Guest flumax Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 Their server has crashed. Obviously due to the amount of people trying to sign this petition. 2412 signed so far all other "recent" petitions are in the tens Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Armchair Bob Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 The Lib Dems don't sack people for groping women, donating millions in embezzled funds, or doing whatever Lord Janner did to vulnerable boys. So a small matter like leaking lies to the Telegraph against the nats is neither here nor there. He is with us till 2020. (Though unlike Paddy Ashdown, I am not offering to eat my hat over that prediction.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auld_Reekie Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 Highly doubtful the inquiry cost £1.4million. Anyways, I'll be surprised if he manages to hang on: 1. Leak is enough for him to resign a cabinet post had he still been in government. 2. Doing so during an election campaign makes it even worse. 3. Implicating a foreign diplomat worse still. 4. Smearing the First Minister of Scotland while Secretary of State for Scotland worse again. 5. Lying opening on the record that he knew nothing of the leaked memo makes him a total c**t. He can't remain an MP after all that. I know the bar is low but surely the Standards of Conduct for an MP will have a hard time justifying all of the above as acceptable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaid Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 The Lib Dems don't sack people for groping women, donating millions in embezzled funds, or doing whatever Lord Janner did to vulnerable boys. So a small matter like leaking lies to the Telegraph against the nats is neither here nor there. He is with us till 2020. (Though unlike Paddy Ashdown, I am not offering to eat my hat over that prediction.) Greville Janner is Labour. Cyril Smith is your Lib Dem nonce of the day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redstevie007 Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 https://www.change.org/p/alistair-carmichael-mp-resign-as-an-mp Signed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckielugger Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 He has to be one of the most obnoxious politicians around I could write loads more but he doesn't seem worth the effort. .. First rate Wanchor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckielugger Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 Shetland Times are running a vote on whether Carmichael should resign. Currently at 94% yes he should..... http://www.shetlandtimes.co.uk/2015/05/22/carmichael-accepts-full-responsibility-for-memo-leak Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishcumnock Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 Change up at 3,140 now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clyde1998 Posted May 22, 2015 Author Share Posted May 22, 2015 Change up at 3,140 now. 3,374 now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exile Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 (edited) His handwriting is awful... How come, if he says the details of the account are not correct, that the inquiry (Heywood?) implies the civil servant's account was correct? It minimises the damage, by admitting only what we already knew (that there was a leak) but not that there was fabrication which would be more serious to admit. It saves the civil servant's skin while hanging the minister and 'spad' out to dry? Edited May 22, 2015 by exile Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orraloon Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 Eh ? So have they resigned / been sacked ? Lying (several times) in the course of a general election, breach of umpteen CS rules no doubt. FFS in most jobs that us mere plebs have that would be a walking offence. You have to remember that politicians have different values and work to different rules to us plebs. The more I think about it the more i begin to rage a bit. Knowing it was him and then pissing £1.4 million on an inquiry then just going "my bad". That's without considering the Scottish Office working to undermine the First Minister of Scotland during an Election. Also the suspicion by people like me that the neutrality of the Civil Service is becoming more compromised in any SNP related Issue. £1.4 million? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armchair Bob Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 Greville Janner is Labour. Cyril Smith is your Lib Dem nonce of the day. My apologies. I have a bad habit of assuming any pervert or deviant in the news is a Lib Dem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orraloon Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 My apologies. I have a bad habit of assuming any pervert or deviant in the news is a Lib Dem. He probably was a Lib Dem really but just too ashamed to admit it. Even peado perverts draw the line somewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phart Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 £1.4 million? That's the figure according to Paul Flynn who is on the "public administration select committee, which oversees the civil service." http://paulflynnmp.typepad.com/my_weblog/2015/05/veteran-mp-paul-flynn-to-demand-action-on-probe-delay-into-leaked-false-nicola-sturgeon-memo.html https://twitter.com/paulflynnmp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RenfrewBlue Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 Signed and shared on Facebook to hopefully spread the word. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParisInAKilt Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 Telegraph pretty much reporting that they did nothing wrong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flora MaDonald Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 Telegraph pretty much reporting that they did nothing wrong Nothing wrong? The cow is deranged Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShedTA Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 Signed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exile Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 Is there any reaction from the other (non SP) parties? Are the LibDems supporting him or condemning him? Are the Tories and Labour not demanding an easy scalp? Or are they too embarrassed for having helped spread the leak? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark frae Crieff Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 Is there any reaction from the other (non SP) parties? Are the LibDems supporting him or condemning him? Are the Tories and Labour not demanding an easy scalp? Or are they too embarrassed for having helped spread the leak? Leibour and the Toories wouldn't want another SNP MP.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rossy Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 I notice that this 'apology' has been issued on a Friday night, with a holiday Monday coming up. It's almost as if that was deliberate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robroysboy Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 Dirty lying bartsteward Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maq Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 Is there any reaction from the other (non SP) parties? Are the LibDems supporting him or condemning him? Caron Lindsay is the editor of 'Liberal Democrat Voice' @caronmlindsay: To all SNP types wanting Carmichael to resign, reflect on fact that Campbell Gunn & Alex Salmond are still in jobs. http://t.co/ISuG7djJll (Referencing Claire Lally, in case any of you have forgotten the time that the SNP used their positions to undermine ordinary/not at all political/or a Labour Party policy maker/normal mum Claire Lally) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rossy Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 The Unionists are going to play the whataboutery card big time here. Of course, none of their childish accusations against the SNP mean diddly squat. Carmichael was a minister of State, and he abused his position to spread a deliberate lie about the First Minister of Scotland.....he then denied doing it and continued the lie until after the GE. His career is finished. He can resign now as an MP and hold onto an ounce of dignity, or he can cling on like a coward for the next 4 years until he's pushed out. I've no doubt at all what course he'll take. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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