Wanted: Basic accounting skills
Another UK MP bit the dust today. Labour MP David Chaytor was suspended for submitting claims for a phantom mortgage. Sounds familiar? You are right, Labour MP Elliot Morely was suspended for the same accounting errors. Chaytor has been received nearly £13,000 for a mortgage paid off in 2004. He issued this statement: In respect [...]
Good news on the moat!
UK Conservative MP Douglas Hogg announced today he will pay back the money he billed the public to have his moat cleaned. Something about this just tickles my funny bone. Imagine the audacity to hand in a chit to be reimbursed for a moat cleaning. How was it written up? “M’Lord, herein are the details [...]
No one told them they couldn’t do it
Labour MP Justice Minister Shahid Malik stepped down today over expenditures under the home allowance. While the press is making much about his purchase of a home entertainment centre for £2,600 for his home, there are much deeper concerns that have led to both his stepping down and rumours of a possible investigation for a [...]
Did I just say it may be a long summer?
I wrote earlier that it may turn into a hot, contentious summer in the UK. The first salvo by the public was launched tonight by British newspaper The Daily Mail and the Tax-Payer’s Alliance. They began a campaign to prosecute Members of Parliament over the expenses scandal. The Mail wrote: … eminent lawyers believe that [...]
Quick question
I have a question that has been nagging at me for a little while now. Lately, the topic of polygamists in N.A. have been in the news, the latest here in Bountiful, BC, Canada. A man has been arrested for allegedly having 20 wives. My question is to all these groups that advocate polygamy: Can [...]
A response to the protests for the Tamil Tigers
Toronto has been the scene of a number of protests from the Tamil community concerning the conflict in Sri Lanka. Toronto is home to the largest Tamil population in North America, and they can mobilise impressive numbers. For weeks now, the Tamils has been staging very large and noisy protests along many of our streets, [...]
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