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Hain refuses to quit over donations

PETER Hain last night brushed aside calls to quit and said it was absurd to suggest he had tried to cover up undeclared donations of £100,000.

HAIN REFUSES TO QUIT OVER DONATIONS

19.01.08, 9:39am

How much longer are we going to listen to Mr Hain's excuses. He was one of the team who put forward this ruke in the first place and first and foremost should have made sure that every angle was covered before he started his campaign. His own party officials in the Welsh Valleys do not have faith in his excuses, so there is a good start. Gordon Brown wont say a bad word about him as there is more than enough sleeze in his new government already after only a matter of months. The elctorate has had enough. Hain has got to go.

• Posted by: JEB • Report Comment

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HAIN THE LAIN DUCK

16.01.08, 11:00pm

Peter Hain should go, if I made a mistake at work I would have been sacked, so he should go or Brown should sack him.

• Posted by: philandy • Report Comment

WHAT A LAUGH!

15.01.08, 4:50pm

First we had Teflon now we have Captain Clingon
Cannot wait to see who is coming next

• Posted by: Maggie • Report Comment

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PETER HAIN, THE NEW CAPTAIN CLINGON?

13.01.08, 10:39pm

Work and Pensions Secretary Peter Hain has admitted, he failed to declare £103,000 in donations to his deputy leadership campaign and his lame excuse was, " I gave my campaign for office within the Labour Party second priority to my government responsibilities”.

Hain is in charge of a multi-billion pound departmental budget and yet, he cannot manage the expenses of a simple MPs office.

Peter Hain craves political attention and never misses an opportunity to place his face in front of TV cameras to court the British public. Now, his own conduct is in serious doubt, the normally charismatic MP has become very shy and retiring, he presents prepared written statements. This is an old dodge of “There's an enquiry and I will co-operate fully with the investigation”, whilst I scuttle around to see if I can limit the damage and save my political skin!

It has been reported, Mr Hain is making “immediate arrangements” to pay back a £25,000 loan from Willie Nagel, a diamond broker, which he received via PPF in October. Such a nefarious method of funding political elections is bound to cause a stink for a seasoned operator like Hain.

Hain is now putting the blame on aides, who are seemingly at war with each other. I think, a close look at UK Election Law and the strict rules governing members interests in the House of Commons and you will find it's down to the candidate personally and the member personally, to make full and transparent declarations, not aides or ad visor's.

Peter Hain is no different to many politicians, who succumb to the public's distrust in an ever evolving culture of political sleaze and deceit. His current behaviour is so typical of yet another arrogant politician clinging on to his grace and favour lifestyle.

Why do Ministers always wait for further damaging revelations to emerge before we hear their plaintiff cry, “I resign to protect my government and my party”.

This failure to take personal responsibility, attracts the worst of the public's venom and encourages our disdain and generic distrust of all politicians.

• Posted by: JRB • Report Comment

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THREE CHEERS FOR PETER!

13.01.08, 9:45pm


I am so sorry about my earlier sarcasm! Let me explain.

What I really meant is that Hain is a liability for Labour. That is why I want Labour to fight the next General Election with Hain at the helm. Labour would then score even less votes than it did under Kinnock. Good riddance.

If you read my earlier post again, you will see that I never said they could win!

• Posted by: Peter_Pan • Report Comment

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PETER PAN

13.01.08, 8:35pm

I think he was avin a giraffe, nobody could be that soft in't ed.

• Posted by: snaredrum • Report Comment

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ARE THEY IN THE RIGHT JOB !!

13.01.08, 7:55pm

Unfortunatley yes they are ?? and very well handpicked for there specific roles ? everything is going very well to plan for them thankyou ?

Its Socialism innit !

You step out of line and you are f****d, with our elite masters , whats £100,000 between friends ?

I implore anyone who wishes to understand more about these Professional Criminals , put iamanenglishman into your search, ??

Scary, very Scary

• Posted by: BratislavaUK • Report Comment

ARE THEY IN THE RIGHT JOB?

13.01.08, 6:58pm

Government ministers are there to look after our interests but they apparently are incaple of looking after their own affairs.
One says he did not know about ithe £100,000 , like the one previously who had £ 300,000, around that figure anyway ,in her bank account not knowing how it got there.
It really fills one with confidence ,no wonder this country is in such a dreadfull mess with people not knowing their left hand is doing from their right

• Posted by: Maggie • Report Comment

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HAIN REFUSES TO QUIT OVER HIDDEN DONATIONS.

13.01.08, 6:38pm

Hands up everyone whom thinks Hain is innocent of corruption, dishonesty, what !, not one of you.
Every single person whom I have debated this thoroughly blatant dishonest act with believes Hain knew exactly what he was doing, should fall on his sword and also be prosecuted.
Judas Jock McBrown is fining us for everything trivial now he has this major swindle he will try to sweep it under the carpet and hope it goes away.
Let us be rid of this filthy misgovernment for good.

• Posted by: Robertz • Report Comment

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AT LEAST HE LOOKS UNHAPPY !!

13.01.08, 6:15pm

Well at the worst !! at least the useless p***k has had the smug grin wiped off his face . ( albeit for a short while )

• Posted by: BratislavaUK • Report Comment

HAIN REFUSES TO QUIT

13.01.08, 5:41pm

i was sacked from the civil service by an honest mistake, why isn't he. how can i be sacked and not he. come on gordon brown see if you can do your job properly just a little bit for once.

• Posted by: ledzep • Report Comment

HAIN REFUSES TO QUIT

13.01.08, 5:09pm

This man is a bigger fool than the previous holder of the title, if there was a talent show looking for a Peter Hain impersonater he would come last, wake up Peter, there's a fat lady outside the window, it looks like she's singing.

• Posted by: Mike4224 • Report Comment

PETER_PAN

13.01.08, 4:40pm

your name says it all. An immature child with no sense of reality. I bet you think you can fly!!

• Posted by: fredj • Report Comment

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PETER_PAN

13.01.08, 4:31pm

As your name suggests, you're living in a fantasy land!

Did you escape your 'care in the community' supervisor?

There there, mental illness is generally a short term affliction!, I'm sure if you section yourself back into your loony bin, your support workers will look on your demented ranting with compassion sympathy!

:-)


Mind how you go now!

• Posted by: moorlok • Report Comment

BIRDS OF A FEATHER ETC ETC

13.01.08, 4:28pm

Never trusted him and never will,obviously lying thro his false tan smile as why go to the lengths of setting up a special false company to launder,sorry,channel any donations thro.
He must think we all all bloody stupid and as corrup as him if he expects us to believe him.
They are all out for one thing and that's to feather their own nest and hell with anyone else,and they reckoned the Tories were corrupt.
Get rid of the lot of em.

• Posted by: Robwin • Report Comment

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