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Do They not deserve to be jailed and removed from the scene?

Baroness "Uddin" was found to be Cheating her expenses to the tune of £126,000.00 and is still being wecomed into the house of Lords without the money being returned . Have we reached the point of No Return from Corrupt political practices ? Where do these people come from and how do they get into such prominent positions ?

oswald anthony whittle ● 5126d3 Comments

Of course, Uddin needs to attend the House to claim her allowance and, quite rigtly, her fellow peers do not want her there. I would like to see property and assets seized under the 'proceeds of crime act' and then watch her summararilly marched out of the House of Lords as plain 'Mrs. Whatever'.I can't even remember where 'Lod' Taylor claimed he was living to get allowances for overnight stays and travel expenses, it certainly wasn't by the Duke of Kent (where he actually lives(d) )

Nigel Brooks ● 5125d

You and I would be in jail.Lock 'em up and then get the money back.Not sure you can kick someone out of the Lords tho'.

Keith Iddon ● 5125d

As you point out, Baroness Uddin has not repaid the money, but she does face having her suspension extended because her fellow peers do not want her in the chamber.Some peers in the House of Lords do actually have morals. Last year they voted to extend peers' suspensions, on the basis that Baroness Uddin - and there are others - might use their (taxpayer-funded) daily allowance of £300 to repay the money owed in cheating her expenses.There is a possibility that Baroness Uddin could see her suspension extended until 2015. And who can forget, Lord Taylor of Warwick, our dear Ealing resident, who was jailed over his expenses. He wanted to return to the Upper House because he believed he had a "role to play" in reforming prisons!

Ben Owen ● 5125d