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No, I don't think he could have honourably done anything else. he was caught red-handed, boasting of his free time, and his 'lack of a salary'. He is a pompous arrogant man, and his career has justly ended in disgrace.
11:48 Tue 24th Feb 2015
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Nick Robinson's view: "Rifkind may hope that by going quickly - as MP & intelligence committee chair - he'll able to win disciplinary enquiry & head to the Lords"
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I wouldn't go quite that far. That would be cruel and unusual punishment, surely?
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That was in reply to Jordyboy. ^
Could Lord Archer be one of his sponsors when he dons the ermine?

It would appear his "I don't have a Salary" remark was somewhat prophetic!
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//Ermine, is that the fur of a rat? //

no, the fur of a mustelid.
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Meanwhile Straw is to take up employment with a firm he is said to have advised in the past.
Could, 'Do as I say, not as I do', be a new motto for MPs?

http://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/jack-straw-to-take-job-for-firm-he-lobbied-for-in-commons/ar-BBhU2u7
No, I don't think he could have honourably done anything else. he was caught red-handed, boasting of his free time, and his 'lack of a salary'.

He is a pompous arrogant man, and his career has justly ended in disgrace.
Rifking couldn't do much else after he said that he hardly does anything, not a good election speech.Man of Straw will be putting on his Teflon suit while he waits for the House of Lords.
Well said Andy
Is Archer still a member of the other place?
I cannot believe he is
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As far as I know he is. There doesn't seem to be any way to get rid of embarrassments from there.
he probably decided to retire once he found out that jack straw gets five grand a night for a speech


It was probably Rifkind's intention not to stand again. Straw had previously announced his intention not to stand at the election.

I wonder if it is significant that both men trained in law and became barristers before entering Parliament.
What is particularly disturbing about this case is that we are not talking about two run-of-the-mill backbenchers out to make a fast buck, but two men who have both held one of the four great offices of state.
Rifkind's grandparents were a Lithuania immigrants. Leon Brittan, another dodgy grandee, was his cousin.
Gromit - "It was probably Rifkind's intention not to stand again."

I take the opposite view - he has been kicked off the gravy train kicking and screaming. He would be guaranteed another term in his safe seat - more chance to read books, and go for walks - oh, and shovel in some dodgy money on the quiet.

Rifkind has stated that it had been his intention to stand for one more parliament before retiring.
Jackdaw - "Rifkind has stated that it had been his intention to stand for one more parliament before retiring."

I thought as much.

Maybe he can retire and spend more time with other people's money.

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