Why are they not being prosecuted for theft ?

[bazwillrun]

They should be stripped of their peerages immediately and not be allowed to hold or officiate in public office in any way or form.

They are calculating lying thieves and as such are not to be trusted. These were not one off admin errors, they were premeditaded calculated thefts over a period of time

Why are they not going to be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.

So its ok to prosecute a benefit cheat and make big capital out of it, but low lifes like these will just get a slap on the wrist and its "business" as usual. Media URL: http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/oct/18/three-peers-suspended-from-lords-over-expenses
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[Count-A-Strong]

But Jenkins who fagged for them is now Lord Cheif Justice and is a member at the club dontchaknow.

[fredpuli47]

The CPS decided not to prosecute. Their reason appears to be that the rules governing peers' claims were even worse in than those for MPs' and subsequently were rewritten so that peers could claim for a house which they never occupied for any more than a day a month. The CPS must have thought that it was difficult to prove dishonesty, to the required standard in criminal law, if the Lords itself set standards so low and then set them lower. Can't see it myself, certainly in Baroness Uddin's case. Her claims were grotesquely false. She was living four miles from the Lords while claiming for a flat which nobody was ever living in, nor showed signs of doing so, during the period she claimed for.

[reefer]

A lowly commoner would at least have got a caution and a good telling off on here.

[wilkesneil]

i don't think they should be able to claim for houses and stuff.
if they need to gowork in a different a b&b is sufficient enough, they should go by train in normal class and have to pay theirself to upgrade to 1st class.
we can't claim for our houses and travel expenses, they get paid enough really.
i would throw the book at them to be fair.
next ones would think twice before doing it

[reefer]

...........next ones would think twice before doing it ...................

Find a better way to fiddle more like.

[wilkesneil]

maybe but they'd fiddle knowing the consequences if caught...

[reefer]

Which person should understand the rules better

El Thicko on Benefit ticks 1 box to many

Clever Lord on expenses ticking all the boxes

[stokemaveric]

they are no better than those that fiddle the benefits system....

[VHG]

>they are no better than those that fiddle the benefits system....

Far worse, because these people are supposed to be in a position of trust and leadership, plus they already get expenses etc.

I notice all three are Asian which backs up what I have said for a long time that the Asian mentallity is to fiddle every opportunity they can.

[jake-the-peg]

Have you come across any Asian serial killers VHG?

Does that mean that the British mentality is to rape and murder?

Or does your logic not work like that?

[anotheoldgit]

jake-the-peg

/// Have you come across any Asian serial killers? ///

I have and they seem to go in for it in a big way 900 in 1840, plus the London Bombings, the Twin Towers, and the thousands that they have killed all over the world.

Thug Behram: alleged to have killed over 900 people; executed in 1840

Raman Raghav: killed homeless people and others in their sleep

Auto Shankar: murdered nine teenage girls in Thiruvanmiyur, Chennai during a six-month period in 1988; executed in 1995

Joshi-Abhyankar Serial Murders: Quartet committed around 10 murders.

[sandyRoe]

There's one law for the rich and another for the likes of us. Work a few hours while claiming benefit and you'll have the weight of officialdom down on you, cheat the government of £140K and you'll get a slap on the wrist

[anotheoldgit]

Cont.

/// Serial Killers are not all white, it is only statistics speaking. There is a PROPORTIONATE number of female, black, hispanic and asian serial killers. ///

[youngmafbog]

The labour luvvies on the site dont seem to be mentioning what party is on the take here, some are even intimating it is Tory by the sound of their post 'Old boy'

so I thought I'd set the record straight.