John Rentoul (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
Number 169 in my series of Questions to Which the Answer is No is asked by Ed West (right) at the Telegraph blogs. The full question is: OK, so maybe we shouldn't call it the EUSSR. How about Euroslavia? Which West asked in response to a sensible post by Tim Montgomerie at Conservative Home, in which he said: The ‘EUSSR’ thing is just one of the wholly inappropriate comparisons that often...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
Our democracy hangs by a thread. One way to claw back some respect is to insist on open primaries We have a long tradition of satire in Britain: for most of us, political parties and politicians have always been a bit of a joke. But until recently the gags have been gentle – along the lines of "they're not much use and they're incapable of answering the question". The idea that politicians...
Mark Wadsworth (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Over at ShareCrazy . Choose from Call Me Dave, Nadine Dorries, David Wilshire and Tony Blair. Results will be published on Sunday.
Julian’s musings (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
I do feel sorry for our Members of Parliament. Whilst some have been guilty of having their noses buried deep in the trough that goes by the name of ‘expenses’, many are innocent. I believe the vast majority seek to serve with no thought to fiscal advancement. Some have followed the rules and exercised discernment. Some [...]
Israelated (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
It is not a secret that from time to time humanity is facing outbreaks of that curious disease. Such as "Palestinian Nakba" or PETA's "Chicken Holocaust".Of course, there is a strong element of weirdness in these outbreaks. But still, nothing invented so far prepared me to the level of bizarreness reached in the recent outbreak: David Wilshire, the disgraced Conservative MP, has...
New Zealand Herald (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
A British Conservative MP was ordered to apologise by leader David Cameron after he likened the plight of politicians over expenses to the persecution of the Jews in Nazi Germany. David Wilshire, MP for Spelthorne, Surrey, has...
Shield Wall (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
MP sorry for Nazi analogy e-mail An MP has denied equating his treatment over expenses to the Holocaust - but apologised for any "upset" caused by a "clumsily" worded e-mail. David Wilshire, Tory MP for Spelthorne, made the apology after party leader David Cameron said his comments had been "frankly ludicrous" (would that be Anna Frankly ludicrous, David'??). But he said...
The Lone Voice (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
Now when in a hole of ones own making it's best not to ask for a shovel and make the hole even deeper. He is the man who paid his own company over £100,000 of taxpayers' money from his MP's expenses account. Not a great way to become famous. Now he links the treatment of MPs to the treatment of Jews in Nazi Germany. He has also rubbed our noses in the proverbial by having a whine about how hard...
Dungeekin. . . (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
Wilshire. Along with several other MPs, should be added to the Thesaurus under 'Thief '. . . So I will too. Sort of. I note that David Wilshire MPiggie, who so inventively attempted to link his self-inflicted predicament with that of the victims of the Holocaust, has apologised for such an attempt. Well, when I say 'has apologised', what I MEAN is that he's been forced to issue the usual 'you didn't...
rssblogstory (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
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Next Generation Frontline Left (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
“I did refer to the Holocaust. I was not seeking to equate what is happening to MPs with the Holocaust. I was simply warning that history teaches that the sentiments expressed in such emails can lead to horrendous consequences" ....... *sigh* I was already speechless at this man. However, I've just read that he's also now admitted to using taxpayer money to save face with his constituents...
Mirror.co.uk (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
A shamed Tory MP was last night slammed for comparing the treatment of MPs over the expenses row with the suffering of Jews under the Nazis.
Calling England (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
22:50 Woolas: Johnson criticising "successive governments" on immigration 22:01 Telegraph says Cameron has "reneged" on Lisbon referendum 21:23 Met "strongly refutes" "trick" claims of ex-Speaker Michael Martin 21:06 CWU: Royal Mail faces legal action on Friday over agency staff 21:01 Tomorrow's front pages as they come in 20:01 David Wilshire gives "unreserved"...
Freedom To Choose (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
“The witch hunt against MPs in general will undermine democracy. It will weaken parliament - handing yet more power to governments. Branding a whole group of people as undesirables led to Hitler's gas chambers.” David Wilshire MP, November 2009 Quite a strong condemnation of groups being branded as undesirable. One could even use the term 'denormalise', I suppose. 'Some people would resent...
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
David Wilshire the disgraced Tory MP has offered an "unreserved" apology for comparing politicians caught up in the expenses scandal to Holocaust victims.
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