observer Posted January 26, 2009 Report Share Posted January 26, 2009 Allegagations that four Members of the House of Lords have been accepting payments for interfering with legislation - may not be a surprise - but is it the tip of an iceberg?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Sid Posted January 26, 2009 Report Share Posted January 26, 2009 it sells papers and detracts from the economic downturn for a while. as for tip of the iceberg who knows (apart from the lords themselves) and what will happen to them. will they be fined, de-lorded, made to pay the money back, will the legislation be declared null and void. in a word no. they will be embarrassed for a while but that is about all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Kennedy Posted January 26, 2009 Report Share Posted January 26, 2009 Well according to the Leader in the Lords, they could be named and shamed...and she said that would be a great punishment. Really. As I understand the rules, which are designed to drive a coach and horses through, Lords can accept payment for acting as a consultant on a particular issue. Lords unlike MPs are not paid unless they are also a Government Minister etc, but do receive a generous allowance. My guess is that nothing will come of this matter, as probably the rules as they are will not have been broken. The lobbying system is a long established and accepted method of trying to get laws changed / introduced / repealed....often conducted over a nice meal or day out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
safeway56 Posted January 26, 2009 Report Share Posted January 26, 2009 The Peers aren't paid ? They get 380 quid a day *allowance* All they need do for this wedge is to turn up at the front door, collect the cash and out the back door. Sounds like a nice little *unpaid* earner to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted January 26, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 26, 2009 In the main, a glorified old peoples home, where they can come for a warm and forty winks, and the whole place probably stinks of urine and their past trechery. Guess they won't be supporting a euthanasia Bill?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inky pete Posted January 26, 2009 Report Share Posted January 26, 2009 Bit of a non-story, if you ask me. Be honest, has anyone ever believed that major high-tech and multinational companies hand out lucrative, 1/2 a day a month Directorships to a bunch of out of touch geriatrics in order to access their "business acumen"???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted January 26, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 26, 2009 But these are the politicians who pontificate about everyone else's integrity - simple answer - a firing squad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Sid Posted January 27, 2009 Report Share Posted January 27, 2009 tut tut obs, firing squad!!! just think of the green impact of this. all that gunshot residue leeching into the atmosphere and increasing the greenhouse effect, the poisonous aspect of the lead from the bullets as well. shame on you. hang em instead, you can use the rope more than once you know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted January 27, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2009 OK Sid, then perhaps a traitors death: hung drawn and quartered, oops that's for commoners; suppose it would have to be beheading then?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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