2155 Hrs GMT London Tuesday 27 January 2009:
KHOODEELAAR! TOLD YOU SO! That BOTH Parliament and the ‘Press’ [we used the term ‘media’ in our relevant commentaries as published on 26 January 2009] were letting the people in Britain down. Together, the ‘Press’ and Parliament represented a cul de sac. A dead end. There was no way forward. Unless of course the presumptions in favour of Parliament and the Press are questioned. Rejected. Replaced by a different set of democratic and objectively verifiably international alternatives.. Which they must be… If EVEN John McDonnell [MP for Hays and Harlington- near ‘Heathrow’], not known for objectively defined stand of any significance or note on constitutionality, can actually pick up the symbolic mace and drop it at the spot he later explained to be associated with Dennis Skinner and then, shock and horror!!! actually refer to Oliver Cromwell and embark [albeit after the event and on the BBC] on a discussion of what the Parliament is about and what Parliament OUGHT to be about then it is very clear that the KHOODEEL:AAR! Campaign is reaching parts that are not far from Ken Lyingstill Livingstone ‘political ‘ neighbours… McDonnell, after all, was Livingstone’s Deputy at the Greedier Livingstone Conurbation [GLC] during the more ‘newsy’ period before Maggie [=Margaret Hilda Roberts] Thatcher did away with the corrupting vehicle altogether…. Little realising, as she did so, that the corrupter of London would not let go and come back, via the Guardian and via even her [Maggie Thatcher’s] ‘son-in-succession-at No 10 Downing Street’ Tony Blair to haunt the still available platforms at the expense of the people of London……...McDonnell’s association with Livingstone is far from broken…. But the fact that McDonnell actually has gone on record and talked about things in a way that would echo Khoodeelaar! is to be noted.
[To be continued]
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Tuesday, January 27, 2009
KHOODEELAAR! TOLD YOU SO! Boris will be unravelling sooner than his peddlers may realise
KHOODEELAAR! TOLD YOU SO! Boris will be unravelling sooner than his peddlers may realise
And Crossrail will be at the centre of the undoing that Boris will find himself forced to face up to
The forcing a paltry sum as ‘contribution to Crossrail’ out of a developer carries in it the seeds and contaminants of so many ills that Boris Johnson should stop repeating it if he has any sense.
Or, to use ‘his phrase’ he applied to the former Commissioner of the Met Police Ian Blair, the evidence as propagated by the Channel 4 news last night, if he has any 'common sense'.
[To be continued]
And Crossrail will be at the centre of the undoing that Boris will find himself forced to face up to
The forcing a paltry sum as ‘contribution to Crossrail’ out of a developer carries in it the seeds and contaminants of so many ills that Boris Johnson should stop repeating it if he has any sense.
Or, to use ‘his phrase’ he applied to the former Commissioner of the Met Police Ian Blair, the evidence as propagated by the Channel 4 news last night, if he has any 'common sense'.
[To be continued]
KHOODEELAAR! updating on the 'news' of the status of Tower Hamlets in the Deprivation Index, as being reported from Birmingham
KHOODEELAAR! updating on the 'news' of the status of Tower Hamlets in the Deprivation Index, as being reported from Birmingham
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Remember, too, that West Bromwich is part of Sandwell, which is one of the most deprived areas of Britain. According to a briefing note, Indices of Deprivation: Sandwell 2007, published last summer, the borough ranks as the 10th most hard-up in the country, putting it on a par with Tower Hamlets and Hackney. Infant mortality and teenage conception rates are above the national average while academic attainment is well below.
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Remember, too, that West Bromwich is part of Sandwell, which is one of the most deprived areas of Britain. According to a briefing note, Indices of Deprivation: Sandwell 2007, published last summer, the borough ranks as the 10th most hard-up in the country, putting it on a par with Tower Hamlets and Hackney. Infant mortality and teenage conception rates are above the national average while academic attainment is well below.
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KHOODEELAAR! TOLD YOU SO! the two Peters ‘apologies’ merely reinforce the fact for democrats that UK Parliament is a cul de sac
By © Muhammad Haque
0825 Hrs GMT London Tuesday 27 January 2009:
That the two Houses of UK parliament that featured in the main ‘political’ news bulletins of Monday 26 January 2008 concerning their members’ various roles and variously scripted and delivered expressions of apology [for the sakes of their careers] allowed those expressions only because the particular members had found themselves caught out.… What happens when they are not caught out, far less caught!!??? Which happens more often. Most of the times, members are not caught. And that is why the sleaze goes on.
The corruption takes root. And democracy continues to be deferred. Accountability delayed. Transparency is denied. Holding the executive to account is sabotaged. Openly. Blatantly. Brazenly.
These ‘revelations’ [in the London DAILY TELEGRAPH, quoted below this commentary] are no such thing. ANY basically intelligent journalist should have known all along that the UK Houses of Parliament are stuffed full of touts and couriers for the Military Industrial Complex.
As KHOODEELAAR! has demonstrated all along, for 5 years now, in the daily examination of how a crassly conceived, wasteful and corrupting scam like London Crossrail was passage and passed through the two ‘houses’ with no debate, no scrutiny, no assessment, no cost-benefit analysis.
Secondly, and with reference to the conduct of the smug DAILY TELEGRAPH which is doing the ‘revealing; about Moonie’s Arms trade links, the behaviour of the so-called ‘heavy’ newspapers has been as corrupt, as dishonest and as sleazy. And there is the real cul de sac.
For ordinary people. For those who want to believe in ‘democracy’ in Britain.
When the heavy-duty [their own assertions] newspapers of record are couriers of lies on other occasions, there is not much confidence in THEIR integrity…
The Telegraph has peddled Boris Johnson like crazy… In more ways than one.
And unlike its apparent interest in investigating the corruption, as alleged, of the Blairing Peers, the London Daily Telegraph has allowed no debate or scrutiny to be published about CRASSrail…
[To be continued]
From the web site of the London DAILY TELEGRAPH
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/labour/4351418/Lords-scandal-Peer-faces-row-over-arms-lobbyist.html
Lords scandal: Peer faces row over arms lobbyist
A Labour peer at the centre of the House of Lords "cash for amendments" scandal has faced questions over his links to a controversial defence industry lobbyist.
By Robert Winnett, Deputy Political Editor
Last Updated: 7:10AM GMT 27 Jan 2009
Lord Moonie is one of four Labour peers accused of offering to amend legislation for money Photo: PA
The Telegraph can disclose that Lord Moonie, a former defence minister, recently gave a parliamentary pass, primarily intended for staff, to Robin Ashby, who has previously lobbied for BAE Systems, Northern Defence Industries, Boeing and Rolls-Royce.
Mr Ashby, who is also the director of the UK Defence Forum, an organisation sponsored by the country's major arms companies, and who still owns a consultancy, was given the pass by Lord Moonie in the autumn.
On Monday night, Mr Ashby insisted that he was no longer actively lobbying, but he was stripped of a parliamentary pass only last year following a row over the access given to lobbyists.
Neither Mr Ashby, nor Lord Moonie, one of four Labour peers accused of offering to amend legislation for money, declared details of any outside interests to the Parliamentary authorities when he registered for the second pass, which gave him access to MPs, ministers and peers throughout Westminster.
The passes are intended for researchers or assistants to lords.
Official records showed that since September, Lord Moonie tabled 40 technical questions on defence issues. In the previous three years, he asked six such questions. The former defence minister is an adviser or director for several firms with defence interests.
The disclosure came as the row surrounding the four Labour peers escalated with the release of an alleged taped conversation between one of them and an undercover journalist. In the recording, he allegedly admitted that he was paid by companies, apparently for help in changing legislation.
The tape apparently revealed Lord Taylor of Blackburn boasted about how he had amended legislation for another client. He said: "Some companies that I work for will pay me £100,000 a year ... That's cheap for what I do for them." He then told the undercover journalist: "You've got to whet my appetite to get me on board."
Yesterday, as Lord Taylor was forced to apologise in the House of Lords for "any embarrassment" he had caused, the ramifications of the scandal spread through Westminster:
-Lord Snape, a third peer embroiled in the scandal, also apologised in the House of Lords for causing any embarrassment. Like Lord Taylor, he denied any wrongdoing;
-Baroness Royall, the Leader of the Lords, pledged to introduce new rules to discipline, suspend or even expel peers found to have broken Parliamentary rules. At the moment, they can only be asked to apologise unless a specific Act of Parliament is passed;
-Gordon Brown, the Prime Minister, expressed concern over the "very serious" allegations and said he would "get to the bottom" of the scandal;
-The Liberal Democrats formally complained to the police and called for an anti-corruption investigation.
At the weekend, Lord Moonie was among four Labour peers who were alleged to have offered to change legislation in return for fees. The lords were targeted by an undercover newspaper sting with journalists posing as lobbyists working for a foreign businessman. A Lords committee is investigating the allegations. All those targeted have denied wrongdoing.
Lord Moonie, a friend of the Prime Minister, stood down from the Commons in 2005.
When approached by undercover journalists he allegedly offered to contact a minister and identify people who could put down an amendment to Government legislation. An annual consultancy fee of £30,000 was allegedly discussed.
The Daily Telegraph has established that Lord Moonie obtained a Parliamentary pass for Mr Ashby in the autumn. Mr Ashby, the owner of Bergman Defence Consultancy, previously received a pass from Baroness Harris, a Liberal Democrat peer. However, when the existence of his pass was exposed, Nick Clegg, leader of the Liberal Democrats, ordered that it was removed.
Mr Ashby is one of the Britain's best known defence lobbyists. His firm has previously lobbied on behalf of more than a dozen defence and aerospace companies. Last night, Mr Ashby said that he was "semi-retired" and no longer involved in lobbying. He said that he still owned Bergman but that it conducted "ordinary public relations".
He added that he did not currently represent any defence companies. "All I will say is that I do not do Parliamentary lobbying. If I did, I would have to declare it."
He defended the lobbying industry and said it was "your right as a citizen" to put views forward to MPs and peers.
When asked whether he would ever return to lobbying he said: "There's no such thing as never but I'm now 61 ... So I'm trying to get off the treadmill."
Those who apply for passes must declare any outside work that may impact on their work in Parliament. Mr Ashby has made no such declarations on the basis that he is no longer involved in lobbying.
Lord Moonie was unavailable yesterday. However, he previously denied seeking to change legislation. He said: "I did not agree to amend the legislation. I agreed to seek to help to find a way of trying to amend the legislation."
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0825 Hrs GMT London Tuesday 27 January 2009:
That the two Houses of UK parliament that featured in the main ‘political’ news bulletins of Monday 26 January 2008 concerning their members’ various roles and variously scripted and delivered expressions of apology [for the sakes of their careers] allowed those expressions only because the particular members had found themselves caught out.… What happens when they are not caught out, far less caught!!??? Which happens more often. Most of the times, members are not caught. And that is why the sleaze goes on.
The corruption takes root. And democracy continues to be deferred. Accountability delayed. Transparency is denied. Holding the executive to account is sabotaged. Openly. Blatantly. Brazenly.
These ‘revelations’ [in the London DAILY TELEGRAPH, quoted below this commentary] are no such thing. ANY basically intelligent journalist should have known all along that the UK Houses of Parliament are stuffed full of touts and couriers for the Military Industrial Complex.
As KHOODEELAAR! has demonstrated all along, for 5 years now, in the daily examination of how a crassly conceived, wasteful and corrupting scam like London Crossrail was passage and passed through the two ‘houses’ with no debate, no scrutiny, no assessment, no cost-benefit analysis.
Secondly, and with reference to the conduct of the smug DAILY TELEGRAPH which is doing the ‘revealing; about Moonie’s Arms trade links, the behaviour of the so-called ‘heavy’ newspapers has been as corrupt, as dishonest and as sleazy. And there is the real cul de sac.
For ordinary people. For those who want to believe in ‘democracy’ in Britain.
When the heavy-duty [their own assertions] newspapers of record are couriers of lies on other occasions, there is not much confidence in THEIR integrity…
The Telegraph has peddled Boris Johnson like crazy… In more ways than one.
And unlike its apparent interest in investigating the corruption, as alleged, of the Blairing Peers, the London Daily Telegraph has allowed no debate or scrutiny to be published about CRASSrail…
[To be continued]
From the web site of the London DAILY TELEGRAPH
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/labour/4351418/Lords-scandal-Peer-faces-row-over-arms-lobbyist.html
Lords scandal: Peer faces row over arms lobbyist
A Labour peer at the centre of the House of Lords "cash for amendments" scandal has faced questions over his links to a controversial defence industry lobbyist.
By Robert Winnett, Deputy Political Editor
Last Updated: 7:10AM GMT 27 Jan 2009
Lord Moonie is one of four Labour peers accused of offering to amend legislation for money Photo: PA
The Telegraph can disclose that Lord Moonie, a former defence minister, recently gave a parliamentary pass, primarily intended for staff, to Robin Ashby, who has previously lobbied for BAE Systems, Northern Defence Industries, Boeing and Rolls-Royce.
Mr Ashby, who is also the director of the UK Defence Forum, an organisation sponsored by the country's major arms companies, and who still owns a consultancy, was given the pass by Lord Moonie in the autumn.
On Monday night, Mr Ashby insisted that he was no longer actively lobbying, but he was stripped of a parliamentary pass only last year following a row over the access given to lobbyists.
Neither Mr Ashby, nor Lord Moonie, one of four Labour peers accused of offering to amend legislation for money, declared details of any outside interests to the Parliamentary authorities when he registered for the second pass, which gave him access to MPs, ministers and peers throughout Westminster.
The passes are intended for researchers or assistants to lords.
Official records showed that since September, Lord Moonie tabled 40 technical questions on defence issues. In the previous three years, he asked six such questions. The former defence minister is an adviser or director for several firms with defence interests.
The disclosure came as the row surrounding the four Labour peers escalated with the release of an alleged taped conversation between one of them and an undercover journalist. In the recording, he allegedly admitted that he was paid by companies, apparently for help in changing legislation.
The tape apparently revealed Lord Taylor of Blackburn boasted about how he had amended legislation for another client. He said: "Some companies that I work for will pay me £100,000 a year ... That's cheap for what I do for them." He then told the undercover journalist: "You've got to whet my appetite to get me on board."
Yesterday, as Lord Taylor was forced to apologise in the House of Lords for "any embarrassment" he had caused, the ramifications of the scandal spread through Westminster:
-Lord Snape, a third peer embroiled in the scandal, also apologised in the House of Lords for causing any embarrassment. Like Lord Taylor, he denied any wrongdoing;
-Baroness Royall, the Leader of the Lords, pledged to introduce new rules to discipline, suspend or even expel peers found to have broken Parliamentary rules. At the moment, they can only be asked to apologise unless a specific Act of Parliament is passed;
-Gordon Brown, the Prime Minister, expressed concern over the "very serious" allegations and said he would "get to the bottom" of the scandal;
-The Liberal Democrats formally complained to the police and called for an anti-corruption investigation.
At the weekend, Lord Moonie was among four Labour peers who were alleged to have offered to change legislation in return for fees. The lords were targeted by an undercover newspaper sting with journalists posing as lobbyists working for a foreign businessman. A Lords committee is investigating the allegations. All those targeted have denied wrongdoing.
Lord Moonie, a friend of the Prime Minister, stood down from the Commons in 2005.
When approached by undercover journalists he allegedly offered to contact a minister and identify people who could put down an amendment to Government legislation. An annual consultancy fee of £30,000 was allegedly discussed.
The Daily Telegraph has established that Lord Moonie obtained a Parliamentary pass for Mr Ashby in the autumn. Mr Ashby, the owner of Bergman Defence Consultancy, previously received a pass from Baroness Harris, a Liberal Democrat peer. However, when the existence of his pass was exposed, Nick Clegg, leader of the Liberal Democrats, ordered that it was removed.
Mr Ashby is one of the Britain's best known defence lobbyists. His firm has previously lobbied on behalf of more than a dozen defence and aerospace companies. Last night, Mr Ashby said that he was "semi-retired" and no longer involved in lobbying. He said that he still owned Bergman but that it conducted "ordinary public relations".
He added that he did not currently represent any defence companies. "All I will say is that I do not do Parliamentary lobbying. If I did, I would have to declare it."
He defended the lobbying industry and said it was "your right as a citizen" to put views forward to MPs and peers.
When asked whether he would ever return to lobbying he said: "There's no such thing as never but I'm now 61 ... So I'm trying to get off the treadmill."
Those who apply for passes must declare any outside work that may impact on their work in Parliament. Mr Ashby has made no such declarations on the basis that he is no longer involved in lobbying.
Lord Moonie was unavailable yesterday. However, he previously denied seeking to change legislation. He said: "I did not agree to amend the legislation. I agreed to seek to help to find a way of trying to amend the legislation."
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KHOODEELAAR! TOLD YOU SO! Houses of Parliament ARE linked with the Military Industrial Complex, as latest ‘revelations’ about Moonie confirm...
By © Muhammad Haque
0730 Hrs GMT London
Tuesday 27 January 2009
These ‘revelations’ are no such thing. ANY basically intelligent journalist should have known all along that the UK Houses of Parliament are stuffed full of touts and couriers for the Military Industrial Complex. As KHOODEELAAR! has demonstrated all along, for 5 years now, in the daily examination of how a crassly conceived, wasteful and corrupting scam like London Crossrail was passage and passed through the two ‘houses’ with no debate, no scrutiny, no assessment, no cost-benefit analysis...…
Secondly, and with reference to the conduct of the smug DAILY TELEGRAPH which is doing the ‘revealing; about Moonie’s Arms trade links, the behaviour of the so-called ‘heavy’ newspapers has been as corrupt, as dishonest and as sleazy.
And there is the real cul de sac.
For ordinary people. For those who want to believe in ‘democracy’ in Britain.
When the heavy-duty [their own assertions] newspapers of record are couriers of lies on other occasions, there is not much confidence in THEIR integrity…
The Telegraph has peddled Boris Johnson like crazy… In more ways than one.
And unlike its apparent interest in investigating the corruption, as alleged, of the Blairing Peers, the London Daily Telegraph has allowed no debate or scrutiny to be published about CRASSrail…
0730 Hrs GMT London
Tuesday 27 January 2009
These ‘revelations’ are no such thing. ANY basically intelligent journalist should have known all along that the UK Houses of Parliament are stuffed full of touts and couriers for the Military Industrial Complex. As KHOODEELAAR! has demonstrated all along, for 5 years now, in the daily examination of how a crassly conceived, wasteful and corrupting scam like London Crossrail was passage and passed through the two ‘houses’ with no debate, no scrutiny, no assessment, no cost-benefit analysis...…
Secondly, and with reference to the conduct of the smug DAILY TELEGRAPH which is doing the ‘revealing; about Moonie’s Arms trade links, the behaviour of the so-called ‘heavy’ newspapers has been as corrupt, as dishonest and as sleazy.
And there is the real cul de sac.
For ordinary people. For those who want to believe in ‘democracy’ in Britain.
When the heavy-duty [their own assertions] newspapers of record are couriers of lies on other occasions, there is not much confidence in THEIR integrity…
The Telegraph has peddled Boris Johnson like crazy… In more ways than one.
And unlike its apparent interest in investigating the corruption, as alleged, of the Blairing Peers, the London Daily Telegraph has allowed no debate or scrutiny to be published about CRASSrail…