THIEVING MEN-IN-SUITS; LYING POLITICOS  

 MPs’ expense-claims shredded [ note below ]

 THE House of Commons has shredded more than 1m documents detailing expenses
 claims by MPs that were due to be revealed to the public.

 The Commons authorities said last week they had destroyed all documents for
 MPs up to April 2004, even though official guidelines state that such records
 should be kept for six years.

 Martin Bell, who was elected as an independent MP on an antisleaze platform in
 1997, said: “I think it is likely that some racketeering by some MPs has been
 so outrageous that, if it was revealed, they would be under pressure to resign.”

 In the most recent year for which records are available, to April 2007, MPs
 claimed an average of £135,600 of expenses each, which includes staff costs.
 Among the many controversial claims were those of Tony Blair for mortgage
 interest payments on his constituency home, while Margaret Beckett claimed
 more than £6,500 for gardening at her constituency home.

 Some of Blair’s claims, which the High Court had ruled should be made public,
 were shredded after The Sunday Times requested them. It is a criminal offence
 deliberately to destroy documents requested under freedom of information laws.

 During the legal battle over MPs’ expenses, the Westminster regime was exposed
 as lax and open to abuse. About £200,000 in public funds was spent trying to
 block disclosure of the expenses, but the Commons’ authorities relented after
 the High Court ruling last month.

 The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development recommends that salary and
 expenses records are kept for six years. The government requires businesses and
 “corporate bodies” to keep such records for the same period.

 The House of Commons said its “retention policy” complied with the law and had
 been drawn up in consultation with HM Revenue & Customs.

 Jon Ungoed-Thomas
 From The Sunday Times
 June 8, 2008
 
 http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article4087705.ece

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 `Perceptions' note -

 Looks like the parasites in parliament are reduced to overt criminal
 actions to cover-up greed and corruption.

 Want to bet senior police will _not_ investigate and no-one will be
 prosecuted?

 Check senior police getting fired in UK (just realized - also check
 senior-police deaths) 

 Links to crooked politicos, bent police, pedo-judges in UK (& USA)
 at
 www.perceptions.couk.com/#uk-crims and
 www.perceptions.couk.com/laworjustice.html


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