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Acrylic-bob · 02-03-2006, 04:01

It is a sad inictment of politicians and of politics in general that little of what they now do surprises me. I had thought I had seen just about everything.
Until now that is.

I was quite used to the idea of Prescott's arrogant assumption that Council Tax was something we lesser mortals paid. I was even becoming accoustomed to accepting that the Prime Minister and the Truth were destined to remain strangers.

The thing which has surprised and appalled me however is not the behaviour of the Culture Secretary, Tessa Jowell, who believed that it was perfectly reasonable for a Minister of the Crown to accept £350,000 from a company owned by the Italian Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi,which she used as part payment for her mortgage, provided she called it a gift rather than what it was; a bribe. Sadly, that she felt justified in doing this does not surprise me at all. What does surprise me is that she appears to have gotten away with it. She will not now face an inquiry. She will not be required to resign her position. She will not attract the attention of the Police and she will not face prosecution.

What sort of signal does this sort of behaviour send to the general public?
What does it say about the attitudes of our political lords and masters?
Can any politician ever be trusted to keep their grubby fingers out of the till?

What do members think?

02-03-2006, 04:01	#1
Acrylic-bob God Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Tragic Conn Posts: 4,007 Blog Entries: 15 Liked: 3 times Rep Power: 2473	Teaching the Tories a thing or two about SLEAZE. It is a sad inictment of politicians and of politics in general that little of what they now do surprises me. I had thought I had seen just about everything. Until now that is. I was quite used to the idea of Prescott's arrogant assumption that Council Tax was something we lesser mortals paid. I was even becoming accoustomed to accepting that the Prime Minister and the Truth were destined to remain strangers. The thing which has surprised and appalled me however is not the behaviour of the Culture Secretary, Tessa Jowell, who believed that it was perfectly reasonable for a Minister of the Crown to accept £350,000 from a company owned by the Italian Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi,which she used as part payment for her mortgage, provided she called it a gift rather than what it was; a bribe. Sadly, that she felt justified in doing this does not surprise me at all. What does surprise me is that she appears to have gotten away with it. She will not now face an inquiry. She will not be required to resign her position. She will not attract the attention of the Police and she will not face prosecution. What sort of signal does this sort of behaviour send to the general public? What does it say about the attitudes of our political lords and masters? Can any politician ever be trusted to keep their grubby fingers out of the till? What do members think? __________________ Enough is ENOUGH Get Britain out of Europe