Dear All
Water, water, water, for God sake; give me water!
Those could be the every words of Sir Ian Kennedy, head of the new external regulator on MPs expenses.
Kennedy has said that he will not feel bound to implement all reforms recommended after the recent expenses scandal.
In other words, the right man in the right place to ensure that little will change, a loophole man, a team player, a company man.
By saying he doesn’t feel bound; Kennedy proves he isn’t required for these times when trust in Parliament has dissolved completely.
Kennedy said he would consult on other options, fudge.
All party leaders to seem credible want sweeping reforms proposed by Sir Christopher Kelly in November to be implemented in full.
They should therefore demand the Sir Iain Kennedy is removed.
Some of the recommendations in the Kelly Report are mostly sensible as they include a ban on mortgage claims for second homes and on MPs employing spouses and relatives on their payroll.
I would say in the interest of fairness that any current family member should be penalised because of the actions of those MPs who are corrupt.
Other recommendations by Kelly require MPs making a capital gain on the sale of a publicly subsidised home to repay the money.
The flipping of Hazel Blears who offered to pay back £13,000 was a sickening display of greed; after being caught out she thought it was important then to pay the money. Prior to that; she was happy to keep the money while the public were ignorant of her financial dealings.
Clearly Sir Ian Kennedy is not the man to restore and build trust in Parliament since he wants to cherry pick the recommendations.
So, before Kennedy starts his Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA) rolling he is already saying that some things are unclear.
This is clearly a lack of will on his part and using words that Kelly is a “foundation”.
If Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Nick Clegg are serious about reform, then they need to move swiftly to sack Sir Ian Kennedy.
Otherwise the message is business as usual under another guise.
Yours sincerely
George Laird
The Campaign for Human Rights at Glasgow University
Water, water, water, for God sake; give me water!
Those could be the every words of Sir Ian Kennedy, head of the new external regulator on MPs expenses.
Kennedy has said that he will not feel bound to implement all reforms recommended after the recent expenses scandal.
In other words, the right man in the right place to ensure that little will change, a loophole man, a team player, a company man.
By saying he doesn’t feel bound; Kennedy proves he isn’t required for these times when trust in Parliament has dissolved completely.
Kennedy said he would consult on other options, fudge.
All party leaders to seem credible want sweeping reforms proposed by Sir Christopher Kelly in November to be implemented in full.
They should therefore demand the Sir Iain Kennedy is removed.
Some of the recommendations in the Kelly Report are mostly sensible as they include a ban on mortgage claims for second homes and on MPs employing spouses and relatives on their payroll.
I would say in the interest of fairness that any current family member should be penalised because of the actions of those MPs who are corrupt.
Other recommendations by Kelly require MPs making a capital gain on the sale of a publicly subsidised home to repay the money.
The flipping of Hazel Blears who offered to pay back £13,000 was a sickening display of greed; after being caught out she thought it was important then to pay the money. Prior to that; she was happy to keep the money while the public were ignorant of her financial dealings.
Clearly Sir Ian Kennedy is not the man to restore and build trust in Parliament since he wants to cherry pick the recommendations.
So, before Kennedy starts his Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA) rolling he is already saying that some things are unclear.
This is clearly a lack of will on his part and using words that Kelly is a “foundation”.
If Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Nick Clegg are serious about reform, then they need to move swiftly to sack Sir Ian Kennedy.
Otherwise the message is business as usual under another guise.
Yours sincerely
George Laird
The Campaign for Human Rights at Glasgow University
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