Time To Drain Out The Westminster Swamp

[youngmafbog]

Absolutely brilliant. good luck Arron.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3934016/Ukip-donor-Trump-ally-Arron-Banks-bankroll-200-people-drain-swamp-Westminster-taking-corrupt-MPs-polls.html

[Gromit]

Hmmm,
Banks has been challenging these corrupt MPs for years by financing UKIP candidates in their constituencies. And that got him absolutely nowhere. Just 1 second hand careerist Tory.

And Banks will be policing the drawing up of this list. Who is going to police banks. I am sure it is only coincidence that a highly prominent Asian MP is top of his list. Lets just ignore the fact that it was a Tory dominated committee that appointed Vaz in his new role.

This anti establishment bandwagon is also absurd. It is fake. It is a con.

[Gromit]

Although in principle, a purge at Westminster is a good idea.
There are a lot of woefully bad people there. Just not sure Banks will be targetting the right people and replacing them with anything better.

[youngmafbog]

//This anti establishment bandwagon is also absurd. It is fake. It is a con//

Yeah, you and your mates can hope.

Days of the right-on liberal are finished.

[Bazile]

Just another one with money pursuing his agenda

[Gromit]

Aaron Banks:

// Banks was offered a junior job at Lloyd's of London. By 27 he was running a division of Norwich Union. He spent a year working for Berkshire Hathaway, the investment company of Warren Buffett. //

Oh very anti establishment :-)

[jno]

Arron Banks expelled for selling lead stolen from the school roof... hmm, sounds like a man of principle.

[Bertrum]

Swamps never get drained it’s just the leaches that get swapped

[anneasquith]

Only 200?

[Gromit]

// In August 2012, Banks was issued with a controversial "prevention of harassment" notice and words of advice after harassment allegations by 33-year-old Jo Featherby. //

Banks and Trump must have got on like a house on fire.

[Peter Pedant]

// Just another one with money pursuing his agenda//

that would be Trump - innit ?
with the agendum being - I must make more money ....

There was one south american prethidente who did his time ( er in the casa rosada or wherever ) and then went back to his two room bungie up a mountain but was he a good president ? all ask

God knows south america has its fair share of awful corrupt peculating prethidentes - You know Lula Ignacio took his share after a corrupt admin - and evita - and Pinochet and Roussel.

also I mean for chrissakes would you want Damian Green arrested today for tax non payment or Sir Phil in charge of the nations finances ?

[mikey4444]

I thought Banks had recently said that he was severing all ties with Farage and UKIP ?

[youngmafbog]

Why do lefties insist on dragging up something someone did many years ago?

Does it really have any relevance?

[Gromit]

Mikey,
He said he was cutting ties with UKIP when Farage ceased to be leader. The two are big buddies. This latest pledge is not to support UKIP, it is support anti-establishment candidates against corrupt MPs.

[Gromit]

Ymb,
We can only judge someone on their record.
If Banks is
- A thief
- An abuser of women
- A Tax dodger

Then that inluences my view of the integrity of the man. If he says he wants to clean up politics, but he himself is a grubby, self serving hypocrite, then I will call it out.
Sorry if that spoils your rant, but if you will support slimeballs...

[mikey4444]

Gromit....so he is going to invent a new Party overnight ?

Hasn't someone already tried that ?

[Gromit]

Mikey,
He wasn't getting value for money with his bribes (donations surely) to the Conservative Party, so he switched allegience to UKIP. Unfortunately £6 million down the drain later, UKIP have no MPs (unless you count 1 Tory teaitor). So I guess he is trying to jump on another bandwagon. Hopefully he will waste another £6 million :-)

[ichkeria]

I wonder if Mr Banks will be targeting a certain Welsh MA, who has no doubt profited, politically at least, from his bankrolling of UKIP.
Or do Neil Hamilton's peccadilloes not count?

[Peter Pedant]

Arron ( bless !) is just a humble man who wanna make money

Didja hear Trump on The Mehican Wall ?
" Hey I can do it - I was in constrarction."

just as Vice Pres Cheney flattened Iraq as VeePee and then rebuilt it with his constructions firms paying himself with iraqi Oil
Hey whadda guy !

[ everyone one in Europe commented that you couldnt do that here without going to prison - but hey guys this is Amarica and anything can happen ! ]