014 Report Share Posted October 12, 2014 t*** There you go again Saintee for Life.... You may be lucky because you run 2 businesses, have money and are healthy, probably look down on those poor unfortunates who have not. However smugness is not a nice quality to hold, neither is an 'I'm all right Jack' attitude, but sadly both qualities held in abundance by the NO camp. I do hope you manage to hang on to your wealth and your health, because there will be no Welfare system or NHS. You have been warned...mind you by that time we will be governed by UKIP so I do hope you aren't foreign!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintee4life Posted October 12, 2014 Report Share Posted October 12, 2014 There you go again Saintee for Life.... You may be lucky because you run 2 businesses, have money and are healthy, probably look down on those poor unfortunates who have not. However smugness is not a nice quality to hold, neither is an 'I'm all right Jack' attitude, but sadly both qualities held in abundance by the NO camp. I do hope you manage to hang on to your wealth and your health, because there will be no Welfare system or NHS. You have been warned...mind you by that time we will be governed by UKIP so I do hope you aren't foreign!?That my friend is nonsense and I do hope you are right about UKIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint sid Posted October 12, 2014 Report Share Posted October 12, 2014 t*** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ancientsaint Posted October 12, 2014 Report Share Posted October 12, 2014 Is Gordon Brown beginning to panic that Westminster MAY have pulled the wool over his eyes HE seems to be shitting his pants as HE ensured everything was going to be delivered on time and they now seem to be dragging their feet. Could this see the end of GB if there is a U-turn ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ancientsaint Posted October 12, 2014 Report Share Posted October 12, 2014 Oh that was not very friendly people (some) of Edinburgh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint sid Posted October 12, 2014 Report Share Posted October 12, 2014 Is Gordon Brown beginning to panic that Westminster MAY have pulled the wool over his eyes HE seems to be shitting his pants as HE ensured everything was going to be delivered on time and they now seem to be dragging their feet. Could this see the end of GB if there is a U-turn ? hope so, he is a prize clown and i never believe a word that comes out his fat mouth anyway. Wendy Saints 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintee4life Posted October 12, 2014 Report Share Posted October 12, 2014 Was on sunday politics a short time ago, speaks a lot of sense and says it how it is Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wendy Saints Posted October 12, 2014 Report Share Posted October 12, 2014 Is Gordon Brown beginning to panic that Westminster MAY have pulled the wool over his eyes HE seems to be shitting his pants as HE ensured everything was going to be delivered on time and they now seem to be dragging their feet. Could this see the end of GB if there is a U-turn ? He more than anybody knew what the Tories were like...so no excuses, he has spent years alongside their sharp practices...prior to the vote down our own wee Perth High Street of a Saturday you had Labour & Tory councillors side by side toadying up to one another!? Jointly shouting down independence & talking up the 'benefits' of the union! Something I felt was totally repugnant! So Mr Brown you can dry those crocodile tears ....you knew exactly what you were doing & you knew exactly what to expect & now you are going to get the government you voted for & deserve!? Brogan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pelosi Posted October 12, 2014 Report Share Posted October 12, 2014 Ex Chancellor and Prime Minister who watched over the banking scandal and did nothing....no wait a minute...did he not sell off all our Gold Reserves? Yet another Westminster politician that ignored Scotland, but why should we be surprised, they've all been doing it for decades...mibbee even centuries! What do the people of Scotland who voted NO.. understand about Social Justice, it's as important to everyone, but somehow it will be ignored now! hope so, he is a prize clown and i never believe a word that comes out his fat mouth anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintj Posted October 12, 2014 Report Share Posted October 12, 2014 Would UKIP getting in to Westminster, probably via a coalition, be all that bad? I could only see that pushing us closer to independance. Thoughts? Denzil 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indicator Posted October 12, 2014 Report Share Posted October 12, 2014 How's that? Reasoning? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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