[FONT="]Can you imagine working for a Company that has a little more than 600 employees and has the following employee statistics.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]29 have been accused of spouse abuse [/FONT]
[FONT="]7 have been arrested for fraud [/FONT]
[FONT="]9 have been accused of writing bad cheque's [/FONT]
[FONT="]17 have directly or indirectly bankrupted at least 2 businesses [/FONT]
[FONT="]3 have done time for assault [/FONT]
[FONT="]71 cannot get a credit card due to bad credit [/FONT]
[FONT="]14 have been arrested on drug-related charges [/FONT]
[FONT="]8 have been arrested for shoplifting [/FONT]
[FONT="]21 are currently defendants in lawsuits [/FONT]
[FONT="]84 have been arrested for drink driving in the last year
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[FONT="]Which organisation is this ???????
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[FONT="]It's the 635 members of the House of Commons, the same group that cranks out hundreds of new laws each year designed to keep the rest of us inline.[/FONT]
[FONT="]What a bunch of plonkers we have running our country - it says it all. And just to top all that they probably have the best 'corporate' pension scheme in the country!! [/FONT]
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I knew they were bad, but I didn't realise they were that bad. I guess that's what happens when people get put in a position of power and there's only usually a choice between two main candidates.
With all the technology there has to be a better way of running local government than entirely in the hands of MP's. Every yeah they could do a survey to see which major changes are popular. If the most important things are controlled by the people there's less for MP's to screw up.
When I first got the vote I thought it was great, but if the vote can't even stop people like this getting in then there's little point in it.
I voted for an Independant candidate on the last two occasions.
Our 'Big Three' are a disgrace.
I share your sentiments but sadly those statistics are not entirely accurate. In fact they're not accurate at all, sorry :console:
For example the criminal records comment includes mainly Ulster Unionists who were convicted of being in an illegal march in 1988 and were each sentenced to 7 days in jail. This was a political protests and not a crime in the more traditional way we understand it.
This is a list of all MP's currently serving who had criminal records as of 2008
http://www.parliament.uk/commons/lib/research/briefings/snpc-04594.pdf
The list you quoted is a list of all MP's going back many years and not currently sitting in the House of Commons. Those who were convicted of serious offenses generally lost their seat as a consequence.
I'd imagine MP's criminal record history is comparable to the police, doctors, teatchers, religious ministers or any random section of society. Statistics are a dangerous thing :)
That being said MP's are generally a pretty grubby bunch, especially the ones in power.
http://www.snopes.com/politics/crime/congress.asp
:crying: awwwww
Flippin' email circulars.
/busted
The thing is it is believable. When you look at the offences and realise that they could stack up so many of them are held by the same person I thought to myself, that number is high but plausible.
That's just as frightening to me.
Absolutely. These are our elected representatives. Supposedly we picked them to represent us. That it's perfectly plausible they are mostly a bunch self serving gits is a worrying thought.
Sorry to burst the bubble Pen. Actually I saw that circular a few months back, and did a Google search to see if it was true. Google can make anyone sound a bit clever, even me. :)
Quote from: smilodon;285893Absolutely. . Google can make anyone sound a bit clever, even me. :)
Computer says No:D:boxing::D!!