I would have argued with binners for his Daily Wail style description there.

But having heard a couple of tales from MrsMC recently about who has moved to work at Rotherham, and the way contracts had recently been set up by her council, and then last night an equally appalling tale of cronyism from a mate at another council, I fear he is correct.

In the interests of balance, other more southerly, right wing tales of corruption are probably also available.

MCTD – I have a good mate who worked at the Home Office for years, and has been involved as a consultant with most of the town councils in the north west. And the tales of ‘Jobs for the Boys’ are unbelievable. Its so blatant! Like I said, its endemic. Every senior position is a stitch up, where party loyalists are shoe-horned into highly paid positions despite having absolutely no relevant experience or skills in that area.

And theres no doubt that its this culture that created the absolute scandal of Rotherham. And I wouldn’t be surprised if we subsequently find exactly the same in every authority in the North West.

I don’t know what its like daaaaahn saaaaaaarf with Tory controlled councils. I’d expect its much the same, just with more expensive suits

Jhj – I wouldn’t trust a career politician for a whole number of reasons, even before I start to consider your nest of conspiracy theories! 😉

“We” get what “we” vote for. I know there a lot of arguments around that, but we are veering off topic if we go there!

You get who your party want you to vote for otherwise it’s some other party. Next time your party puts someone else forward who may again not be who you want.

Yes, it would be unreasonable since:

Given the intrinsic ties between the political parties and local government, the career path of MPs often involves working within councils before being elected for parliament.

If you want percentages, you’ll have to do the digging, but I can assure you my claim of many is entirely reasonable.

Back on topic, it’s promising that this has finally been exposed, but given the intrinsic links between local and national government and the interests of many to avoid exposing their own failures, the true scale of similar problems nationwide is still some way from being exposed.

You really want me to research the claims you make? shakes head. If you state something it really is your duty to offer the proof for your claim….even small children know this.. If you really cannot get that point you are even more stupid and trolly than the high bench mark you have set so far on STW.
You bring nothing to the table but hyperbole and stupidity.

Well who could disagree with that 😕
As for the intrinsic link we are still waiting for it to be shown still if you say it often enough 🙄

I cannot be arsed engaging with you as my only weapons are logic, facts and reason and you are shielded from the effects of these by your own , wilful, stupidity and “humorous” arrogance.

Quick snapshot…

Theresa May

John Major

Margaret Hodge

John Mann

Keith Vaz

Alistair Darling

Andrew Mitchell

Simon Danczuk

Paul Boateng

Diane Abbott

Abbott’s career in politics began in 1982 when she was elected to Westminster City Council serving until 1986.

Of course, that is not an exhaustive list, but should give you an insight into just how intertwined the networks of the nations government are.

To be honest, I’m not sure if anyone has done studies to reveal the percentages, but it certainly seems to put meat on my claim of ‘many’.

😉

Seriously though, those were just a few names I chose at random~ I could have been remarkably lucky and they are the select few who have followed that path or (far more likely) it could be that as Party members, many MPs have had involvement in local councils, many of which likely have child abuse scandals of their own…

Please may I ask what many means again

Not sure do i go for 🙄 or for 😉

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_MPs_for_constituencies_in_England_2010-15#Full_Current_composition

Have a churn through yourselves. links to each serving MP’s wiki page with career details. I got through the first 10 or so, with more ex-councillors than not, but it’s actually very interesting to see where our MPs have come from.

I’ll have another go later.

I would consult the tea leaves before you

Funny you should mention that binners…

Keith Vaz’s past does call into question his suitability to chair the Home Affairs Select Committee:

~He was a solicitor on Richmond council at the time children were being trafficked from Grafton Close care home to Elm Guest House

~He was also a solicitor on Islington council at the time children were being trafficked from care homes to various locations, including Jersey and thus Haut de la Garenne, ‘The Jersey House of Horrors’. The scandal hangs over Margaret Hodge to this day

~He proposed a new law to protect his friend Greville Janner[/url], who mysteriously came down with dementia just as police started investigating allegations he had abused children in care homes

~Of course the fact that he attended a Tamil conference with Jimmy Savile is more than likely coincidental

but the fact that he shared a close friend with Savile, Stephen Purdew,

who helped arrange Savile’s funeral is a touch more worrying

~Also a bit odd that a police investigation that revealed he’d allegedly received mysterious funds to the tune of £500,000

Of course, all of this could be nothing, but you’d imagine Keith would take the time to disclose these matters and dispel any concerns[/url] especially after the Home Affairs Select Committee accidentally published the details of some of the victims, resulting in death threats

this is us having fun[ Well it is from me anyway] with each other. If we were being serious I would copy and paste loads and he would be posting up you tube videos 😉

The jobs for mates thing is pretty depressing, but its throughout the political spectrum

what qualifications does Jeremy Hunt have that he can run the NHS?, as far as I know hes a PR guy who got the job as a reward because he took the flak over the dodgy murdoch bskyb buyout

now hes health sec hes happily signing away on a whole load of new PPI deals, that labour darent criticise

If you cant expect competence at that level what hope do we have for a local council

Another 20 with ‘surnames that may or may not be indicative of their racial or religious profile’ in Newcastle::

http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/northumbria-police-charged-20-people-8587632

you mean you don’t share their Common Purpose?

Videos, files, evidence etc gone missing..there’s a surprise. ..same sh1t different day, do I have confidence in the government to see that nothing else goes missing and that a full investigation, leading to the arrests and trials of all involved no matter how high up it goes?? Most Definately not.

Just keeps coming… 13 Care homes, potentially more than 150 abusers in Nottinghamshire

These additional abuse cases are very serious, I posted about the Oxfordshire one elsewhere.

As an aside Cameron is one of 6 Oxfordshire MPs (mostly Tory with 1 Labour). The council is Labour controlled. Its not a party political issue IMO.