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I cannot understand the naivete of this man in believing that he could keep a secret like that, in the position that he has in government, from the media.

I believe in this coalition but, if he does not resign or if he is not made to, the first seeds of doubt will have been sewn, before it has had a chance.

What a pity.
 
There has been/is many people in politics whose sexuality has not been an issue/dragged up by the media. The Torygraph has sat on this info for some time and decided to out him due to firstly their pathalogical hatred of the co-alition govt and secondly they see the libs as the engineers of the 40-50% realignment of capital gains with income tax thresholds. ba5tards...he has (IMHO) done nothing *wrong* (oustide rules, blah blah, etc. etc...)
No matter how much the Torygraph kicks and screams tax is going up and the co-alition is here to stay for the next five years.
 
I believe in this coalition but, if he does not resign or if he is not made to, the first seeds of doubt will have been sewn, before it has had a chance.
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Split

Is it not correct that you sow seeds and not sew them ?

I've asked my missus and she says she has never sewn any seeds in decades of needlework.

Despite this error, which I am assuming to be deliberate, I have recommended your post.
 
I'm not interested in who he sleeps with etc. I just want a competent person to sort out the country's finances. From what I've seen he's well qualified to do this and has the balls to see it through. As for the rent he paid to his "partner", it was, apparently, less than he would have had to have paid a commercial landlord - if so, then it seems like a better deal for the taxpayer. No "flipping" or double-claiming.

When oh! when, will we forget the class war, sexual preferences and scandal-mongering in favour of ability amongst our politicians? As for the Torygraph, they're just pushing circulation figures - not much to do with responsible journalism IMHO and reflects badly on their readership.

Does anyone worry about their broker's spare time habits? Not likely - we just want reliable, decent and competent service. So why should it be different with the Politicians?
 
Lundie sold his property for a profit, having had part of the mortgage paid for by us, the taxpayers.
He then bought another and Laws charged us, the taxpayers, an increased amount so his boy friend, Lundie, could "afford" the mortgage repayments.
Lundie therefore made money on the first property and increased the potential profits on the new one at our, the taxpayers, expense.
All this was aided and abetted by David Laws, the man who controls the livelihood and well-being of many of us, the taxpayers.
I don't give a sod about his sexual preferences, they are his business, but where is the morality in his screwing us, the taxpayers?
Not to mention that Laws made his millions in the City and really didn't even have poverty as an excuse for taking money out of our pockets, unbeknown to us.
He's yet another legalised pickpocket - and paid by us to do it !
What price a sense of right and wrong?
Richard
 
How come this wasn't picked up during the scourge on expenses last year ?

Did the basta*rd keep his head down and hope it would go away ?

Don't really understand why he would do this as the guy is bloody well loaded down with truckloads of dosh.

Ars*ehole !!!
 
Ambrose Ackroyd said:
Split

Is it not correct that you sow seeds and not sew them ?

I've asked my missus and she says she has never sewn any seeds in decades of needlework.

Despite this error, which I am assuming to be deliberate, I have recommended your post.
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You are a nice guy, Ambrose, to think that that was a deliberate mistake. I have a Collins on my table sew have no excuse! :smart: It was ignorance on my part .

I've been out of the country too long, probably, so please forgive. :):)
 
0007 said:
I'm not interested in who he sleeps with etc. I just want a competent person to sort out the country's finances. From what I've seen he's well qualified to do this and has the balls to see it through. As for the rent he paid to his "partner", it was, apparently, less than he would have had to have paid a commercial landlord - if so, then it seems like a better deal for the taxpayer. No "flipping" or double-claiming.

When oh! when, will we forget the class war, sexual preferences and scandal-mongering in favour of ability amongst our politicians? As for the Torygraph, they're just pushing circulation figures - not much to do with responsible journalism IMHO and reflects badly on their readership.

Does anyone worry about their broker's spare time habits? Not likely - we just want reliable, decent and competent service. So why should it be different with the Politicians?
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I agree with what you say and, if I had known before, he would have got my vote, regardless. The point that I am making is that, after all the expenses furor, he is the cause of new scandals which the press and enemies of the coalition will pounce on.

Neither Cameron nor Clegg need that kind of publicity now and they must be seen to have dealt firmly with the matter. He was very innocent to think that his charging of rent to expenses, with his partner as the landlord, would not make a good story, if it got out. His trustworthiness is now in question, when it was not in doubt beforehand.
 
Splitlink said:
I agree with what you say and, if I had known before, he would have got my vote, regardless. The point that I am making is that, after all the expenses furor, he is the cause of new scandals which the press and enemies of the coalition will pounce on.

Neither Cameron nor Clegg need that kind of publicity now and they must be seen to have dealt firmly with the matter. He was very innocent to think that his charging of rent to expenses, with his partner as the landlord, would not make a good story, if it got out. His trustworthiness is now in question, when it was not in doubt beforehand.
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I think you're right and it looks bad for Laws. It starts to make you wonder why anyone would go into politics or public life.
 
Ambrose Ackroyd said:
Laws is well out of order, the Nancy Boy should resign immediately.

Apologies are not good enough.
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I did not call him out because of what you called him but because he betrayed both Cameron's and Clegg's reasons for being in government. If we did not need to know then they, at least, did so that they did not have any surprises. Forewarned is forearmed. My word, what a packet to give them!
 
I think it is a shame that he has gone for this reason.
It looks as though he has been hounded out because of his sexuality, and I thought we were beyond all that now. He should of course have known what the expenses rules were, and in the present climate, made sure that he was whiter than white in that respect.

I was interested in him for a different reason, having read an article before the "scandal" came out, that said how right-wing he was (for a LibDem), so much so that Osborne had offered him a place on the Tory front benches, even before the election and coalition. He had turned him down, but had said he might have been a Tory had it not been for Section 28. The article also said that he would be an enthusiastic cutter.

I was therefore "looking forward" (in a way) to seeing how he got on, basically being Osborne's hit-man. Now we shall never know.
 
montmorencyt2w said:
I think it is a shame that he has gone for this reason.
It looks as though he has been hounded out because of his sexuality, and I thought we were beyond all that now. He should of course have known what the expenses rules were, and in the present climate, made sure that he was whiter than white in that respect.

I was interested in him for a different reason, having read an article before the "scandal" came out, that said how right-wing he was (for a LibDem), so much so that Osborne had offered him a place on the Tory front benches, even before the election and coalition. He had turned him down, but had said he might have been a Tory had it not been for Section 28. The article also said that he would be an enthusiastic cutter.

I was therefore "looking forward" (in a way) to seeing how he got on, basically being Osborne's hit-man. Now we shall never know.
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It's his fault, though--no one else's. He should have thought all this through, very carefully, before he started. It's not homosexuality, it's expenses. Remember? It was one of the points on which this election was fought. Can you imagine the fun the opposition would have had if this had come out in a year's time?
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It looks as though he has been hounded out because of his sexuality
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Where on Earth have you got that idea from as there is nothing published that supports this view at all ?

It would have made no difference if he were straight and had done the same thing with a female partner the result would have been the same.


Paul
 
Before anybody is put forward for selection as an MP they are quizzed by a selection committee.

It would be interesting to know if the relevent questions were asked ?
If not , then why not ?

And if so, then Laws must have lied his way out of it. So just another bent politician probably. They nearly always used to get away with such indescretions but not these days and good thing too.
Unless of course like Mandy being sacked twice there seemed to be nobody else to appoint. They might even elect twats like me if desperate enough
 
It would be interesting to know if the relevent questions were asked ?
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Laws only broke the law after becoming an MP and not before so it would not be possible to know what was going to happen until after he was elected.


Paul
 
Doesn't matter... only a matter of few months (less than 8) before the next elections... (yawn)
 
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