Exclusive: MP’s Are Thieves Shocker!
TheEye doesn’t like to venture South of the River after 9pm in to somebody else’s manor, but the ever excellent Croydonian, who assiduously scans Hansard for hidden gems, hasn’t spotted this one yet so TheEye is going to get in there first.
David Amess (Southend West, Conservative) | Hansard source
To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission how many cases of theft from inside (a) the Palace of Westminster and (b) each other building on the Parliamentary estate were reported in each of the last five years; what items were reported stolen; what the estimated value of each was; and if he will make a statement.
And we learn….
Nick Harvey (North Devon, Liberal Democrat) | Hansard source
Now the list goes on and on, and can be found here. TheEye, however, wants to check on the safety of Vince following the loss of “Armoured Cable”, where “computers x17” vanished to (value unlisted), which MP spent £300 on the most expensive dictaphone in history and why we have lost a single candlestick valued at £1,000.
Some of the things on the list (and their values) have to be seen to be believed. Okay, so the MP’s Are Thieves headline is a bit melodromatic, but you can’t fault an Eye for trying.
Wow, how many candlesticks do you get for a grand ?
The ‘theft of money’ entry is wrong, it should read “Victim General public, Venue , United Kingdom, Value £3 Trillion.”
One single candlestick according to the entry but you’ve got to expect a diamond or two in it for that sort of cash.
And how would you get it out? Shove it down your trousers and when you are stopped say “is it cos I is blick?”
Damn right on the £3 trillion comment.
I was more interested in the difference between ‘theft of cash’ and ‘theft of money’. If ‘money’ were a cheque, a postal order, a travellers cheque etc then why does it not state that?
Covering a multitude of sins if you ask me.
Either way, why haven’t they claimed for theft of multiple wallets (probably £200 a throw snake skin or some such bullshit) or did they just leave ‘cash’ or ‘money’ lying around waiting to be half inched.
Or are ‘they’ just lying?
What GOT?
Are politicians lying?
Did you seriously type that?
I’ve got to seriously question the quality of the red wine you drink.
Oops!
I see what The Eye means. It must have been a particularly cheap bottle from the corner shop.
On reflection what I meant to say was
“Or are ‘they’ just lying bastards?”
There.
That’s better.
24x7x365 G.O.T. and we all know it.
But you are right. A crappy £2 wallet from M&S with £2.35 in it suddenly becomes a Mulberry £90 one with £200 in it when it comes to the insurance claim.
And it wasn’t dropped on a bus because you were drunk, it was stolen with menaces.