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Michael Martin to quit, but after Election to install son in 'hereditary' seat and claim £100,000 golden parachute | Mail Online

He has been involved in a series of expenses controversies himself and has claimed almost £45,000 of expenses on his constituency home in the last four years - despite enjoying a lavish grace-and-favour apartment.

Oh isnt that a suprise :rolleyes:

Another episode of cronyism.

In any other walk of life, he would be gone already

Snowfire;1189909 wrote: He has been involved in a series of expenses controversies himself and has claimed almost £45,000 of expenses on his constituency home in the last four years - despite enjoying a lavish grace-and-favour apartment.

Oh isnt that a suprise :rolleyes:

Another episode of cronyism.

In any other walk of life, he would be gone already
I do feel that His Lovliness should just sack him and be done with it. What's the point of hanging on other than for him to line his pocket and get his son into a safe seat?

I have a very safe seat for him and another for his son.



In adjoining cells in Pentonville.

oscar;1189903 wrote: Michael Martin to quit, but after Election to install son in 'hereditary' seat and claim £100,000 golden parachute | Mail Online


Hereditary seat? You can probably guess he average Glaswegians reaction to that one. The days when a monkey in a red suit would get elected are long gone-along with the red suits.



posted by oscar

I do feel that His Lovliness should just sack him and be done with it. What's the point of hanging on other than for him to line his pocket and get his son into a safe seat? :-5:-5:-5:-5:-5

GORDON IS A MORON

gmc;1190419 wrote: Hereditary seat? You can probably guess he average Glaswegians reaction to that one. The days when a monkey in a red suit would get elected are long gone-along with the red suits.



posted by oscar

:-5:-5:-5:-5:-5

GORDON IS A MORON You off on one again? :wah:

If I said I was going to Westminister on Bank Holiday Monday to protest, how many of you would agree to meet me there at 12 noon?

Clodhopper;1190849 wrote: If I said I was going to Westminister on Bank Holiday Monday to protest, how many of you would agree to meet me there at 12 noon?
I'll be there for one

I mean it. I'm not joking. If one other person says it and means it I'll go. Do you mean it Oscar? Can you do it with your other commitments?

Clodhopper;1190851 wrote: I mean it. I'm not joking. If one other person says it and means it I'll go. Do you mean it Oscar? Can you do it with your other commitments? As it's a bank holiday, I will check with Mr O's pal as i often look after the take-away on bank hols but as far as i know, I'm not doing it. I'll check with him in the morning and let you know straight away. If i'm clear, i will do it and we can make plans to meet. I can get a coach from Bristol to London.

posted by clodhopper

If I said I was going to Westminister on Bank Holiday Monday to protest, how many of you would agree to meet me there at 12 noon?


oscar;1190850 wrote: I'll be there for one


Typical woman turn up late and miss the demonstration.

One will do nicely, if you can make it.

Anyone else?

If anyone else is interested, email your friends and ask them if they'd care to join us.

The labour mafiosa will hang on till the bitter end. Gordon Brown is going to try and stay in power as well. You really don't believe either have the moral integrity to do the right thing do you? Michael martin probably does believe he is entitled to get what's due him. Labour councillors are just the same and so it looks like are the SNP ones. Bunch of crooks the lot of them.

Clodhopper;1190851 wrote: I mean it. I'm not joking. If one other person says it and means it I'll go. Do you mean it Oscar? Can you do it with your other commitments?
As it stands right now..... looks like i'm free bank holiday monday. I'm up for it so who else is coming?

Right, just off to polish the Doc Martins, Union Jack tee-shirt, Levi jeans and shave my head. :sneaky:

You'll know it's me as I'll have a copy of the Daily Mail under my arm.

gmc;1190967 wrote:





Typical woman turn up late and miss the demonstration. Sporran.

:-1

Bummer. Seems we'll be arrested if we stand on the green opposite Westminster and protest (under anti-terrorist legislation). We must be at least a mile away and have informed the Met Police.

Trafalgar Square.

I'm still for it and will call the Met if it's on. Good on you Oscar - you still up for it? At Trafalgar Square?

Anyone else? Come on guys - we need to be political for the sake of the country. It's not a big thing to do. What were you planning for Bank Holiday Monday as important as the issue of who governs us? I'll bring paper and pencil for a petition.

I'm working on the chant - can anyone help? "Thieves in Parliament are still thieves" is waaay too clunky. Can anyone help? (Feel free to exercise your humour :wah:)

Too late guys --- he's buggered off with his tail between his legs. You up for 'Speaker' then Oscar ?????? :sneaky:

G#Gill: I do think there is still an issue to protest, but suspect you are right and the wind will have gone out of the sails.

I'm still up for it if anyone else is.

Clodhopper;1191394 wrote: G#Gill: I do think there is still an issue to protest, but suspect you are right and the wind will have gone out of the sails.

I'm still up for it if anyone else is. I'm still up for it. Where ever it is.

G#Gill;1191386 wrote: Too late guys --- he's buggered off with his tail between his legs. You up for 'Speaker' then Oscar ?????? :sneaky: Do you think they'd have me? :yh_rotfl

oscar;1191711 wrote: Do you think they'd have me? :yh_rotfl


I dare say all the former public schoolboys will appreciate the jackboots and whip.

gmc;1191789 wrote: I dare say all the former public schoolboys will appreciate the jackboots and whip. And the tangerine :sneaky:

Hey ho. Don't seem able to rouse much enthusism round here, and a two-person protest seems a bit pointless. Sorry Oscar - it's off:(

(If Martin hadn't resigned there would have been a good reason, but he has, so....)

Clodhopper;1191825 wrote: Hey ho. Don't seem able to rouse much enthusism round here, and a two-person protest seems a bit pointless. Sorry Oscar - it's off:(

(If Martin hadn't resigned there would have been a good reason, but he has, so....) Yes, but think of the trouble we could cause you and i ? :wah: How about we protest for the sacking of Blears and Smith over their expenses instead?

oscar;1191807 wrote: And the tangerine :sneaky:


I'm not going to ask. Not having gone to public school I can't think why you need a tangerine-we didn't have such exotic fruit anyway.

gmc;1192086 wrote: I'm not going to ask. Not having gone to public school I can't think why you need a tangerine-we didn't have such exotic fruit anyway. Sorry Sporran.... You missed out on another world in those private schools :yh_rotfl The Tangerine could be substituted with an orange or a satsuma if Tangerines were out of season. :wah:

oscar;1192123 wrote: Sorry Sporran.... You missed out on another world in those private schools :yh_rotfl The Tangerine could be substituted with an orange or a satsuma if Tangerines were out of season. :wah:


So you are one of those upper middle class labour supporters then.

I agree with tony benn on this one. Labour went wrong ending the grammar schools-nothing wrong with giving those with the ability access to the best education-what they should have done was end the fee paying schools so that you had equality of access based on ability not access based on ability to pay. They should also end separate religious schools.

gmc;1192139 wrote: So you are one of those upper middle class labour supporters then.

I agree with tony benn on this one. Labour went wrong ending the grammar schools-nothing wrong with giving those with the ability access to the best education-what they should have done was end the fee paying schools so that you had equality of access based on ability not access based on ability to pay. They should also end separate religious schools. As you know already, i was lucky that i went to private school because that's what my father wanted to spend his money on. Even back then, there was an air of money bought a better education but i do actually agree with you. Schools should be about ability and not the ability to pay. Tony Benn is still a knob.