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British Parliament scandal forces more officials to quit

Posted by John Niederkorn on 5/28/09 • Categorized as Crime, Europe, Politics

Per BBC, Julie Kirkbride and Margaret Moran have declared they will not seek re-election and stand down from their positions in Parliament.

The two Members of Parliament made this announcement on Thursday after over 50 members of the British parliament were found spending tax-payer money for personal items and services. Some of the amounts spent were in excess of £50,000, according to BBC.

As of today over 12 members of British Parliament said they will not continue to seek re-election, including Speaker Michael Martin, and more are expected to resign, per the article.

Twitter users in the U.K. commented on today’s new developments:

  1. Declan Joel Delamere
    skinpup (Salford, England) When the [expletive]  is this backward country going to be forced to have a fair system to elect our MPs? @DowningStreet http://bit.ly/Ycr8n 28 May 2009 from TweetDeck
  2. Felix Cohen
    felix_cohen (Bath, England) Thinking about starting a petition to stop MPs being addressed as Honourable unless they actually, you know, start behaving honourably 28 May 2009 from Tweetie
  3. Richard Chiswell
    rchiswell @girlonetrack (Harrow, UK) Ah – but those MPs aren’t qutting until next election:when they’ll be eligble for a “golden handshake” of a years salary:£64k! 28 May 2009 from web in reply to girlonetrack
  4. Dominic Haney
    libdom (Hull, England) If any more MPs announce they’re standing down we could stick them all on a conveyor belt and play a new version of The Generation Game. 28 May 2009 from Tweetie
  5. Brendan Martin
    brenmar (London, UK) is wondering why MPs, such as Julie Kirkbride, brazen it out until someone wises them up overnight. They still don’t get it. 28 May 2009 from web
  6. PaulHulbert
    PaulHulbert (Yate, Bristol, UK) Is that 3 MPs going today? I can’t keep count any more. Kirkbride, Moran, and apparently now Fraser. 28 May 2009 from web


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    Police Force been told not to arrest burglars
    Sorry Off-Topic, sorry to bother you, but an answer is needed. If you live in the United Kingdom as your Local MP, Prime Minister, tell the Press, etc…:-
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    I have tried to get an official answer to this question without any answer.
    Why have the Cleveland Police Force, (Teesside, UK), been told not to arrest burglars for a first offence.
    Is this done to try to fool people into believing crime is less because crime figures are lower?
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