Victims of the "R" word, or just crooks?

Baroness Uddin, Lord Bhatia and Lord Paul

Three members of the House of Lords (the second chamber of the UK government) were suspended today as a result of having made “incorrect” expenses claims totalling some £200,000 ($313,000). The peers had claimed properties outside London in which they had never lived were their main homes, thus enabling, them to falsely claim huge sums in expenses for living in their own homes in London

All three, Baroness Uddin Lord Swraj Paul, and Lord Bhatia are of East Asian origin, and in fact Lord Paul, who ranks amongst Britain's richest men sought to excuse himself on the basis of his ethnicity in that he didn't fully understand the term “main residence”.

One might be tempted to suggest that given that corruption is endemic within the cultures from which these individuals originate, this is merely the result of importing such cultures into our own.

However, a further noble peer, Lord Ali (also of non-European origin) has a different explanation. According to Lord Ali, the fact that only three Asian peers have been found to have fiddled huge sums of tax payer's money, is down to ..... you guessed it!! ... that clever, multi-application, get out of jail free card “r” word.......... racism!! (report here)

Well, what did you expect they would say?!!

In other developments, a further Tory Peer, Lord Taylor of Warwick, a one time black lawyer, of west Indian origin, previously best known for alleging racism was the cause of his defeat in an election in Cheltenham in 1992 is facing prosecution on criminal charges of false accounting.

What was it that judge said about disgracing a Banana Republic?

WHO IS THE MOST CORRUPT FIFA OR THE ANC?

Letter to the editor,

By Snowy Smith

WHO IS THE MOST CORRUPT, FIFA OR THE ANC?

2010 corruption World Soccer South Africa.

I have just read the excellent book by Andrew Jennings all about FIFA soccer.“The Secret World of FIFA”. Bribery, Vote Rigging, Ticket Scandals, Theft, Fraud and Corruption.

This excellent book exposes the corrupt world of soccer, FIFA President Sepp Blatter and his corrupt friends. We all know that the corrupt African National Congress, South African Government and families are all involved in inflated tenders, Kickbacks, bribery, massive fraud, theft and corruption.

After reading this book I cannot decide who is the most corrupt.

Both parties had their hands up to their elbows in the cookie jar.

This whole FIFA Soccer is just a massive rip-off of the South African tax and rates payers’ money.

Another well planned golden opportunity for these corrupt people to hide more stolen money in overseas banking accounts.

The ANC lied to the South African Public concerning the costs of the 2010 soccer.

The South African “BID BOOK” to FIFA World Cup detailed a TOTAL Cost of R3 BILLION.

The actual cost spent was more than R40 BILLION.

That is R37 Billion over budget.

Furthermore over R100 Million was spent on our useless South African Soccer team who were knocked out in the first round.

More than R120 MILLION of South African tax and rates payers’ money spent on buying tickets for ANC family and friends.

Only 20% of tickets were actually sold to overseas tourists therefore the 2010 soccer was a massive flop putting tax and rates payers’ in DEBT for the next 20 years.

I also heard there was massive corruption at the Nelspruit Soccer Stadium.

Whistle blowers getting assassinated.

The so called “Beautiful Game” was definitely not beautiful.

Very few goals, dozens of yellow and red cards, deliberately playing the man instead of the ball, arguing and fighting, definitely NOT beautiful.

Almost every ANC Municipality in South Africa was already Bankrupt in debt to more than R50 BILLION before this soccer and here the ANC spend a further R40 BILLION on this soccer rip-off.

The Tax payers insist on an official independent AUDIT of all the 2010 soccer expenditure.

SO WHO IS THE MOST CORRUPT, FIFA OR THE ANC?

I think it is a Photo Finish it is too close to call.

Zuma and Blatter will have to have a penalty shoot out.