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Sue Perdupa 4:39 Fri May 13
Tories Election Expenses Scandal

Given the potential seriousness of the allegations made by Channel 4 about criminality and electoral fraud at the last election, I would have expected this to be the lead item for nearly all papers and news sites? Doesn't look like its been given too much prominence so far.

MPs could be criminally prosecuted, barred from holding public office and up to 29 by-elections might need to be called in key marginal seats. That's before you get to the Tories deliberately misleading the Electoral Commission and being taken to Court as a result.

I accept that this is all worse case scenario and nothing has been proved as yet, but surely this is one of the biggest stories for some time? Not least because of the Anti-corruption conference Cameron is fronting and his overheard comments about corruption in Nigeria and Afghanistan. It looks like he's up to his neck in it and that the Tories broke the law in buying the last election. Might explain why the polls were so wrong.

Good work by Channel 4:

http://www.channel4.com/news/election-expenses-exposed

ray winstone 5:14 Fri May 13
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I can almost hear the clatter of the keyboards of the WHO Daily Mail readers searching the internet for a suitable comeback......

northbankboy68 5:23 Fri May 13
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...not to mention stuffing puppet directors on the board of the beeb!

chelmsfordhammer 5:27 Fri May 13
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Don't expect to hear a lot about it in the press, they're pretty good at covering this type of thing up and that includes the bbc , surprise, surprise.

Northern Sold 5:27 Fri May 13
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* high pitched scream *

mashed in maryland 5:34 Fri May 13
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chelmsfordhammer 5:27 Fri May 13

It's on Channel 4?

chelmsfordhammer 5:36 Fri May 13
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It has been on channel four but for some reason it's hardly been mentioned on any other news channel despite it being reported about a month ago.

WHOicidal Maniac 5:37 Fri May 13
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I would rather see them held accountable for the deaths of those that they said were 'fit for work' and were not.

Northern Sold 5:39 Fri May 13
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Hardly a scandal is it ?? I mean it's not someone sunk to the nuts with a12 year old choir boy like the old days is it??


MODERN DAY POLITICAL SCANDALS ARE SHIT

Sue Perdupa 6:21 Fri May 13
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I guess it depends on whether you consider political corruption to be scandalous or not...

In the UK some of the most notorious political scandals have been sex/sleaze related, but there have been others too - MPs expenses, cash for questions etc...

Electoral fraud is generally considered to be a prime example of political corruption. If we were talking about the potential criminal rigging of an election in Nigeria, I'm sure we wouldn't take exception if it was described as a scandal.

Dr Congo 6:24 Fri May 13
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It stinks, but it's hard to believe only one party was at it.

Chigwell 10:46 Fri May 13
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Bit of a storm in a teacup isn't it?

Hermit Road 10:56 Fri May 13
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Who gives a shit about election expenses?

The Labour Party postal vote election fraud. Now that is a proper scandal.

AfM 12:57 Sat May 14
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Titter.

marty feldman 1:11 Sat May 14
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Camerons looking for another dead cat to chuck across the table . No doubt it will be a muzzie or a benefit claimant . it certainly won't be maxwells throwback . The yid supporting sir Phillip green . 😉

kirok1 11:15 Sat May 14
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BBC still playing the Conservative game as charter still under threat. Murdoch press are so I n with the Tories that they bury anything negative. Central Office becoming adept at throwing out stories to act as cover. Then the Labour infighting being so ridiculous that they keep gifting their main opponents with gilt edged stories that allow them to divert attention from anything they wish.
Ch 4 does seem to be the new public interest news service because the BBC kowtowed long ago.

ray winstone 10:42 Sun May 15
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Bang on as always


https://www.facebook.com/JonathanPieReporter/videos/907713459351548/

After8 9:22 Mon May 16
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I love how people think that the "road to wigan pier" bbc has somehow kowtowed to the conservatives.

And while we're on this supposed scandal. Where is the scandal exactly?

After8 3:10 Tue May 17
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http://order-order.com/2016/05/17/another-labour-mp-failed-to-declare-battle-bus-carrying-campaigners/

claretandbluedagger 3:20 Tue May 17
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So now we've found out Labour and the Lib Dems are at it as well, I look forward to Michael Crick going on and on about fraud and scandals on C4 news tonight...

Fifth Column 3:59 Tue May 17
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It's a massive scandal.

However, I suspect the reason that Labour haven't gone ballistic over it is because they were doing it as well. If not, I don't understand why they're not really going to town over it.

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