International Law

House of Corruption

By John Hirst

The BBC reports that finally David Cameron has acted and withdrawn the Tory whip from the corrupt Tory MP Derek Conway. Why did it take him so long to be decisive? Not that long ago the Tories were criticising Gordon Brown for being indecisive. Meanwhile, Tory pseudo-blogger Guido is running a poll on his blog whether the whip should be removed from Derek Conway. Catch up at the back there! I do give Guido credit for actually covering the story, when Iain Dale's Diary remained silent on the affair. See Bob Piper's posts here and here. Even when Iain Dale succumbed to pressure to post on the story he said nowt. Unity over at the Ministry of Truth has written a book on the subject, and plagiarised my intended title for my first post, great minds think alike, and Chris Paul is on form with his post on the affair. And, kicks the man whilst he is down.

Derek Conway has said: "I have let my family down very badly indeed and no judgement from any quarter could be more harsh than that which I apply to myself". You didn't let your family down, they have fared very well on the proceeds of your crimes. You let the electorate down. You honestly think we intend to let the matter drop because you claim that you will punish yourself more severely than we can? I want to see Not A Penny More, Not A Penny Less paid back into the public purse even if it means you have to sell one or both of your houses. In addition, I would like to see you serve a lengthy prison sentence as a deterrence to other MPs to keep them on the straight and narrow path.

Full post as published by prisonlawinsideout on January 29, 2008 (boomark / email).