http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=51066 The NewsBiscuit Community en-US Fri, 24 May 2013 19:44:31 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/search.php http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=51066#post-147116 Sun, 04 Nov 2012 00:02:05 +0000 dvo4fun 147116@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Have some points. They didn't actually specify what he was being suspended by or from </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=51066#post-147111 Sat, 03 Nov 2012 22:44:19 +0000 Squudge 147111@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Ta - I was a bit worried that the sod was too verbose for me to get a NiB out of it, but I didn't want to leave out any of 'the good bits'.</p> <p>Catharsis for my black boiling rage... </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=51066#post-147104 Sat, 03 Nov 2012 22:21:18 +0000 custard cream 147104@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Quite brilliant, loved it -max. stars! </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=51066#post-147014 Sat, 03 Nov 2012 11:33:11 +0000 Squudge 147014@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I struggled with this, by the way, as most of the sub is MacShane's own (breathtaking) words.</p> <p>ah.. pinxit - might an Adam Ant/Dick Turpin makeover for the chap in question be the thing? </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=51066#post-147012 Sat, 03 Nov 2012 10:56:10 +0000 Dick Everyman 147012@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>There are several of those in Scunthorpe so I've been told... </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=51066#post-147010 Sat, 03 Nov 2012 10:52:27 +0000 Squudge 147010@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>ta - the runner up was Scunthorpe, but I didn't want to get distracted by tempting 'who put the c*nt in Scunthorpe' follow-up. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=51066#post-147007 Sat, 03 Nov 2012 10:50:27 +0000 Dick Everyman 147007@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Bet the old bugger was kiddy fiddler too. Have some stars just for comparing Slough to Syria! ;0) </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=51066#post-147003 Sat, 03 Nov 2012 10:40:40 +0000 Squudge 147003@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Disgraced MP Denis MacShane hit back yesterday at claims that he cynically fiddled expenses, citing several instances where his worthy claims had been 'misunderstood', and where had nobly foregone the opportunity to be reimbursed. He had not, for example, claimed this week for all the buckets he had to buy for everyone to be sick into after his statement that he was “obviously desperately sorry for any embarrassment I have caused my beloved Labour Party and its leader Ed Miliband whom I greatly admire.”</p> <p>At a cocktail party, dressed nattily as a 'dandy highwayman' he insisted that he had not gained personally from the claims and that the original complaints were politically motivated. “Clearly I deeply regret that the way I chose to be reimbursed for costs related to my work in Europe and in combating anti-semitism, including being the Prime Minister’s personal envoy, has been judged so harshly”. Members of the Auchwitz commission have asked if they can borrow the buckets when everyone else is done with them. </p> <p>MacShane continued his resignation statement with "I have decided for the sake of my wonderful constituency of Rotherham and my beloved Labour Party to resign as an MP by applying for the Chiltern Hundreds or as guided by the House authorities." The House authorities are reported to have considered guiding him somewhere less desirable, such Syria or Slough, but opted instead for the 'far harsher' option of suspending him for a year.</p> <p>Torquil Stirrup, a spokesman from the parliamentary committe commented "By the time we get round to cutting the blighter down he will have turned completely blue and should be no further trouble".</p> <p>The BBC have meanwhile denied that MacShane is to return as loveable rogue 'Lovejoy', stating that they "do have some standards". </p>