MP's secret expenses

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-112591 6/Government-U-turn-plans-details-MPs-expenses -secret.html

At last Brown has been forced to do a U-turn over this matter of MP's expenses, due to the lack of support from the Tories.

Why did they want to keep them a secret?

Speaking at Prime Minister's Questions, Gordon Brown hit out at the Tories for withdrawing their support from the controversial move.

"We thought we had agreement on the Freedom of Information Act as part of this wider package," he said.

"Recently that support that we believed we had from the main opposition party was withdrawn.

[Gromit]

AOG.

What actually happened was Cameron made a U-Turn which wrong footed Brown, but Tory U-Turns don't sell the Daily Mail.

In May 2007 the Commons voted on on a bill to exempt themselves introduced by former Tory chief whip David Maclean. Both the Tories and Labour had a free vote. Cameron astained but many Tories voted in favour of it.

This was tested in 2008 when the High Court ordered MPs had to reveal their expenses. MPs didn't want to reveal them so a new Order was drafted which would have given them immunity. Tory and Labour were both conniving to suppress this information.

Then on Monday, Alan Duncan became the new shadow leader of the house in the Tory reshuffle, and persauded Cameron to put on a whip to vote against exemption rather than a free vote.

Cameron's U-Turn thankfully killed off this pernicious bit off proposed legislation.

When the Government received this information, they conceded defeat.

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/iain_martin/blog/ 2009/01/22/david_cameron_at_war_with_his_old_g uard_over_mps_expenses

[anotheoldgit]

Gromit your obsession with constantly slagging off the Daily Mail is getting rather tiresome.

One never hears anyone slag off any other publication as much as you and others do the D.M.

What actually happened was Cameron made a U-Turn which wrong footed Brown

This is more or less what my posting was all about.

But then you had to add this, WHY?

but Tory U-Turns don't sell the Daily Mail.

Just another assumption by you, the great Daily Mail conspirator.

And then you go off on one of your constant extensive searches into past history, to try and find Tory U-Turns so as to get your point over.

I will repeat my statement for you once again,

At last Brown has been forced to do a U-turn over this matter of MP's expenses, due to the lack of support from the Tories.

THIS IS FACT, NO GOING ROUND THE HOUSES, NO DAILY MAIL LIES, DOESN'T MATTER HOW MANY U-TURNS MADE BY THE TORIES.

The fact remains fact, no matter how much you don't like to admit it.

[Gromit]

AOG

Just noticed the Daily Mail has flogged off the The Evening Standard to KGB Spy Alexander Lebedev for a Quid.

Do you think he was overcharged?

[anotheoldgit]

Don't tell me that you also have something against the Evening Standard ?

Never mind now that it is in communist hands, it's content will probably be more in line with your own views.