Dear All
Denis MacShane is a former Labour minister of the corrupt and inept Labour Government currently sitting in Westminister.
Yesterday in the House of Commons he was urged to withdraw accusations of corruption against Lord Ashcroft, a deputy chairman of the Conservative Party.
Ashcroft is well known as a Tory backer.
Denis MacShane, the MP for Rotherham has called Ashcroft, a “monster from the Caribbean deep”.
But it was the word “corrupt” that caused the Speaker, John Bercow, to call for a withdrawal.
Commons exchanges can be lively affairs on occasion but when MacShane asked;
“Can we have an early debate on that monster from the Caribbean deep, namely Lord Ashcroft, and his influence on politics?”
Bercow the Speaker of the House urged for “moderation in the use of language”, adding: “Whatever you think of the noble lord, you shouldn’t call him a monster.”
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MacShane continued;
“It’s only in this House of Commons that this man’s corroding and ugly and corrupt influence of Caribbean and British politics can be debated ... ”
The Tories who need Ashcroft’s money at that point started shouting in protest from Conservative benches.
Ashcroft is funding seats in marginal areas which could shift the balance of power in Westminister bringing in a Tory Government.
To show that humour hasn’t left the House of Commons; Andrew Mackay, the Tory MP for Bracknell, later raised a point of order to complain about Mr MacShane’s remarks!
The same Andrew Mackay who is resigning about his “unacceptable” expenses claims.
Mackay chipped in;
“Not only was that wrong, but it was also unparliamentary.”
Worse than ripping the taxpayer off using the House of Commons expenses!
But leaving the fun out of this Ashcroft oversees the party’s marginal seats campaigns.
If you want to buy power and influence in Britain, then this is certainly the way to go about.
Another small point on the horizon is that the Labour Party fear Ashcroft’s money turning the tables at the General Election so they have a pop at him every chance they get, it is a running campaign.
The Labour Party has two words that generally appear in the same sentence, “Ashcroft” and “tax”.
So far they have scored a hit yet.
As I have said before Britain is a corrupt country and although Ashcroft can legally donate money, there isn’t such a thing as a free lunch.
So what’s Ashcroft’s return?
Yours sincerely
George Laird
The Campaign for Human Rights at Glasgow university
Denis MacShane is a former Labour minister of the corrupt and inept Labour Government currently sitting in Westminister.
Yesterday in the House of Commons he was urged to withdraw accusations of corruption against Lord Ashcroft, a deputy chairman of the Conservative Party.
Ashcroft is well known as a Tory backer.
Denis MacShane, the MP for Rotherham has called Ashcroft, a “monster from the Caribbean deep”.
But it was the word “corrupt” that caused the Speaker, John Bercow, to call for a withdrawal.
Commons exchanges can be lively affairs on occasion but when MacShane asked;
“Can we have an early debate on that monster from the Caribbean deep, namely Lord Ashcroft, and his influence on politics?”
Bercow the Speaker of the House urged for “moderation in the use of language”, adding: “Whatever you think of the noble lord, you shouldn’t call him a monster.”
Top of Form
Bottom of Form
MacShane continued;
“It’s only in this House of Commons that this man’s corroding and ugly and corrupt influence of Caribbean and British politics can be debated ... ”
The Tories who need Ashcroft’s money at that point started shouting in protest from Conservative benches.
Ashcroft is funding seats in marginal areas which could shift the balance of power in Westminister bringing in a Tory Government.
To show that humour hasn’t left the House of Commons; Andrew Mackay, the Tory MP for Bracknell, later raised a point of order to complain about Mr MacShane’s remarks!
The same Andrew Mackay who is resigning about his “unacceptable” expenses claims.
Mackay chipped in;
“Not only was that wrong, but it was also unparliamentary.”
Worse than ripping the taxpayer off using the House of Commons expenses!
But leaving the fun out of this Ashcroft oversees the party’s marginal seats campaigns.
If you want to buy power and influence in Britain, then this is certainly the way to go about.
Another small point on the horizon is that the Labour Party fear Ashcroft’s money turning the tables at the General Election so they have a pop at him every chance they get, it is a running campaign.
The Labour Party has two words that generally appear in the same sentence, “Ashcroft” and “tax”.
So far they have scored a hit yet.
As I have said before Britain is a corrupt country and although Ashcroft can legally donate money, there isn’t such a thing as a free lunch.
So what’s Ashcroft’s return?
Yours sincerely
George Laird
The Campaign for Human Rights at Glasgow university
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