They Never Seem To Learn !

[mikey4444]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-31580374

Two more high profile MPs caught out in a sting.

[waterboatman]

They think they are untouchable and above the law.

[anotheoldgit]

And not one of them attached to UKIP, what a shame for some.

But then those from the other parties go in for real crime, not just slips of the tongue.

[ToraToraTora]

further proof if it where needed that most politicians are in it for what they can get out of it!

[jim360]

"They think they are untouchable and above the law."

I don't get why this still persists, if true. You'd have thought that Chris Huhne's jail spell might have given them a clue about that, for example...

[andy-hughes]

Mr Rifkind has said on record that he is self-employed - no-one pays him a salary.

Actually - I do - as a tax payer, I help to pay his MP's salary, so I hope he will be quick to apologise for a flagrant untruth.

[Sqad]

Poor old Denis Skinner.......with his jibes " that lot over there with their noses in the trough" doesn't know which way to point his finger......

[Farriercm]

Rifkind, is quoted as saying it is impossible for an mp to live on
60k + expenses a year.

[Peter Pedant]

//Poor old Denis Skinner.......with his jibes " that lot over there with their noses in the trough" doesn't know which way to point his finger.....//

needs to stick his finger up his own nose as the safest place for it

[andy-hughes]

jim360 - "I don't get why this still persists, if true."

The sort of ego and arrogance that drives some individuals to enter politics carries on dictating their behaviour when they get into a position where they can abuse their status.

I have opined elsewhere that there are some people who are unsuitable for occupations where they are accorded more reverence and deference than is good for them - doctors, priests, politicians are just three of them.

These people live a life where others defer to them to the point where they think that not only can they behave exactly as they please, unfettered by the rules and morals that govern the rest of us, but that it is actually their duty so to do.

That is why there is genuine bafflement when such individuals are found to be acting in a manner that the resit of society regards as illegal, immoral, or both.

And here we go again.

[Svejk]

Labour will be angry,,,,,,,about allowing himself to get caught.

[andy-hughes]

Svejk - "Labour will be angry,,,,,,,about allowing himself to get caught."

It's not a good idea for any politician of any party to make waves when there is an election campaign under way.

[Svejk]

https://twitter.com/benrileysmith/status/569623972503019520/photo/1

[whiskeryron]

// Rifkind, is quoted as saying it is impossible for an mp to live on
60k + expenses a year. // Does anyone think it possible to offer these salaries to the retired who have paid in for years ?

[Svejk]

Note, not angry about what they DID, angry they got CAUGHT. Lol, good ol labour.

[Peter Pedant]

jim360 - "I don't get why this still persists, if true."

they do it because they want the munnay dont they ?

[Sqad]

PP.

\\\\they do it because they want the munnay dont they ?\\\

nearly right........it is because they can COMMAND that sort of money.

There are no shortage of people who are willing to pay for their particular kind of "offers."

I would find it hard to resist....wouldn't you £5.000 for a "guest appearance."

[Farriercm]

Yes Andrew Mitchell, thought he was above the Law, another snout in the trough.

[humbersloop]

I understand twelve MPs were approached in the same way and six turned the offer down - I'd be interested to know who they were too

[Gromit]

Miliband has suspended Straw from the Parliamentary Labour Party.

Cameron has done nothing. Rifkind sits smugly as if he has done no wrong.

Different messages from the two Party leaders.

[Jackdaw33]

Rifkind has been suspended. No mention of Straw.