Sunday 31 January 2010

John Redwood

The following comes from the Green Book all MP should be aware of the contents of this book. Pages 11 and 12 stated the following;
The principles are:
Claims should be above reproach and must reflect actual usage
of the resources being claimed.
Claims must only be made for expenditure that it was
necessary for a Member to incur to ensure that he or she could
properly perform his or her parliamentary duties.
Allowances are reimbursed only for the purpose of a Member
carrying out his or her parliamentary duties. Claims cannot
relate to party political activity of any sort, nor must any claim
provide a benefit to a party political organisation.
It is not permissible for a Member to claim under any
parliamentary allowance for anything that the Member is
claiming from any other source.
Members must ensure that claims do not give rise to, or give
the appearance of giving rise to, an improper personal financial
benefit to themselves or anyone else.
Members are committed to openness about what expenditure
has been incurred and for what purposes.
Individual Members take personal responsibility for all expenses
incurred, for making claims and for keeping records, even if the
administration of claims is delegated by them to others.
8 Enquiry and advice line 020 7219 1340
The Green Book
The requirement of ensuring value for money is central in
claiming for accommodation, goods or services – Members
should avoid purchases which could be seen as extravagant
or luxurious.
Claims must be supported by documentary evidence,
except where the House has agreed that such evidence is
not necessary.
These principles recognise that, in the nature of our democratic
system, Members will wish to explain their views about policies.
However, public money must not be used to give unfair political
advantage to one political party, and for this reason there are
specific controls on particular allowances.
 Mr Redwood is claiming that he should not have to repay some of the money he has been asked to; You can see this here

Mr Redwood please read HERE seems to get two invoices for job he pays for? Mr Redwood cliams the following from his own BLOG, interesting and more to come as I dig into Mr. Redwood.

Firstly I need to explain, what honesty is, for those of you who might not know, this might also be helpful to Mr. Redwood.


hon⋅est

[on-ist] Show IPA
–adjective
1. honorable in principles, intentions, and actions; upright and fair: an honest person.
2. showing uprightness and fairness: honest dealings.
3. gained or obtained fairly: honest wealth.
4. sincere; frank: an honest face.
5. genuine or unadulterated: honest commodities.
6. respectable; having a good reputation: an honest name.
7. truthful or creditable: honest weights.
8. humble, plain, or unadorned.
9. Archaic. chaste; virtuous.

The above is what we expect MPs to be, what we have seems to be one of two things, People who seem to make lots of mistakes and fairly often, or people who are dishonest.

dis·hon·est  (ds-nst)
adj.
1. Disposed to lie, cheat, defraud, or deceive.
2. Resulting from or marked by a lack of honesty.

[Middle English dishoneste, dishonorable, from Old French deshoneste, probably from Medieval Latin *dishonestus : Latin dis-, dis- + Latin honestus, honorable; see honest.]

dis·honest·ly adv.
Synonyms: dishonest, lying2, untruthful, deceitful, mendacious
These adjectives mean lacking honesty or truthfulness. Dishonest is the least specific: a dishonest business executive.
Lying conveys a blunt accusation of untruth: a lying witness giving inconsistent testimony.
Untruthful is a softer term and suggests lack of veracity and divergence from fact: made an untruthful statement.
Deceitful implies misleading by falsehood or by concealment of the truth: deceitful advertising.
Mendacious is more formal than lying, and suggests a chronic inclination toward untruth: a mendacious and troublesome employee.
Now let us see what Mr. Redwood is. I see the following HERE 
Mr Redwood seems to want to keep silent, yet with all the above I think Mr Redwood is looking more and more like a politician, someone who would gladly make a little money for nothing if possible, like we all would, but for some reason does not want to pay it back when he gets caught.

What Say You Mr. Redwood.

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