Labour MP suspended over expenses

Former Labour minister Denis MacShane is facing suspension from the Commons for 12 months.

A Parliamentary committee found he had submitted 19 false invoices which were "plainly intended to deceive" Parliament's expenses authority.

The committee said it was the "gravest case" which has come to them for adjudication.

Mr MacShane, who has been suspended from the Labour Party, said he was "shocked and saddened" by the move.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-20178332

is this not fraud or deception

suspended, bollox if we had done it, it would be go straight to jail do not pass go ffs

what do you think of these mp,s,they are suppossed to be in a position of trust, to run this country, and all they are doing is milking it

does anyone agree they should get custodial sentences as a bank robber would

ian u need locking up but yes its one rule for them one for us

It's the same in the US. Politicians get away with murder, their expense accounts are more than I would make if I worked.

Parliamentary privilege rules should not have helped Denis MacShane escape a police investigation into his expenses, a Labour MP has said.

Mr MacShane quit as Rotherham MP after a committee found he had submitted 19 false invoices "intended to deceive".

Letters in which he admitted expense abuses were deemed inadmissible when officers first looked at the case.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-20189599

i dont get this, so are they saying a privledged few are immune to the law?

A man who shouted "no public sector cuts" at David Cameron during a speech in Glasgow has been ordered to carry out 100 hours of community service.

Stuart Rodger, 23, hid in a toilet at the Grand Central Hotel before bursting into a room where the prime minister was addressing Conservatives.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-20181601

just a comparison, this kid shouted at him, but the mp knicked 12 grand, wheres the justice?

There isn't.