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**lsquared** · 19-08-2009, 06:48

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage...d-Dannatt.html

It appears that the Labour MPs will use General Dannatt's EXPENSES for entertaining as a stick to beat him - how very appropriate.

Words finally fail me to describe the scum that comprises this government.

**ABrighter2006** · 19-08-2009, 06:58

Dangerous ploy to take.

Likely to rebound to put MP's expenses back on the agenda.

Running scared - and those that would smear General Dannatt's reputation in this way, are likely to see their own affairs under further scrutiny.

Either way, I would assume that General Dannatt's expenses were "within the rules?"

**lsquared** · 19-08-2009, 07:04

Interestingly, to me anyway, is that a 'minister' is reported to be very much involved. The ministers are:

RAMMELL; DRAYSON; DAVIES (Turn-coat); TAYLOR; JONES.

I know who I would bet on. No names no pack-drill, but he or she is a well known 'class warrior' and scourge of senior officers' tennis courts!

PS: Why do we have almost as many 'ministers' as we have battalions?

**Auld-Yin** · 19-08-2009, 07:13

Can I supply a note of caution. This is reported in the Scum. It is not below them to have put in the FoI request themselves, asked a Minister what they thought of it and used them as the 'source'. The Scum are just that and are probably just story-hunting.

Unless Gen D had been ordering one-legged Bosnian lesbian hookers (which I very much doubt as MDN has that market cornered) then I doubt there will be much that can be found against him.

MPs would not know what the words 'honesty' and 'integrity' were even if they bit them on the bum!

**Mr Happy** · 19-08-2009, 07:26

More importantly (as I believe this will come to nothing and Labour can't be that stupid as to want revenge....) is that what is the next government going to do to prevent this happening in the future?

Politicians appointing CGS and CDS strikes me as wrong (let alone Congress appointing Generals in the US!). What does a UK government know about the military? Sod all. Therefore I'd like to see the next (Tory) government make the military as 'independent and non-political' as Brown successfully did with the Bank of England.

**ABrighter2006** · 19-08-2009, 07:26

Fair point Auld-Yin.

Although other newsrooms have been following developments in relation to the possible smearing of General Dannatt by Ministers.

First Minister to put head above the mantle is likely to take a lot of incoming.

**Biped** · 19-08-2009, 07:31

Which one of them called him a b@stard though? I bet whoever that is has a whole wall-length, built-in wardrobe full of sh!t they'd like to keep private.

**mick_sterbs** · 19-08-2009, 07:34

Originally Posted by ABrighter2006

First Minister to put head above the mantle is likely to take a lot of incoming.

Shouts of " ooo, Look pretty lights that look like they are flying towards me" dripping out of their fatuous maws.

Not one Zanu NuArbeit Minister is fit to hold office. The fact they are (unsuccessfully) again trying to smear the Generals good name is further proof that they are a party without honesty,integrity or common decency.

Come the revolution.....

**tropper66** · 19-08-2009, 07:39

How much did Dannert cost the tax payer in the last year I bet it wasn't Â£773,993 the cost of the house of commons divided by 646 the number of MPs

**the_boy_syrup** · 19-08-2009, 07:42

Didn't Kevan(?) Jones try this a year or two ago
I seem to remember that he was banging on about the top brass having a cook, driver ,steward etc
Of course that was before there own expenses were revealed

I can only think that some minister who has no chance of being re elected will do Gordon and Peters bidding with the promise of a peerage if it comes off

I'll be interested to see whose first because the backlash will be hard even for Labour to control