What a fantastic name for an MP:
Fabricant: One who fabricates?
A backbench Tory MP was left "devastated" after his Facebook account was hacked. Michael Fabricant, 58, spoke of his anguish in a posting on his personal website last week. The Lichfield MP's Facebook profile was suspended after his account was pwned by hackers and used to send malicious spam to his 1,500 contacts. The …
Anyone else notice that his "Additional Costs Allowance" is Joint 1st 4 times over the last 6 years?
Being individually 1st four times in six years could be put down to over-exuberance but joint 1st for seemingly random sums (23,083 £22,110 £20,902 £19,722) suggests that he, and others, were taking the absolute maximum they could.
Would be interesting to see if the others who were joint 1st were the same individuals.
Gullible member of the public (which all MPs are, after all) falls for scam on social networking site. Film at 11.
What's more newsworthy is the fact that millions upon millions of people continue to fall for the "Look at this!" "Free Pr0n!" "You won a million zloty!" messages that they get from umpteen different sources. But, because they're not famous, this is somehow non-news.
Sigh.
"This has never happened to me before and I can only apologise."
An MP apologising for the misdeeds of another, apologising for something which is not his fault, apologising for something he had no control over.
This seems pretty common, but what is as rare as rocking horse shit?
MP's apologising for things that are their fault and that they are responsible for.
Sent to Labour, Conservative and Libdems... >
I think it is fair to say we have been approached by several political parties seeking our vote in the European elections and I thought it wise to share a view with you.
It seems that when government funded bodies attract increased funds a rapid restructuring process starts in which wealth is distributed from the top down.
On the other hand when government funds dry up a slower restructuring process begins and it is usually from the bottom up.
Summarised pleasantly as:
+ wealth flows from the top down
- poverty flows from the bottom up
The view I'd like to share with you is or is based on:
+ there is no need under the present indebtedness of the country for any direct or indirect employee to earn more than 90,000 GBP
+ there is an excellent opportunity for elected members of any and all parliaments to demonstrate leadership and set an example by taking wage cuts conforming to the arbitrary figure given above of 90,000 GBP
+ people have reasonable expectation that government funded services will be delivered and standards maintained
+ it is the 21st century and previous or outmoded methods of dealing with budget cuts needs to be revisited this time respecting service procurement and provisioning along with expectations that standards are maintained
+ given the countrywide significance of these factors British royalty might also wish to conform to them but I'd guess that should be a free decision of each royal member without undue influence or pressure brought to bear
+ it is also a reasoned working method that will maintain service standards
+ it affords sufficient motivation to empowered individuals to meet need, meet budget constraint and meet due diligence in a leadership based way including the recently purchased finance sector of course
+ it beats the pants of alternatives
It can neatly be summarised as:
+ wealth flows from the top down
+ poverty flows from the top down