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UK Energy secretary steps down charged with perverting the cause of Justice
Chris Huhne has quit as UK energy secretary after learning he was to be charged with perverting the course of justice over a 2003 speeding case. His ex-wife Vicky Pryce will face the same charge in relation to claims she accepted his penalty points. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesBeef will say :
Feb 03rd, 2012 - 06:47 pm - Link - Report abuse 0The drillings keeps on in spite of Britain upset......
I say :
1 ) Always insist on margin of safety ..............
2 ) Say that this time is never different...............
3 ) Be patient and wait for the oily pitch.............
4 ) Be contrarian................
5 ) Risk is the permanent loss of capital,never a number......
6 ) Be leery of leverage..................
7 ) Never invest in something you don't understand.............
What are you running on about?
Feb 03rd, 2012 - 11:21 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Corruption in Europe, what else did we expect?
Feb 04th, 2012 - 01:16 am - Link - Report abuse 0In Europe, they step down or get sacked.
Feb 04th, 2012 - 01:24 am - Link - Report abuse 0In South America they give them promotions and pay rises or maybe even send people to prison who question it! Haha
So let me get this straight:
Feb 04th, 2012 - 01:55 am - Link - Report abuse 0If they step down in South America, it shows the culture is corrupt.
If they don't step down it's because they successfully hid their corruption.
If they step down in Europe, it shows the justice system work.
If they don't step down, it's because they are paragons of probity.
Sounds good to me!
Corruption is rife in Argentina but Kirchner has dug up the Falkland Islands card to take Argentinian's minds off the corruption and onto something else. It is distraction.
Feb 04th, 2012 - 02:00 am - Link - Report abuse 0http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2010/04/cronyism-and-corruption-are-killing-economic-freedom-in-argentina
I'm not denying this. It is Europeans who deny they are not corrupt.
Feb 04th, 2012 - 02:17 am - Link - Report abuse 0Berlusconi, Christian Wulffs loan kicks, Scotland and Libya, Chirac convicted, News of the World, Russia, Greece and Franco/German banks, Baltasar Garzon debared...
Yup, such an immaculate people.
There will always be people who are corrupt in Europe. It is just one of this things.
Feb 04th, 2012 - 02:48 am - Link - Report abuse 0But after reading the report (link in my previous posting) it makes Europe sound wonderful!!
Are you grateful that Kirchner lies about the true rate of inflation, as if you knew the truth you would be upset? Read the report it's shocking!!!
Again, the difference is I am not bruiting about how my representatives are archetypes of rectitude. It is the Brits here (but Europeans in general in other forums), who deride “South America”, when I they have trully serious problems to roast.
Feb 04th, 2012 - 04:14 am - Link - Report abuse 0And it is a sad commentary that Europe now finds solace in feeling better about their politics by reading the political grapevine of Argentina! How the mighty have fallen... ;p
9 tobias
Feb 04th, 2012 - 11:28 am - Link - Report abuse 0This man is a lying deceitful person from the Lib-Dem side of the coalition government.
In the midst of the economic crisis he is responsible for millions of pounds of subsidies to the 'green' idiots, all to be paid by the UK taxpayer ad- infinitum.
The written evidence by his then wife shows he got her to take the blame for his unlawful actions.
Perverting the course of justice is taken very seriously in the UK and a jail term is usually the result if he is found guilty, which everybody expects will happen.
The EU has its' own type of LatAm governments, Italy, Spain and Greece are clear examples. Generally, the UK is a model of probity by comparison.
I dont mind corruption if means hookers ,fast cars and a champayne lifestyle... not speeding tickets and duck houses
Feb 04th, 2012 - 02:21 pm - Link - Report abuse 0“Corruption in Europe, what else did we expect?”
Feb 06th, 2012 - 04:21 am - Link - Report abuse 0You're so wrong, it doesn't exist in Europe, because we're Europeans :D.
“the UK is a model of probity by comparison.”
ChrisR typing here out of his ass. Just admit, the UK is a model of a group of nations with the highest principles and ideals of hypocrisy.
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