BREAKING: Denis MacShane Has The Whip Withdrawn By Labour

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• MisterE Posts: 1,027

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  14/10/10 - 12:28 #2

  Allegedly, he claimed £125,000 for a garage that he was trying to pass off as a constituency office.

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• divingbboy Posts: 14,074

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  14/10/10 - 12:29 #3

  MisterE wrote: »

  Apparently he claimed £125,000 for a garage that he was trying to pass off as a constituency office.

  
  Lovely office...............
  
  http://orderorder.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/garage.jpg?w=480&h=339

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• jmclaugh Posts: 63,997

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  14/10/10 - 12:31 #4

  He has been reported to the police by the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards.
  
  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/mps-expenses/8063760/Denis-MacShane-reported-to-police-over-expenses-claims.html

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• Annsyre Posts: 109,504

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  14/10/10 - 12:33 #5

  divingbboy wrote: »

  Lovely office...............
  
  http://orderorder.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/garage.jpg?w=480&h=339

  
  Seven pcs in three years too. I expect you'd need all of them for an office that spacious.

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• MisterE Posts: 1,027

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  14/10/10 - 12:35 #6

  divingbboy wrote: »

  Lovely office...............
  
  http://orderorder.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/garage.jpg?w=480&h=339

  
  Well worth £125k!
  Perhaps he's got a nice motor parked the other side of those doors... I wonder if his secretary's first name is Porsche??

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• Peter E Posts: 7,746

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  14/10/10 - 13:19 #7

  So does this technically mean that Labour has now lost a seat and Rotherham now has an independent MP!!!

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• tour de force Posts: 4,029

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  14/10/10 - 13:20 #8

  What a tragedy that such a great man is in imminent danger of being brought so low.

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• Peter E Posts: 7,746

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  14/10/10 - 13:30 #9

  Blimey, Ed Miliband doesn't waste time. He really means business. Even though i like Brown I suspect he would have been dithering for weeks and Blair would have turned a blind eye.
  
  I'm starting to see a (positively) ruthless streak to Ed Miliband!! first he stood against his elder brother in the leadership contest. Then eh shafts Balls and Cooper by denying them the job of Shadow Chancellor despite them both being well qualified for the job (Both did PPE at Oxford, both won scholarships to Harved and cooper did an MSc in Economics at LSE) and giving it to a man without didn't even sit his O Levels and now he ousts Macshane without a seconds thought!!!
  
  Don't be fooled by Ed Miliband's innocent school boy face!!:D
  
  Could he be the Prince of Darkness II? :D lol

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• emby Posts: 7,837

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  14/10/10 - 13:36 #10

  This has just been reported on our local news here [Look North], and apparently McShane was reported by the BNP.

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• Rafer Posts: 14,231

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  14/10/10 - 13:37 #11

  Peter E wrote: »

  
  I'm starting to see a (positively) ruthless streak to Ed Miliband!! Don't be fooled by his innocent school boy face!!:D

  
  
  I don't think he had much choice in the matter. There's three other Labour mps already up on charges all of whom have had the whip withdrawn. Ed didn't have the option to sit and do nothing. Protocol had already been established.

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• pxd867 Posts: 11,489

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  14/10/10 - 13:40 #12

  emby wrote: »

  This has just been reported on our local news here [Look North], and apparently McShane was reported by the BNP.

  Payback I guess. Was this claim well known before today?

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• tour de force Posts: 4,029

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  14/10/10 - 13:44 #13

  emby wrote: »

  This has just been reported on our local news here [Look North], and apparently McShane was reported by the BNP.

  
  
  
  It's like being given a Prada handbag for Christmas, then finding a Tiffany bracelet inside....

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• [Deleted User] Posts: 83

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  14/10/10 - 14:05 #14

  First his brother, then Nick Brown, then Balls and Cooper and now McShane- EM doesn't **** about. Shame that he lacks charisma and loyalty!

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• Majlis Posts: 31,362

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  14/10/10 - 14:13 #15

  tour de force wrote: »

  It's like being given a Prada handbag for Christmas, then finding a Tiffany bracelet inside....

  
  yes Christmas has come early this year

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• Peter E Posts: 7,746

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  14/10/10 - 14:55 #16

  Apollo101 wrote: »

  First his brother, then Nick Brown, then Balls and Cooper and now McShane- EM doesn't **** about. Shame that he lacks charisma and loyalty!

  
  
  
  I forgot about Nick Brown. as I said above, I'm starting to think he's turning into the new Mandelson.:D I wonder who's next for an EM chop!!

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• Bagpipes Posts: 5,443

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  14/10/10 - 15:49 #17

  Good. I've always detested the bloke and I must say when I heard the story break on the radio earlier it brought a smile to my face.
  
  Edit: I have a feeling that if this was a Tory MP this thread would already be several pages long.

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• stripedcat Posts: 6,689

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  14/10/10 - 16:21 #18

  Apollo101 wrote: »

  First his brother, then Nick Brown, then Balls and Cooper and now McShane- EM doesn't **** about. Shame that he lacks charisma and loyalty!

  
  
  You've got to be ruthless to get to the top in politics. As was mentioned earlier, compare this to what we would of expected from the dithering of Gordon Brown, or John Major.

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• [Deleted User] Posts: 302

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  14/10/10 - 19:55 #19

  Brilliant news, one of the worst Labour MPs going (and that really is saying something).

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• [Deleted User] Posts: 6,207

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  14/10/10 - 20:09 #20

  Is anyone going to thank the BNP for their role in reporting this case .

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• emby Posts: 7,837

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  14/10/10 - 21:14 #21

  BillyNidNod wrote: »

  Is anyone going to thank the BNP for their role in reporting this case .

  
  They don't deserve thanks for anything ...

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• redvers36 Posts: 4,895

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  14/10/10 - 22:59 #22

  When will we finally be rid of that greedy Parliament that has just been? It seems to go on and on with people like Hazel "Flipper"Blears reappearing as if nothing had happened

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• pxd867 Posts: 11,489

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  15/10/10 - 00:58 #23

  He is an obnoxious tw**, he's had a few tragedies in his family to be fair, but he still comes across an arsehole.

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• pxd867 Posts: 11,489

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  27/10/10 - 13:58 #24

  Isn't it lovely when an arrogant big-mouthed nerd like McShane is under investigation by the police- we've heard nothing from the man for a week! Normally there's not a day that goes by where he isn't pontificating on some new claptrap.
  
  Can't stand his missus either - Joan Smith.... who said last year that she didn't get all the hysteria about MP's expenses... wonder if she does now?

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• Phoenixbliss Posts: 9,478

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  07/08/11 - 00:24 #25

  Has the Labour whip been restored yet-its been nearly a year?

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• marjangles Posts: 9,667

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  07/08/11 - 09:37 #26

  Phoenixbliss wrote: »

  Has the Labour whip been restored yet-its been nearly a year?

  
  Nope, as far as I'm aware he's still under investigation by the police and the CPS. I don't think they've come to a decision yet about whether or not to prosecute and Labour won't do anything until they do.
  
  If he is prosecuted then the whip won't be restored. If he's found guilty then we'll be looking at another by-election in a safe Labour seat.

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