Parliament

Parliament is the supreme power in England. That is the theory at all events. It is deeply corrupt, run by traitors intent on destroying England but the fact remains. Here are sources. Read for yourself. Think for yourself. Decide for yourself.

Authority is, on the face of it vested in that Sovereign Liege Lady, Her Majesty Queen  Elizabeth II as the Head of State and in charge of the three branches the Legislature, Judiciary & Executive. In practice they are self governing, forming The Establishment, which is also known as the Deep State. They follow the forms for public consumption but run thing how they want. One is the Humble Address.

Banksy's picture is called Question Time In Parliament. One sees his point.

Humble Address ex Wiki 
In Westminster parliamentary procedure, a humble address is a communication from a house of parliament to the monarch. For example, following the Queen's Speech opening parliament, each house will debate the contents of the speech under a motion for a humble address thanking the Queen for the speech.^[1]..........

In British politics, a humble address for a return is a rarely-used Parliamentary procedure by which Parliament may petition the monarch, and by extension the government, to order documents to be produced.^[2]

In 2017, Parliament voted to issue a humble address to request the government to reveal documents about the potential impact of Brexit on the British economy.^[4] The motion, put forward by the opposition, requested:

That an humble Address be presented to Her Majesty, That she will be graciously pleased to give directions that the list of sectors analysed under the instruction of Her Majesty's Ministers, and referred to in the Answer of 26 June 2017 to Question 239, be laid before this House and that the impact assessments arising from those analyses be provided to the Committee on Exiting the European Union.^[5]

 

MPs' Oath of Allegiance
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The current oath of allegiance is set out from the Promissory Oaths Act 1868 in the following form:
I, (Insert full name), do swear that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, her heirs and successors, according to law. So help me God.
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MPs formally commit themselves to bearing true allegiance to Elizabeth II. We can understand that as an obligation to England or, least to the United Kingdom. Gerry Adams proved that it matters by refusing to take it. It would have gone down badly with the IRA & other dissidents.

 

Labour And Thieving
The other lot do too, of course.

 

Parliamentary Supremacy, Privilege and the Hyper Injunction, Part 1
Gildas the Monk [ a pseudonym ], a loyal Englishman explains
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To give a proper analysis of why in my opinion this is so one need to understand the constitutional status role of Parliament and its relationship with the courts – the principle of “comity” or, in simple terms, where the line of authority between each is drawn. In order to do that, one needs a little context. In this article I hope to give the background against which the issue has to be determined.

There is a certain story about Lord Denning, whom I had the privilege to meet briefly, a long time ago. The story goes that he had very few law books in his study, but a great number of history books. When he was asked why, his answer was to the effect that you cannot understand the law without understanding Britain’s history first. He was completely and absolutely correct, and in my opinion it is a distinct failing of many of our political and indeed legal establishment that they have no such knowledge...........

To write on the constitution demands more time and space than a blog allows. But the crux of the position can be summarised as follows.

First, Parliament is sovereign. By this is meant that the duly constituted Parliament of both Houses supplemented by the presence and authority of the Crown is the supreme legal authority. The presence of the Crown is recognised as symbolic, and real power is vested by various mechanisms and conventions in the Commons. Parliamentary sovereignty is the bed rock of the constitution. It is the fact of this sovereignty which gives rises to real problems with Britain’s relationship with Europe, because on a strict view it cannot be eroded and given away. That is for another day, perhaps.

Central to Parliament’s function are the amorphous bundle of rights and immunities which attach to the office of Member and the functioning of the Palace of Westminster known as “Parliamentary Privileges”.
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This is well worth reading in its entirety. Gildas knows of what he writes. I wait eagerly for the second part - and here it is:-

 

Parliamentary Supremacy, Privilege and the Hyper Injunction, Part 2
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by Gildas the Monk on 3 April 2011
 
A couple of weeks ago I posted on the topic of the so called “Super Injunctions” and “Hyper Injunctions.”

This has been a topic highlighted by our learned editor.

Where La Raccoon leads The Times follows, and this weekend the issue has featured on the front page and in the Leader section http://twitpic.com/4ft21a

The purpose of my earlier piece was to lay the foundations for a discussion of the legality of the so called “Hyper Injunction” – an order of the court which forbids the recipient from discussing the matter in question even with their MP.

Central to the issue of the relation between the courts and Parliament is the issue of “comity.” That is simply the concept that each respects the exclusive constitutional rights of the other in certain defined areas.

To take an example, a Member of Parliament is protected by Privilege and may speak freely on any matter at all within the Chamber of the House. But if an MP was to make comments about, say, a criminal trial which was ongoing so that might interfere with and prejudice a fair trial that would be an abuse of that privilege. By convention MPs avoid doing so. Equally the Courts are very clear that they should not trespass on the workings of Parliament. The problem comes in defining where the limits of the province of each lies.

Let me now explain how arguments for the Super or Hyper Injunction are put forward.

Imagine that I am an anarchist. I concoct a plot to destroy the Coca Cola Company. I decide to allege that there is proof that Coca Cola causes cancer, and I even manufacture some bogus but convincing evidence to this effect.  If this information is spread about it might wreck Coca Cola’s lawful business, or at least cause a lot of damage to its reputation. Coca Cola will sue for trade libel (and other matters) and are entitled at the start of the action to apply for what is referred to as an “interim injunction” to prevent me from spreading these rumours. An interim injunction is simply a temporary one, granted at an early stage proceedings, intended to preserve the position of the parties until trial when a final decision and order can be made.

Broadly the argument for a Super Injunction or Hyper Injunction which Coca Cola will make at the beginning of the case will be something like this:

• Even if the Court can’t decide at this early stage whether there is any substance to my allegations, there is a serious case that I am defaming Coca Cola unjustly
• If the accusations are spread about they will cause great damage to its business
• Because I am a noted activist and trouble maker it is quite likely that I will try to raise these spurious allegations in the press, or even dupe my MP into raising the matter in the House of Commons under the protection of Privilege
• Also, if word of the action gets out, it will damage Coca Cola’s business no matter if it is vindicated at trial. People will say there is “no smoke without fire”
• If I intend to vindicate the allegations I will have the chance to do so in court at a fair trial when all the evidence is heard
• Therefore the “balance of convenience” (the phrase the Courts use) favours making an order which has the effect of “gagging” me from telling anyone not only about  my allegations, but in terms which forbids the press reporting the fact that Coca Cola have brought the action, and even purports to stop me telling my MP about it.

Once it gains its injunction, Coca Cola would then proceed to trial, my lies would be exposed on the full hearing of the evidence and the injunction will made permanent.

As I mentioned in the previous piece, many of the cases in which the press are gagged about revealing the fact that an action has been brought are cases in which “celebrities” have brought an action based on “breach of confidence” – a legal term which usually means someone wants to suppress knowledge of their infidelity or drug use. The argument here is that if it gets out that footballer Mr. X has brought an action against glamour model and “wannabee” star Miss Y, then everyone will put two and together and, quite reasonably, make four. So the press are restrained from reporting that the action even exists.

At least in the case of the Coca Cola example I hope you can see how reasonably and persuasively the argument can be put. However, to explain the extreme danger of such orders let me give two more “hypotheticals”

I am an investigative journalist. I discover information which suggests a drug being prescribed to pregnant women can cause terrible deformity in the unborn child. The drug company with millions invested in research argues cogently that their drug is safe and I should not be allowed to report this matter. It brings proceedings to stop me publishing the story or even telling an MP about it using the arguments I have set out above.

The name of the drug is Thalidomide.

Or take another example. Let us imagine that I am a very successful businessman and Press Baron and someone is making horrid accusations about my honesty. They allege that I am a thief, a crook, and a liar who is conning his shareholders and plundering the company. I bring proceedings to stop them making these defamatory statements using, of course, the cleverest and most expensive lawyers.

My name is Robert Maxwell.

In either case should it be lawful to prevent bringing the complaints to the attention of an MP who may, if he thinks necessary, raise the matter with the protection of Privilege? The answer, of course, is “no.” It should be noted that, as I recall, the manufacturers of Thalidomide did try to suppress The Times’ reporting of the effect of the drug by injunction. And it is a matter of record that the bullying Maxwell resorted to every legal trick to suppress the rumours and complaints about his conduct.

One of reasons the argument for such an injunction seems reasonable is that it can be argued that a defendant will always have the chance to vindicate himself at trial. But in practice this is not true. The costs of litigation are notorious, oppressive and terrifying to an ordinary person. Lawyers for the wealthy and powerful use the costs or potential costs of litigation as a weapon with which to crush the resolve and destroy the resources of the ordinary citizen. Litigation is a game only the super rich can play.

Also litigation is slow. No matter what the courts may say about it, able litigants can usually string it out if they wish to. One of the cases which brought the issue of the Super Injunction to the fore, the Trafigura case, has been going on since 2006, I believe.

How does all this relate to constitutional theory?

Technically the High Court can make any order it thinks fit to police and manage a matter before it. The power is statutory under the Supreme Court Act 1981 and also said to be inherent, in essence stemming from the Court’s original historical authority vested in it by the Crown.

It is clear that the Super Injunction, if not unconstitutional, is highly undesirable and prone to abuse. On balance, in my view, the risks of such a complete gag on the press are too high to be worth the risks of such a precedent.

However, I have said that I think there is a good argument that the Hyper Injunction at least is unconstitutional and should not be made in any circumstances. This is because it offends the principle of “comity”, because it strays into an area where the Courts should not venture and offends aspects of Parliamentary Privilege.

First there is the right of free speech within the Palace of Westminster, statutorily enshrined in Article IX of the Bill of Rights of 1689:

“Freedom of speech and debates or proceedings in Parliament ought not to be impeached or questioned in any court or place out of Parliament”

On a narrow view this principle simply protects the MP from an action in slander – or, in my view, contempt of court – for anything said in the Chamber. But on a wider view an order which stops a matter being communicated to a Member of Parliament offends it. It is hard to see how a Member can freely speak or debate if he is denied knowledge of the issue.

Further, as I pointed out in the earlier piece, a further aspect of Parliamentary Privilege is the power of “contempts”. A contempt being:

“Any act or omission which obstructs or impedes either House of Parliament in the performance of its functions, or which obstructs or impedes any Member or  officer in the discharge of his duty, or which has a tendency, directly or indirectly, produces such result”

Again, historically this has been construed along the lines of matters such as lying to select committees, but it seems to me that this fits the bill quite nicely. What is the job of an MP? It is not just to vote on the government’s legislation. It is also to represent. A person who is denied the right to communicate with an MP is being denied representation, and whether directly or indirectly the function of MP is being obstructed.

Finally, as I pointed out, the highest court the land is, in fact, Parliament. Thus, as it seems to me, informing a Member of that court of a matter cannot be contempt of a lower court. All that one is doing is bringing the matter to the attention of the superior court. What that Member wishes to do with that is a matter for that Member and the superior court.

For all these reasons, I think it can be cogently argued that the Hyper Injunction offends aspects of Parliamentary Privilege and as such could not or should not be made by the High Court.

But if all if that is wrong, then I suggest a simple solution. Let there be an extra clause in the Bill of Rights as follows:

“It shall not be lawful to impede or prevent a citizen from communicating his concerns upon any matter to an elected Member of Parliament”

Mr. Speaker, I so move.

Finally, you may have noted that I have made no reference at all to the Human Right Act. That is because I do not believe it is necessary. The constitution works just fine without it – if it is properly understood and engaged. In these two pieces I have tried to relate and argue dispassionately, but please permit me one polemic. If I wanted to cobble together an argument under that Act I could. Just as I could create an argument that my Human Rights are being abused by the fact that I might not be allowed to vote whilst being banged up in prison for stabbing a pensioner, or because I am a bit broke, or because in school I never got to go out with Penny from the Lower Sixth (very upsetting, that, plenty of trauma).

The Human Rights Act is a junket, the self serving illegitimate love child of sloppy euro-intellectualism and deeply unpleasant, extremely greedy lawyers.  It is ironic that the source of many of the Super Injunctions is the “right to privacy” which it creates, a right which seems to involve essentially covering up the serial adultery and drug taking of “celebrities”, footballers and the Great and the Good.

That’s just a personal view.

On a wider front, if the Judges themselves do not get a grip and stop the tide of draconian orders which threaten to undermine fair reporting and free speech, Parliament must act to re-assert its Sovereignty. Lawyers and judges like to think they are the bastions of freedom. In this case they are acting to suppress those freedoms. They must be checked now.
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Power is the power to abuse power. Secret law is not justice. It gives the power to abuse power.

 

Parliament and Loyalty
Every Member of the Commons swears an oath of loyalty. Every Member betrays it. Every Member should be given a fair trial and be hanged, drawn and quartered.

 

Parliament And Thieves
Three or four are in prison. Others might get sorted out. This leaves another six hundred who should go to prison - then get hanged.

 

Parliament Special
Rogues were caught with their fingers in the till. The Telegraph told us in detail about their guilt. Then it shut up and nobody commented. They were leaned on using a gagging order. Perverting the truth is the name of the game.

 

MPs Break The Law
MPs get away with it because their faces fit, they know the right people, they matter more than honest men.

 

MPs Get Their Snouts In The Trough

And their trotters too.

 

MPs Thieving Being Swept Under The Carpet
Because they have influence with the media, courts, whatever.

Parliament Being Recalled To Approve War Crimes [ 24 September 2014  ]
Invading a country without United Nations approval is a Crime against peace. Recall that Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait, was given a 'fair' trial then hanged for his pains.
Cameron should go to the gallows as well. Blair, Brown, Bush & Clinton would make good company for him.

Je Suis Palestinian Says English MP - Jews Moan [ 15 January 2015 ]
The Israeli ambassador to Britain has written to Liberal Democrat leader and deputy PM Nick Clegg to condemn a tweet posted by David Ward MP on the presence of the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the solidarity march in Paris on Sunday.
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Murder is murder, massacres are massacres - unless Zionist crazies are doing it. They even get given high tech murder machines by the Americans; that way they can kill more Palestinians. Is Mr. Ward an honest Englishman or a politician pandering to Third World undesirables with votes as an election looms? Pass.

 

Pakistani Politician Snivels To Jews [ 9 September 2015 ]
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Sajid Javid, the Business Secretary, has called on the whole nation to fight anti-Semitism and warned there was a danger it was being seen as “less bad” than other forms of discrimination.

“I can’t remember the last time I spoke to a Jewish friend or colleague who hasn’t, at some point, found themselves sitting awkwardly at a dinner party while a fellow guest railed against the international ‘kosher conspiracy’,” said Mr Javid
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Javid finds it convenient to pretend that Jews are not a tribe of Paranoid enemy aliens determined to destroy England as well as the rest of Western Civilization. 'Lord' Ahmed, another Pakistani told the truth about their power and was forced to apologise. That is what it takes to climb the greasy pole of politics.

 

89 Enemies Of The People In Parliament [ 8 December 2016 ]
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Theresa May has warned rebel MPs not to delay starting the Brexit  process as it could make people “lose faith” in politicians. An overwhelming number of MPs last night backed Theresa May’s bid to begin leaving the EU in three months’ time, but a number of rebels say they won’t give the Government a “blank cheque” for Brexit.................

The 89 Brexit rebel MPs were 51 from the SNP, 23 Labour, five Lib Dems, , three SDLP, three Plaid Cymru, two Independents, one Green – plus one Tory, ex-Cabinet minister and Ken Clarke [ a fat worthless lump - Editor ]............

How did your MP vote on triggering Article 50?.......
Against:
Labour
Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow)
Ben Bradshaw (Exeter)
Jim Dowd (Lewisham West and Penge)
Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme)
Mike Gapes (Ilford South)
David Lammy (Tottenham)
Tulip Siddique (Hampstead and Kilburn) - crooked
Catherine West (Hornsey and Wood Green)
Daniel Zeichner (Cambridge) 

Liberal Democrat
Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland)
Nick Clegg (Sheffield Hallam)
Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale)
Sarah Olney (Richmond Park)
Mark Williams (Ceredigion)

Conservative
Ken Clarke (Rushcliffe)

SDLP
Mark Durkam (Foyle)
Alasdair McDonnell (Belfast South)
Margaret Ritchie (Down South)

Independent
Natalie McGarry (Glasgow East)
Michelle Thomson (Edinburgh West)

Plaid Cymru
Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr)
Liz Saville Roberts (Dwyfor Meirionnydd)
Hywel Williams (Arfon)

Greens
Caroline Lucas (Brighton Pavilion)

SNP
Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh (Ochil & Perthshire South)
Hannah Bardell (Livingston)
Mhairi Black (Paisley & Renfrewshire South)
Ian Blackford (Ross, Skye and Lochaber)
Kirsty Blackman (Aberdeen North)
Phil Boswell (Coatbridge, Chryston & Bellshill)
Deidre Brock (Edinburgh North & Leith)
Alan Brown (Kilmarnock & Loudoun)
Dr Lisa Cameron (East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow)
Douglas Chapman (Dunfermline and Fife West)
Joanna Cherry (Edinburgh South West)
Ronnie Cowan (Inverclyde)
Angela Crawley (Lanark & Hamilton East)
Martyn Day (Linlithgow & Falkirk East)
Martin Docherty (Dunbartonshire West)
Stuart Donaldson (Aberdeenshire West & Kincardine)
Margaret Ferrier (Rutherglen & Hamilton West)
Stephen Gethins (Fife North East)
Patricia Gibson (Ayrshire North & Arran)
Patrick Grady (Glasgow North)
Peter Grant (Glenrothes)
Neil Gray (Airdrie & Shotts)
Drew Hendry (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & Strathspey)
Stewart Hosie (Dundee East)
George Kerevan (East Lothian)
Calum Kerr (Berwickshire, Roxburgh & Selkirk)
Chris Law (Dundee West)
Callum McCaig (Aberdeen South)
Stuart McDonald (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth & Kirkintilloch East)
Anne McLaughlin (Glasgow North East)
John McNally (Falkirk)
Angus MacNeil (Na h-Eileanan an Iar)
Carol Monaghan (Glasgow North West)
Dr Paul Monaghan (Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross)
Roger Mullin (Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath)
Gavin Newlands (Paisley & Renfrewshire North)
John Nicolson (Dunbartonshire East)
Brendan O’Hara (Argyll and Bute)
Kirsten Oswald (Renfrewshire East)
Steven Paterson (Stirling)
Angus Robertson (Moray)
Alex Salmond (Gordon)
Tommy Sheppard (Edinburgh East)
Christopher Stephens (Glasgow South West)
Alison Thewliss (Glasgow Central)
Owen Thompson (Midlothian)
Mike Weir (Angus)
Dr Eilidh Whiteford (Banff and Buchan)
Dr Philippa Whitford (Ayrshire Central)
Corri Wilson (Ayr, Carrick & Cumnock)
Pete Wishart (Perth & Perthshire North)
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These are the comedians paid very handsomely to represent us, who take the money and treat our voice & Democracy with contemptuous indifference albeit a lot of the Labour mob are there because Pakistanis were bribed. Vote Rigging was paid for by letting thousands of English girls get raped up north, in Rotherham etc. You can check the results at Brexit Vote.

 

House Of Lords Drops Corruption Probe As It Attacks Brexit & Democracy  [ 13 March 2017 ]
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Baroness d'Souza , a former Lord Speaker [ and a light fingered wastrel on her own account - Editor ], spent months investigating peers who clock in to claim their tax-free £300 daily allowance without making any contribution in the Upper House, but scrapped the research to avoid ‘naming and shaming’ offenders. Her shocking admission of a cover-up comes on the day when peers’ attempts to thwart Brexit are expected to come to an end........

Last week unelected peers passed two ‘wrecking’ amendments to the Brexit Bill, which will give Theresa May the power to begin the process of leaving the European Union.

But today the Commons is set to overturn the amendments and peers are expected to throw in the towel.
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If the lords really were Lords, not clapped out politicians on the make it would all make rather more sense. Opposing Democracy might be right on some issues but not this one.

 

MP Banned From All Pubs After Head Butting Two Other MPs  [ 27 September 2017 ]
Joyce is a vicious rogue and a disgrace to the British Army.

 

House Of Lords Attacks Free Speech Again    
The Lords are now largely clapped out politicians and other wasters. Were they bribed to demand a second inquiry to attack press freedom? Quite possibly.

 

Black Drug Dealer Still Loose In Parliament  [ 5 November 2018 ]
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The drugs row engulfing Labour frontbencher Kate Osamor deepened last night after it emerged that her son convicted of possessing cocaine shares her Commons office with a researcher suspended for anti-Semitic abuse.

Ishmael Osamor, 29, was sentenced two weeks ago after pleading guilty to having cocaine, ecstasy, ketamine and cannabis at a music festival last year. He resigned as a councillor in Haringey, North London, but is still a ‘senior communications officer’ for his mother.

Now The Mail on Sunday can reveal that Ms Osamor, the Shadow International Development Secretary, employs an aide who was ‘immediately suspended’ in September 2016 for endorsing a series of anti-Semitic social media posts.
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Priti Patel says Osamor should resign. Patel is a light fingered Pakistani who is keen on fraudulent misapplication of funds Foreign Aid.

 

Black Labour MP Convicted Of Perjury To Avoid Speeding Fine         [ 20 December 2018 ]
Chris Huhne used the same try on and was stitched up by his wife and a black judge. They all got soft nicks and very short sentences. Will the judge go easy on Onasanya? One hopes not. NB The Mail is censoring comments because she is black. The Wiki banned her because she was a serial liar.

 

Black Lying MP Perverted The Course Of Justice And Got Out Of Prison Very Early  [ 27 February 2019 ]
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Shamed [ ????? ] MP Fiona Onasanya arrived home today after serving just 28 days of her three-month jail term for lying about a speeding ticket.

Following her release from prison, where Onasanya still took home her £5,500-a-month taxpayer-funded salary, two police are set to open investigations into 'racist, despicable and threatening' emails and letters sent to Onasanya whilst behind bars. 

Onasanya was sentenced to three months in jail at the end of January for perverting the course of justice, but is being let out as part of an early-release scheme. The MP for Peterborough, 35, who is also a solicitor, was swept out of HMP Bronzefield in Surrey early this morning after 28 days in custody.

Police and Ms Onasanya's communications team have today confirmed an investigation is underway after threatening emails and letters were sent to the MP. 
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Judicial corruption or political corruption? This "early release scheme" is used to protect Establishment and foreign undesirables; that is why 'Sir' Edward Heath got away with treason. Presumably Onasanya won't be quite so gobby after this.

 

Black Labour MP Employs Convicted Drug Dealer As Chief Of Staff   [ 21 April 2019 ]
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A disgraced Labour MP is continuing to employ her son as her chief of staff despite his drugs conviction – after an official probe into the scandal was quietly shelved. Kate Osamor faced widespread pressure to sack Ishmael, 30, after he was convicted of having £2,500 of drugs at Bestival music festival in September 2017.

The North London MP was lambasted for claiming that she was unaware of her son's trial – when in fact she had written to the judge on House of Commons notepaper requesting leniency.
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Another black, another liar, another politician imported by the political elite and Treason. Osamor is not the same as Fiona Onasanya, another lying black MP who Perverted The Course Of Justice.

 

Jared O'Mara, Sheffield Hallam's MP Stops Work            [ 26 April 2019 ]
O'Mara is some kind of cripple who can't do the job properly in the first place. He has views about "poofters" and "fudge packers", a jazz musician Jamie Cullum [ a "conceited cunt" who should be "sodomised with his own piano" ] but hopes he did not cause offence. He favours flogging to deal with delinquent youth but is not keen on bestiality or dagos. Having shut his office he will not be working pro tempore but, no doubt be drawing pay, circa £80,000 plus a rather useful expense allowance for his non-existent employees. Why did the Labour Party put him up in the first place? Pass but he would attract votes IF he gets to run again.

 

Berkowitz Treats With The Enemy Regarding Brexit  [ 10 October 2019 ]
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Brexiteers have been left furious after it was revealed the Speaker John Bercow held secret talks with the EU and agreed to prevent a clean break Brexit.  

Addressing the European Parliament David Sassoli, its president, revealed that he had "a fruitful discussion" with Bercow
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Berkowitz is another Jew that hates Democracy. Boris should get a grip of him. The Tower is not far away. Using the axe that beheaded King Charles would be a pity but there are plenty of others.

 

Corruption In British Parliament Makes Israel's Knesset Look Less Bent  [ 18 June 2022 ]
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The British government of Prime Minister Boris Johnson is currently embroiled in a seemingly endless stream of financial sleaze revelations, some of which, it seems to me, dwarf even the worst excesses of Israeli political corruption.

Numerous Conservative members of Parliament, and some from Labour, have been revealed to have accepted freebies — including costly tickets to sporting events, and, in at least one case, substantial direct payments — from the gambling industry, and then to have lobbied against legislative restrictions on that industry.

A senior Conservative MP was found to be receiving thousands of pounds a month from a healthcare company that was awarded COVID-related contracts worth hundreds of millions of pounds, after he [ Owen Paterson ] represented it in discussions with the relevant minister. When his conduct was exposed, the government initially sought to amend parliament’s ethics regulations so that he would not be suspended, and to undermine the parliamentary commissioner responsible for investigating such abuses. Amid the ensuing outrage, including from fellow Conservative MPs, he finally resigned 12 days ago.

It has been reported that the government’s former attorney general [ Geoffrey Cox ], a serving [ sic ] member of Parliament, has earned over £6 million ($8.1 million) in the past 15 years working in private practice as a lawyer — including on behalf of an overseas leader who is being investigated by the British government for corruption. In the COVID era, he has been doing some of his private legal work from the Caribbean, while voting by proxy. He has also reportedly been renting out his London home, which was partly purchased with taxpayer funds.

The ex-attorney general is hardly the only MP earning plenty of money outside parliament; it turns out that about one in four Conservative MPs, and many from the opposition benches, have second jobs, which is not illegal in the British system.............

Meanwhile, Prime Minister Boris Johnson himself has been attempting to evade disclosing who initially helped him pay for a refurbishment of his Downing Street apartment that cost more than six times the official budget, while fighting off allegations that he advanced the business interests of a lover when he was mayor of London.

But to this ex-Brit, most staggering of all has been the revelation that donors to the party of government, if they just give enough money, can reasonably expect to be awarded a life peerage — that is, a lifelong seat — in the House of Lords, the second, “upper” chamber of parliament. The Lords, whose current 783-strong appointed membership of mostly life and hereditary peers outnumbers the House of Commons (and is second in size only to China’s National People’s Congress), has far-reaching rights to amend and in some cases even reject legislation passed by the elected members of the Commons.

Specifically, most of the men (all men) who have held the post of main Treasurer of the Conservative Party (tasked with boosting its fundraising) in the past 20 years, and who have donated in excess of £3 million ($4 million) apiece to party coffers, have been given a seat in the Lords. Next in potential line, incidentally, is Tel Aviv-born Sir Ehud Sheleg, who has donated £3.8 million to the party (and whose brother has featured in a binary options scandal of which Sir Ehud has denied all knowledge).

The mountain of sleaze has served to revive the fortunes of the opposition Labour party — which was devastated by Johnson’s Conservatives in the 2019 general elections, when mired in [ alleged ] anti-Semitism under its ousted leader Jeremy Corbyn — but is now moving ahead in opinion polls.

Meanwhile, back home

Watching from Jerusalem as this daily avalanche of scandal unfolds can only invite comparison and contrast with our political norms, ethics and financial breaches.

To put it starkly, can you imagine the outcry here if it was demonstrated that MKs were serving as paid lobbyists for commercial entities and interest groups, and/or devoting much of their working week to their private business enterprises, and/or buying their seats in parliament?..........

But we do have stringent rules barring Knesset members from holding second jobs or taking payments from commercial entities. Our campaign financing laws are increasingly stringent. And MKs are deeply limited in terms of the freebies they are allowed to receive. Even costly pens are out of order (as Ehud Olmert discovered) — never mind $40,000 bracelets.

Which brings us, finally, to the trial of Netanyahu. It should be no source of pride that, following the convictions of a president and one ex-prime minister, and with several other former PMs having been investigated for alleged corruption, another former PM is on trial: for the alleged illicit lucrative advancement of a mogul’s business interests, to the public’s detriment and his own personal political benefit; for allegedly seeking to illicitly skew media coverage in his favor; and for taking an alleged industrial-level supply of illicit gifts.
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The Times Of Israel tells it like it is; good for them. It makes Private Eye sound like a bunch of softies. A curious aspect of politics in the Stolen Land that thieves call Israel is that senior politicians are not immune to prosecution; their judiciary can put the President [ Katsav ] in prison for rape, it can put Prime Ministers [ e.g. Olmert ] in prison for life long thieving. Here of course  Johnson, Blair,  Brown, Cameron, Heath, Patel, May et al ad nauseam walk the streets. They have never been charged, far less convicted. NB It mentions Sheleg, who is a Jew who stayed out of prison.