DURHAMJEN
You say he was 'silly' rather than criminal. Even the judge said that.
Can I remind GN's the judge also said;-
"The dishonesty was considerable and was repeated many times over a long period."
"The deception used was calculated and designed to avoid suspicion falling on your claims".
"He had no one to blame but himself".
"However chaotic your general paperwork was, there was a deliberate, oft repeated and prolonged dishonesty over a period of years involving a 'flagrant' breach of trust and consequential damage to parliament with corresponding reduced confidence in our priceless democratic system and the process by which it is implemented and we are governed".
Do you think the others were hard done by too. Labour's Elliot Morley, Jim Devine, David Chaytor, Eric Illsley and Margaret Moran, who was spared prison due to metal illness??
What about the Tories Lord Hanningfield and Lord Taylor?
To me they all got what they deserved, sadly in words only.
