Conservatives suspend Sir Malcolm Rifkind over cash-for-access claims

[Pete]

The Conservative leadership has suspended the party whip from Sir Malcolm Rifkind, the former foreign secretary, in the wake of the cash-for-access allegations involving a fictitious Chinese company.

The announcement by the prime minister came after an investigation by the Telegraph and Channel 4’s Dispatches alleged that Rifkind and Jack Straw, the former Labour foreign secretary, offered to use their positions as politicians on behalf of a fictitious Chinese company in return for thousands of pounds.

Straw suspended himself from the parliamentary Labour party on Sunday night while both men referred themselves to the parliamentary standards commissioner.

Politicians... Tsk!

http://bit.ly/1ACh94F

[therealjr]

Worrys me that someone who is pretty much a has been these days can claim to have changed EU law for a company for the price of £60k

[Fly]

A statement on Channel 4's website said 12 MPs with "significant outside interests" were invited to apply for jobs with PMR, which had "plenty of money" and wanted to hire "influential British politicians to join its advisory board".

"Not all politicians are for hire," the statement added.

"Half of those approached didn't respond. One said he wanted to check us out in Hong Kong so we took it no further. And another said he just wasn't that interested. Of the others, two stood out - Sir Malcolm Rifkind and Jack Straw."

Mmm !!


Cross posted. Deleted my post.

[therealjr]

Ed Milliband says his candidates won't be allowed to be paid directors of other companies. Presumably Toby Perkins will either have to give up his directorship of his company or not take a salary?

[Fly]

Saw this LOL 

[Pete]

He'll find a way.