Telegraph — More to come?
I just wonder if the Telegraph will dig up some stored up crud about contenders when the Labour leadership contest gets in full swing.
They will all have to be squeaky clean. I do not expect Labour politicians will be exempt if the Telegraph find they can make some money out of them.
They will all have to be squeaky clean. I do not expect Labour politicians will be exempt if the Telegraph find they can make some money out of them.
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And then there are charities also. I have said in a previous post I was once employed by a National Charity and was SHOCKED at how much they spent on expenses!:eek:
If there is anything there to expose about them then of course the Telegraph will reveal all. So if the contenders have anything to hide they'd be wise to fess up now
Nice attempt at deflection or is it wishful thinking?
Ed Milliband's expenses are relatively low and David Milliband's figures are quite high. John McDonnell is a London MP and his expenses were very low considering the high level of service his constituents receive.
Who knows what the Telegraph may come up with it may not just about expenses? All sorts of things can be dragged up about peoples past as apparently the Telegraph has no bounds when it comes to finding some sort of story to make money and I cannot imagine they will miss this opportunity of getting their investigative journalists to dredge their editorial slop buckets to find some dregs to create a story to grace their pages.
They already want Dave Milliband to win, suggesting they have dirt on him ready to be unleashed
Not good tactics. wait for the leader to be installed, and then undermine at the most opportune time.
Public money, maybe the people can report them to the police....lol
Last year when MPs had obeyed the rules they were attacked for claiming excessively.
This year we have the David Laws scandal where he broke the rules but claimed less than he was entitled.
Then we were treated to Danny Alexander who failed to pay Capital Gains Tax on the sale of a house that wasn't subject to it.
The Torygraph will happily just keep making shit up until they get whatever it is the Barclay Brothers want.
this whole thing could go on for YEARS!!!!
No, he claimed money he was not entitled too..and he knew it.
In addition aggrieved MPs will still slink off to various newspapers to give them all sorts of tittle tattle to peddle as news. Mandelson and Campbell will still be up to all of their old tricks.
By an amazing co=incidence Tony Benn has just been on Five Live telling the story of the paper's inventing his millions in a Cayman Island bank.
It was almost certainly Vince Cable who told them
http://order-order.com/2010/06/01/whodunnit/
Oooo. If it's from a blogger, it MUST be true! Oooo...:D
That's tittle tattle - no one knows why The Telegraph looked more closely at the situation and we will never know for certain. It does't even matter.
My own opinion is that as soon as the LibDems got into power the newspaper took a closer look at all of them.
And the tittle tattle and sly hints and innuendoes will continue from all sides.
How do you know they will. Do you know something we dont.
The good old DM already printing things to detract from the Laws scandal. see link
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1283212/After-civil-servants-soaring-pay-20-rise-bonuses.html
Cameron earns £142000, but he doesnt have to pay for mucu. I havent calculated how much he is better off but I guess his overall earnings could amount to £400000.
Cameron and co are now in government. They dont have to behave like they are in opposition, which is what they are still doing. No hesitation in using the right wing press to do their dirty work.
Why is it everytime someone brings up something about the coalition, people bring up Mandelson and Campbell. Surely there are other things that can be used as ammunition.
Campbell and Mandelson have a proven track record and Campbell has a book to promote right now. Mandelson's improprieties are on record.
I have no idea what the Daily Mail has got to do with it.
Laws is news in every single daily and Sunday newspaper.
Andrew Pierce, former Telegraph Assistant Editor, said on the radio that they hadn't bothered scrutinising the LibDems as they considered them relatively unimportant at the time. Now however...
Good point.
Furthermore, the Tories are not used to having to deal with a hostile press and they don't appear to know how to react.
Indeed. And they tried so hard that even a non news like Alexander is dragged through mud for not doing anything wrong with his supposed CGT fiasco.:rolleyes:
I agree - I think that the LibDems have lived in a little bubble off-stage but now they are in the spotlight. In power and under scrutiny.
Andrew Pierce has always struck me as a fair minded journalist and the Telegraph published everbody's expenses bar none.
They've barely set foot in the door yet, labour had years of honeymoon.