Gordon Brown&Co Are Taking Us For Idiots. Of Course They Knew They Were Bending The Rules

May 9, 2009

Adam Lovejoy writes: Are you going to tell me that Prime Minister Gordon Brown and his chums in the cabinet did not know that they were bending the rules when they were claiming too much money in the form of parliamentary expenses and allowances? And are you actually serious when you say that it was the system that was rotten and not the people who abused and manipulated it? If you are, then you should be sent to live on the happy island with Tony Blair who has a very strange perception of what honesty and integrity in elected office are all about. Blair had dragged his country into an illegal war, while lying to parliament and to his people, and on leaving office turned his treachery into a money making operation for himself, earning a fortune in one place in the world that he should have stayed away from – the United States. Although now we know for sure that his sucking up to George Bush was all about money and nothing else.

The biggest disgrace about the latest revelations that have hit the top echelon of the Labour party is that not a single minister has had the decency to accept that he or she was wrong. Once reports about the dodgy claims for expenses came out all the Labour top brass were beating their breast and saying that they were just operating within the existing system. But our claims for expenses were approved by the relevant parliamentary authorities, they were saying, as if it was the role of some clerks in the House of Commons to question the legality of the claims submitted by the ministers of the Crown.

The system was based on the assumption that the claimants were acting in good faith and were honest in their requirements. And now the people, who have been proved to be greedy and manipulative, are screaming that they were actually the victims rather than the culprits. It is a bit like burglars claiming that they are not to blame for their actions because it is the system, i.e. society, which has let them down and forced them to choose the life of crime. Burglars do say things like that, mind you, but they are not funded by taxpayers’ money.

The most important thing to remember here is that the very same members of parliament, who are now trying to present themselves as crystal clean and honest, have been contributing to the joint effort of the whole House of Commons to block the revelation of receipts for parliamentary expenses. I have a question to them in this respect: if they always believed that they have been acting above board why was it that they were lobbying against the publication of the receipts? And another thing: why does it transpire now that none of the cabinet members and junior ministers had not waved at least some of their expenses and allowances, especially considering that they all represent the party of the hard working people that Labour purports to be?

As usual Prime Minister Brown pretends that he has nothing to do with the mess that has been uncovered. Saintly Gordon behaves as if he was always convinced that the system of parliamentary allowances and expenses was in need of review. And as for the six and half grand that he had paid to his own brother for sharing a cleaner, he sort of shrugs it off as if it does not really matter. Who cares about six grand when there are bigger things to talk about, like giving the banks more billions to save them from collapse?

I find it quite amusing that Labour ministers say that it is unfair to them that reports in the media are targeting members of the government and ignoring the opposition. Why us, they say. And Labour spin doctors sing a similar tune. There is only one thing I can say to this: the reason why dodgy ministerial expenses are of special interest is because they concern people who make all the crucial decisions. It is time for them to understand that the buck stops with them and not with the opposition that does not really decide anything. When Labour was in opposition the spotlight was on the Conservatives who were then in government. Now it is the other way around and they should get used to it and stop asking stupid questions.

So what now? Nothing, obviously. It is hard to imagine that anyone in the government would step down. Oh no! To paraphrase the famous quote by Margaret Thatcher about her not doing U-turns this lot is not about resigning. Whatever the circumstance are. They have a guaranteed period of 12 months left before the next general election and they will cling to power whatever it takes. Corruption or no corruption.

We have already suggested on this website that it would be a good idea to launch a new political party in Britain called the Seriously Corrupt Party. Well, it seems we were too late. Such a party already exists. It has been created by Tony Blair and it is called New Labour.

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