Basher
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It might be the point do they really mean it?
It might be the point do they really mean it?
I honestly think that many of them do. They want to do good (although what they regard as doing good may be radically different than what you or I do!).It might be the point do they really mean it?
I honestly think that many of them do. They want to do good (although what they regard as doing good may be radically different than what you or I do!).
They are a bit like crayonistas - intentions are good but their solutions are....well.....
The only person who entered parliament with honorable intent was Guy Fawkes!
An MP has been given a three-month jail sentence for lying to avoid a speeding ticket, automatically triggering a recall petition in her Cambridgeshire seat.
Fiona Onasanya, the MP for Peterborough and a former Labour whip, was sentenced for perverting the course of justice following a retrial.
She appeared at the Old Bailey on Tuesday to be sentenced alongside her brother, Festus Onasanya, who pleaded guilty to three similar charges.
Mr Justice Stuart-Smith jailed the MP for three months and sentenced her brother to 10 months in prison.
An MP has become the first sitting politician to be jailed for 30 years after she lied to police when she was issued with a speeding ticket.
Fiona Onasanya had denied being behind the wheel when her car was spotted being driven at 41mph in a 30mph zone in Cambridgeshire, last July.
But don't the sentences sound extremely soft when compared with the 8 months for Chris Huhne for perverting the course of justice in an apparently rather similar case and the 18 months for Jonathan Aitken's perjury?She and her lying brother have been jailed.
https://amp.theguardian.com/uk-news...ona-onasanya-jailed-for-lying-speeding-ticket
But don't the sentences sound extremely soft when compared with the 8 months for Chris Huhne for perverting the course of justice in an apparently rather similar case and the 18 months for Jonathan Aitken's perjury?
Yes. She is an Independent MP until decided otherwise.Will she still get her pay?
Yes. She is an Independent MP until decided otherwise.
Her defence counsel is quoted as calling being an MP as her only income.Apparently she's not going to resign and so she will get paid until the appeal and recall processes are exhausted. I suppose she feels that as her reputation is in tatters and she has no hope of a future legal or political career she may as well grab the money for as long as she can.
Meanwhile, the people of Peterborough have no representation in Parliament.
Meanwhile, the people of Peterborough have no representation in Parliament.
What i heard on the radio (bad receiving connection) is that she is thrown out of the party?
Is she barred from the House? I knew she was now forced to be an Independent MP and would face a possible recall election but I was under the impression that her sentence wasn't long enough to trigger her being unable to discharge her duties as MP?
She's not going to be doing much of her job for 6 weeks whilst she's in jail.
It wasn't the speeding ticket that put her in prison.10 miles too fast. I find it a harsh penalty to pay. Alcohol is a different matter. We in the Netherlands say that some occupations need to be an example for the society.
Apparently she's not going to resign and so she will get paid until the appeal and recall processes are exhausted. I suppose she feels that as her reputation is in tatters and she has no hope of a future legal or political career she may as well grab the money for as long as she can.
Meanwhile, the people of Peterborough have no representation in Parliament.
She does not need to resign as she was sentenced for less than 12 months. However if 10% of her constituents sign a recall motion there will be a by - election which Labour have indicated they will support.
I wonder how many commentators here would resign from a well paid job with no alternative employment to go to. I suspect few and I would be suspicious of anyone who insisted they would. Most people would sit tight and keep the money coming in as long as they could. Afterall you cant claim benefits if you resign and she has no chance of resuming her former career! OF COURSE the moral question is completely different.
As for the final line: the people of Peterborough would have no representation, if she resigned instantly, until such time as a bye election could be arranged. Her constituency and Westminster offices should still be open and correspondence should still be dealt with.
Exactly.Fraud because she was driving, but claimed someone else did it?