[Politics] Lord Bassam of Brighton

[Weststander]

Bassam resigns. Too bent for the new Corbyn regime ?.

Too bent for any regime.

Should pay the accomodation allowance back, but greed will prevent that.

 

[Chicken Run]

The peer, who lives in Brighton, had claimed £260,000 over seven years to cover the cost of accommodation in London.

However, he did not stay in London but commuted each day from Brighton, claiming a further £41,000 in the same period to cover the cost of train and taxi fares.

A Labour source told The Independent: "Steve has told fellow members of the Labour Lords group he plans to step down from his role as Opposition Chief Whip early in 2018 once a replacement has been elected by our Peers.

 

[Chicken Run]

Him and that other letch Caplin will still attach themselves to Peter Kyle and any campaign he might have to fight in the coming years, imho Peter should stay well clear of these two!!

 

[FIVESTEPS]

His wife is a busy women,on top of her full time job as a corporate lawyer with Brighton council she also earned the major part of his secretarial allowance of 44 thousand pounds a year since 2010.Poor women could have barely slept.

 

[getreal1]

His wife is a busy women,on top of her full time job as a corporate lawyer with Brighton council she also earned the major part of his secretarial allowance of 44 thousand pounds since 2010.Poor women could have barely slept.

Baron Bassam of Brighton. An embarrassment to the city.

 

[bha100]

His wife is a busy women,on top of her full time job as a corporate lawyer with Brighton council she also earned the major part of his secretarial allowance of 44 thousand pounds a year since 2010.Poor women could have barely slept.

For the few not the many

 

[ditchy]

Not bad for a squatter !

 

[Chicken Run]

His wife is a busy women,on top of her full time job as a corporate lawyer with Brighton council she also earned the major part of his secretarial allowance of 44 thousand pounds a year since 2010.Poor women could have barely slept.

Not only an embarrassment to the Labour Party but an insult to every tax payer living in the city! What a wanker!

 

[osgood]

His wife is a busy women,on top of her full time job as a corporate lawyer with Brighton council she also earned the major part of his secretarial allowance of 44 thousand pounds a year since 2010.Poor women could have barely slept.

Jaysus .£44,000 for being his secretary , which is her second job ! ,Any Idea what she makes from her first job ? Anyone able to do the sums. or have a guess at this well-heeled (Socialist ) , lol, couples annual income for the past 7 years ??

 

[FIVESTEPS]

Jaysus .£44,000 for being his secretary , which is her second job ! ,Any Idea what she makes from her first job ? Anyone able to do the sums. or have a guess at this well-heeled (Socialist ) , lol, couples annual income for the past 7 years ??

Whichever way you look at it someone's not getting VFM from her employment,either the council's being short changed or the government is.Whats not in doubt is us as taxpayers and ratepayers one way or another are being shafted.

 

[bha100]

Greenstein has made complaint to Sussex Police for fraud, doubt that will go anywhere tho

http://azvsas.blogspot.co.uk/2017/12/lord-bassam-steals-260000-for-second.html

 

[Buzzer]

Greenstein has made complaint to Sussex Police for fraud, doubt that will go anywhere tho

http://azvsas.blogspot.co.uk/2017/12/lord-bassam-steals-260000-for-second.html

Tony Greenstein has quite a bit of history with Lord Bassam, they're certainly not besties. This is from Greenstein's blog last year.

http://azvsas.blogspot.co.uk/2016/09/the-noble-sayings-of-lord-bassam-masque.html

 

[bha100]

Tony Greenstein has quite a bit of history with Lord Bassam, they're certainly not besties. This is from Greenstein's blog last year.

http://azvsas.blogspot.co.uk/2016/09/the-noble-sayings-of-lord-bassam-masque.html

He's got Bassam's card well and truly marked, what other dirt has he got on him i wonder

This comment is so true imvho

 

[Buzzer]

Greenstein has been suspended for alleged anti-Semitism and says there's a witch-hunt against him but his Twitter account is littered with the word "Zio". Shami Chakrabarti's report referred to that word as “a term of abuse, pure and simple, and should not in my view have any place in the vocabulary of Labour members, whether online, in conversation or anywhere else”. I don't think he's doing his defence any favours here.

 

[Buzzer]

He's got Bassam's card well and truly marked, what other dirt has he got on him i wonder

Just a hunch but having read what he thinks of Bassam, I reckon if he had any more dirt he'd have gone public on it by now.

 

[bha100]

Greenstein has been suspended for alleged anti-Semitism and says there's a witch-hunt against him but his Twitter account is littered with the word "Zio". Shami Chakrabarti's report referred to that word as “a term of abuse, pure and simple, and should not in my view have any place in the vocabulary of Labour members, whether online, in conversation or anywhere else”. I don't think he's doing his defence any favours here.

I admit i have never heard that term myself i had to google it, totally agree with you it has no place.

Just a hunch but having read what he thinks of Bassam, I reckon if he had any more dirt he'd have gone public on it by now.

He maybe holding it back if he has for the final nail in the coffin

 

[Eeyore]

Greenstein has been suspended for alleged anti-Semitism and says there's a witch-hunt against him but his Twitter account is littered with the word "Zio". Shami Chakrabarti's report referred to that word as “a term of abuse, pure and simple, and should not in my view have any place in the vocabulary of Labour members, whether online, in conversation or anywhere else”. I don't think he's doing his defence any favours here.

Is he not Jewish himself ? Are not anti-Zionism and anti-Semitism two different things ? I guess that's another debate.

 

[Buzzer]

Is he not Jewish himself ? Are not anti-Zionism and anti-Semitism two different things ? I guess that's another debate.

I believe he is and you're right, anti-Zionism isn't the same as anti-Semitism but the word 'Zio' is something altogether different and intended to be offensive.

 

[Wardy's twin]

Hilarious listening to all the self righteous " holier than thou " whingeing on here. I bet virtually everyone posting here has left work early, falsely claimed overtime/ expenses or stolen from their employer at some time or other... Remember " every other bu@@er does it " is the old refrain.

And don't reply with the old " But he's an elected MP, we expect betterfrom those in high office " ... Just look at all those earning a packet in the City or in exec positions, they are all doing this too, it's called capitalism.

Hand on heart , straight no for this.

So by your logic everyone /the majority steal or beat their partners etc then its ok?

If I had been caught fiddling expenses at the company i worked for they would have sacked me and that would be the least punishment .