Sunday 3 July 2022

SLEAZE, CORRUPTION & IMMORALITY - NOT JUST A TORY PROBLEM

Once again, the media is full of allegations of sleaze and misconduct amongst Conservative Members of Parliament. Once again, Keir Starmer and his cronies use the situation to call for the resignation of the Prime Minister, Government and anyone else they don't like.

But let's be clear. A number of Conservative MPs have been caught out doing things they shouldn't have, but over the years, members of the other parties have been caught being just as corrupt, immoral, and downright nasty. 

Labour's Barry Gardiner was very recently found to have accepted money from, and to have employed, a Chinese spy. Over the last 10 years, SEVEN Labour MPs have received prison sentences for an assortment of criminal offences - David Chayter, Eric Illsley, Denis MacShane, Fiona Onasanya, Jim Devine, Elliot Morley and Claudia Webbe. We can add to this the imprisonment of Chris Huhne, plus some pretty appalling allegations against Huhne's erstwhile colleague Cyril Smith and the very public disgracing of Paddy Ashdown, plus the recent jailing of Natalie McGarry, and there's nothing for either the Liberal Democrats or Scottish Nationalists to be 'holier than thou' about either. 

Members of Parliament behaving badly is nothing new, what is new is the reaction of the increasingly 'outraged' media. Crimes ranging from embezzlement to falsification of expenses claims, perverting the course of justice to sexual misconduct and much more, have been proven against numerous MPs from all parties, not just the Conservatives. Frankly, our representatives in Parliament are every bit as likely to fall foul of the law as are the rest of us, quite possibly more so as they probably have more opportunity and are less likely to believe they will be caught.

Corrupt politicians are nothing new, indeed being at least hypocritical liars is a prerequisite for the job.. They have always existed and always will. They come from all walks of life and all parties. The electorate needs to accept this and move on, as does the media, while sanctimonious public figures such as Starmer should really keep their mouths shut for fear of what is lurking in the darker recesses of their own cupboards.

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