tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post8152119923243695452..comments2023-12-11T08:49:46.305+00:00Comments on Dizzy Thinks: How about using specific bank accounts?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-72805132952405773702008-01-17T14:09:00.000+00:002008-01-17T14:09:00.000+00:00I doubt that even Labour politicians ever wanted t...I doubt that even Labour politicians ever wanted these laws brought in. It just makes their life more difficult. They did it to score an easy political point against the conservatives, and because they started to believe their own propaganda that the Tories were corrupt and Labour were the honest, hard working, toilers of the land.AndyRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06568537171040570814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-72708376719934285022008-01-17T13:27:00.000+00:002008-01-17T13:27:00.000+00:00It's an excellent idea, Dizzy. MPs should like it ...It's an excellent idea, Dizzy. MPs should like it because it would simplify things for them considerably. Which is why they'll try to ignore it. Keep shouting about it, though. You never know.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-52588712843969226802008-01-16T12:53:00.000+00:002008-01-16T12:53:00.000+00:00"Why not, upon becoming an MP, do they not get giv...<B>"Why not, upon becoming an MP, do they not get given a specific bank account to be solely used for political donations?"</B><BR/><BR/>Presumably there is nothing whatsoever that precludes any MP from showing some initiative and doing this themselves. They shouldn't need instructing but a taste of the nanny state for them might reduce their eagerness for inflicting it on the rest of us.<BR/><BR/>If they were bog standard bank accounts MPs could even send a copies of monthly statements to the Electoral Commission (or whoever) to corroborate declared donations.<BR/><BR/>Give them a payment card to record actual expenses as well, rather then a wooly guess without providing receipts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-92194338910401628572008-01-16T11:55:00.000+00:002008-01-16T11:55:00.000+00:00Maybe Northern Rock could provide the bank account...Maybe Northern Rock could provide the bank accounts?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-80605153615933786252008-01-16T11:27:00.000+00:002008-01-16T11:27:00.000+00:00I agree that the problem lies with the rules regul...I agree that the problem lies with the rules regulations and law ... all of which were increased by or brought in by this Government.<BR/><BR/>There is the duplicity of reporting; the interpretation of the guidance; and the difficulty with the wording of the actual rules themselves.<BR/><BR/>It should be pointed out that this is the political manifestation of the proliferation of rules, guidance and pettyfogging regulation that has proliferated under this Government and affects employers, businesses, traders, teachers, schools, doctors, nurses, and everyone else whose operations are subject to such rules, guidance and regulations. The whole direction is wrong ... and not just for the political reporting requirments!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-37636226219223840502008-01-16T10:29:00.000+00:002008-01-16T10:29:00.000+00:00Wise WordsWise WordsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-64727069319165639312008-01-16T09:50:00.000+00:002008-01-16T09:50:00.000+00:00Increasing the simplicity of the system will reduc...Increasing the simplicity of the system will reduce MP's ability to claim they didn't know what to do or when to do it, so it sounds like a very reasonable suggestion.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-74878290836322810362008-01-16T09:24:00.000+00:002008-01-16T09:24:00.000+00:00Too simple, easy and transparent for politicians.Too simple, easy and transparent for politicians.Guido Fawkeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15091277669318213298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-51851569556398330842008-01-16T09:01:00.000+00:002008-01-16T09:01:00.000+00:00This appears to be a simple, clever (part?) soluti...This appears to be a simple, clever (part?) solution.<BR/>But this administration will implement it without cross-party dialog, leaving errors unfixed. They will also tweak it so that it somehow discriminates against non-government MPs (in their failure to realise this will back-fire when they slide into the opposition benches at the next election).flashgordonnzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17934275623938566914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-79285360956893995212008-01-16T08:43:00.000+00:002008-01-16T08:43:00.000+00:00Alternatively, Dizzy, why not drop the whole shena...Alternatively, Dizzy, why not drop the whole shenanigans about contributions and let them be deregulated? Whyever not? Thik how much hassle it would save.James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.com