Yeah had a good laugh at it. Cheers Joe. Keep it up.

GREED

all the love in the world boys & girls

can you not just post the full unedited session..?

As a manager in a utility energy distribution company in charge of projects, I have to repeatedly each year pass educational training courses on anti corruption and bribery, fair ethics in the work place, data protection and inclusiveness & anti bullying and anti bias against minorities. 1, I get the training and become fully educated on how to conduct myself while carrying my role, 2, I have to pass the same set of courses each year so there is no excuse for not knowing the relevant laws and rules. 3, if I break any of these rules and laws I am guilty bang to rights and fully accountable for my actions. *I find it incredulous that anyone in government office is not required to do the same*

don't forget the other £200k they can claim on expenses

Let's ban them from breathing

I think politicians should be held to a much higher degree of disdain than they're currently held in; they're finding it all too easy to profiteer from being an MP. What is preventing anti-lobbying laws and the rules from actually being implemented, and why can't we currently get these law-breaking MPs out of power? I think it's an affront to a democracy, since right now there is no easy way for an MP who breaks the rules to be put up to an election and lose the constituency. I would absolutely make that a law - break the rules (with evidence, I'm not a savage) and be set to metaphorically hang

Yup. Like anything over a certain value in literally any other job could be counted as a bribe, and could result in you losing your job. That's especially true if you have security clearance

@@thefreebooter8816 The degree of disdain is definitely there. In fact, the level of disdain is so high and fundamentally ingrained in the general public that most people have become completely apathetic in the entire democratic process. "Oh, the Tories are corrupt? Well, no surprise there. All the politicians are the same, so I'll keep voting for them anyway." If they actually bother to vote in the first place. In a democracy, you won't see productive, unbiased and inspirational politicians if the general public keeps an extremely low bar for them. It's hard when the choices are so poor, but if more people cared, there would be better MPs.

What an absolute tool

So many words, nothing said

hard to watch such moronic pomposity

Why is he not representing a Scottish constituency? Would you see an English man or woman in the Scottish Parliament or Welsh Assembly??

@@randyschwaggins Well he lives in England.

When I had to have a small operation in a day ward, I had a few there so I took them a tin of chocolate for the ward staff, it was in the COVID time, and it was to say thank you to all the staff who look after to me. It wasn’t to gain favour, because they where brilliant without the gift. All NHS staff are brilliant, Thank you

Same when I worked as an employee at the council, we had to turn down everything offered no matter how meagre.

So true, when I was nursing, about 20 years ago now , I had a patients relative insist on giving me £50 for just doing my job but he saw it as something special about the care I gave to his relative all in I kept trying to refuse but he was literally forcing it into my hands and would have gone all over the floor if I hadn’t taken it! It was made more challenging as there was a little language barrier with the patients family as well. In the end, I spoke to the ward manager and it was agreed it would go into the ward fund which benefitted patients and we got someone to translate this for the family so they knew, agreed and signed just so there were no issues later.

@@sleepingbear1889 you have standards. MPs have no shame.

@SassySam Thankyou, the Hardest thing for me becoming disabled, was having to stop work . I absolutely loved what I did and miss it. Despite what government s try to suggests, not everybody who is disabled , would rather not work. Even if I only made a small difference in a persons life that day by giving them a smile, explaining something they didn’t understand, or just freshening them up a bit. Many people who work in health care today, I struggle to see why they are doing their job sadly. Many talk about the stresses and they are not rewarded for doing their job and I understand to a point, but they seem to understand the rewards you can get from patients if you deserve and treat them with respect. When they make progress, or smile, or just knowing you are making a difference in peoples lives. That may seem glib to some people but I think it still matters. There are some amazing healthcare people around, but way too many who should find a different job because they simply don’t care and they treat their patients pretty awfully. Sorry, my little soap box moment. Something I am passionate about wanting to improve somehow if I can.

Lawyers are the worst. They are literally the problem.

All he wants is for MPs to do what they want without any oversight. He's basically wanting them to be able to be as corrupt as they like.

The **** is he blathering about

The guy is a muppet...

Yup, limited time to ask a question and get an answer. So blathering idiot takes up time and twiddles his twaddle in minutiae

Robust

It was the late Robin Williams who originally said this

That is an excellent idea

HAAAAAHAHA HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA that would be so FUNNY.....YES....I think they should...I can picture it now.....

parliament would look like a snooker tournament

Perhaps the bigger the gift the bigger the logo.

Ian took down his entire monologue in one short sentence. Brilliant. Costa was trying so hard to be ‘robust’ he forgot his own point

He has the archetypal Glasgow Uni wanker voice

Yeap, he is so stupid he doesn’t know it.

Wouldn't trust him to wipe his own ass correctly

A pain in the hole

Great description 😅 He's done a Hislop

Here here

Sits on a moral high ground and a political satirist…yes indeed

Edited from the Press 2016 and 2022 Here in continental Europe, Johnson and his clown show have been kept well out of the Ukraine loop for safety. You may remember Johnson's candid photo at Stansted airport after seeming to have slept in the Easy Jet baggage hold, on his return from his fourth attendance at the oligarch's favorite son's drug addled 'Russian Bonga Bonga' style party in 2016 at Lebedev's palace, which is "so camera'd up that shots can be take from ten angles at a time for "extra clarity" in Perugia where "everything is on the menu" and according to MI5,6,7,8 and 9 "all who attend are compromised by Putin's dubious friends" It appears that in the corridors of Brussels, they haven't forgotten either. "We don't want Johnson, the scruffy liar, to spill the beans again to Putin in exchange for a further delay in publishing the "Italian Party Pictures in HD" regarding our actions and our help in Ukraine" said Ursula to Šefčovič, in fluent Polish.

Yes...... But no.

it really is. Him vs Patel was crazy

Because they vote for a party, not a representative.

He's a lawyer - what do you expect!

@@SoYouThinkSo hahahaha you've got to be from his office mate, pasting this defence of Costa everywhere in this section. Go edit his wiki for flattery next (not that you can rely on that site for fact as the right hon costa once said), just make sure you've got your vpn on :)))

@@SoYouThinkSo i see you passed through the Alberta Costa school of Robust waffling with distinction

Sadly my MP

Millions 🙄

If only more of those millions bought Private Eye.

Ian Hislop is very great.

Millions? ? Is that you Diane Abbott?

The average English working class individual still seems to defer to the posh upper class (i.e. the tories) And the people that they defer to have absolutely no interest in the great unwashed. Doffing their hats is in their bloody genes! Revolt nowadays? So unfortunately, millions still want to be taken for fools and look up to their betters.

The problem is we're governed by a set of numpties who rely on outside specialists to know which way is up.

Agreed, totally insane to me it's so openly used in America too. Even though money is always going to break conflict of interest for the area the government is supposed to serve and that's the public.

He's just deliberately wasting time with his "robust" and "process"

Bullshitter.

People actually voted for this clown, unbelievable.

That guy was waffling alot of shite, absolute twat

I like Ian Hislop. He simply tells it like it is. His frank approach and delivery tends to shock those whom are part of the "establishment". There are those whom have used the "system" to try to bring him down, but he ploughs on regardless. And good on him....

I'll second that!

Agreed! He’s always stuck his neck out.

That's a positive take. Why can't we have people fighting for our rights in political power?

Continuing the fight of the great Peter Cook don't forget.

Yes a great Liberal hero

I mean the sad thing is they're not even talking about removing lobbying but just being transparent about it and you can see how much push back even that faces from the mp's in the room.

Truly anti-corrupt people, NEVER feature endlessly on mainstream television, NO EXCEPTIONS! His role is to inspire hope - lap it up.

@@progressivedemagogue8480 I've never thought of Hislop as liberal or a Liberal. Small "c" conservative maybe.

@@progressivedemagogue8480 dunno bout that

Yes, and why do we need a satire magazine to tell us the real news?

^^^ this, 100% this.

Ridiculous isn't it.

Agreed.

Private Eye is part political satire part investigative journalism...

How terrible is Alberto Costa. Shames his fellow Scots.

@@RichardHunterGreenwich blew my mind. What an iredeemable shitbox of a human being, trying to cross examine people there in good faith to offer suggestions and information on corruption. Baffling.

@@jimmytumbles9640 they weren't there in good faith to offer suggestions and information. They were there to try and wriggle their way out of trouble

@@michaelharrison3602 he's talking about Hislop & Co.

@@RichardHunterGreenwich thats a right scottish name that!

Such hollow excuses -- i've worked in both public and private sector, heavily regulated industries ... i'm not a high ranking person in any company i worked... just one of the workers, i don;'t make decisions or have any influence into purchasing or major company trajectory -- but even i'm not permitted and have to seek approval for any perk above around a £25 value. We're drilled into us about how even an give of around £100 value should be questioned as to why ..... we take courses annually mandatorily on this stuff... but yeah .. MP's don't think it's so important that a multi-billion pound company gives away a highly sought after world-cup ticket for "nothing" .... it's never for nothing or just to be friendly ... it's investment for the company ...but MP's claim to not understand this ... pull the other one .... more gaslighting by MP's towards the population

It doesn’t help when the prime minister says that they didn’t know something was against the rules that they created, because nobody told them 😅

​@@highlightshadow THIS! we used to get boxes of chocs appear in the office, it would be because a random supplier had sent them with latest delivery of paper or something.. But the staff in purchases weren't allowed to take them." just in case ". So they'd get sent round the office. Thats the mentality many companies have to work in. So why are mp's allowed to take 1500 quid trips and not have to be more explicit ? They're not that naïve.

The sad fact is the US system of lobbying by companies for personal interests has been happening in the UK. Watch the Aljazeera documentary on Israeli lobby and their episode the Takedown ie taking down a list of Mps who speak against Israel and speak up for Palestinians. Also boasting how they provide the script for how the issue should be addressed etc. The other most recent are contracts being awarded to friends, family of serving ministers with no checks.

Westminster: "Bribery is bad. Let's agree not to accept brides." Also Westminster: "These rules are so confusing! What exactly is 'bribery' anyway?"

They should all be kick out they make me sick

Really? I find him miserable and very smug.

@@1Thedairy good for you, we can agree to disagree. I'm sure that you're a fan of someone who some of us don't like, (probably Clarkson) but who really cares? 🤦‍♀️😂

@@1Thedairy He speaks truth to power. Unlike you.

@@1Thedairy there is often a fine line between smug and correct. Hislop AND his journalists have time and again been correct so often over many years.

@@1Thedairy Your comment has not been received very well.

His magazine calls out corruption, hubris & stupidity in public life every fortnight.

I am gobsmacked, this is up there with Prince Andrew's interview for lack of self awareness.

Classic Dunning-Kruger effect. He's at the peak of mount stupid. Hopefully Ian knocked him towards the valley of despair.

Do a shot every time he says 'robust'

He thinks he's in a court room. One boring bastard

@@mrbtapir Can t. I would get alcohol poisoning.

Sorry, you are just wrong. A very very large proportion of the English population will vote for them no matter what. Only a few decent number of the public are fed up.

@@tariq_sharif Its a good point and true at every general election. The problem we (the public) have is that the political system is loaded against us. We get one opportunity every 5 years to vote for the same people wearing a different coloured tie and NOTHING changes. If the majority where not to vote, they would still get in! We need to get away from the club mentality of MPs. Give the public the real power to sack or de-select the bent ones. And using modern technology, let the people vote more.

@@mhappy01 maybe starting with PR? Elections are won and lost in a smaller section of seats. So many have been blue/red/yellow/orange for a long time with little chance of change. Some of my family live 50 miles away and outside the major city I live in and their view of their experiences are very different to mine (wrong obviously). They will only vote one way for the wrong reasons. It’s maddening.

Yeah all that Swiss bank account dodgearama, government project money gone missing thing. Terrible.

@@mhappy01 Tar them all with the same brush eh? That's a tory tactic. No.

@@yyy-875 There was a time when the Trade Unions through *ACAS* Would Sit down with the CBI and the Government and Discuss Pay and Conditions. 🇮🇪🇪🇺🤔

Like the drug dealers that go down for possession with intent for a few grams of weed.

Ian Hislop is just the best. Pity he didn't go in to politics.

Yes, exactly what I was thinking. Consequences, there are none for the poltical class (and police) but there are for all the rest of us.

Traitors all from top to bottom. Simple solution in less than 4 minuets ukposts.info/have/v-deo/hX-Fi6GIkYF2rYk.html all it needs is for enough to take responsibility by showing their support and things are put right. Plain and simple. Or you can ignore the fact they are traitors, and do nothing but wing and moan, and continue to fund them with your taxes?

He skipped on past that one pretty quickly. 👍

No pulling the wool over his eyes 👍👍 good lad Hislop 👍

Fucking brutal, he tried to placate him so pathetically, and Hislop was unaffected.

I watched the whole video (only because it was at the end 😉) just because of the quote in your comment. Thank you as I liked it!!

Sad thing is it is complicated for them to understand.

Exactly. If they don't know it's wrong, they shouldn't be allowed to continue in their role.

And they wonder why they are held in such low esteem by the general public.If you are an MP that should be your sole source of income.

@@folkme3042 Of course they don't wonder that, we're the wonderers

100%!!

At least, for once, the men across the table are men like Ian and his associates rather than just being one of their mates.

When you disregard the blindly obvious as a habit someone like Ian is a necessary person.

Manyui, well put! I particularly like the 'acting' reference. That's exactly what all MP's do until they get found out by overwhelming evidence against them. Total corruption across all parties in my opinion, the dirty side of politics!

*jeers in depressing agreeable tones like a tory backbencher*

He has always gave me hope hes seems like one of the few who went through the upper class system and didn't turn into a vampire or lizard person

Try Russell Brand's channel.

@@cottinghamcyclinggardener6822 Russell Brand used to give a shit, now he just grifts for viewership. His shift to promoting anti-vax propaganda while pretending to be impartial no longer works.

Edited from the Press 2016 and 2022 Here in continental Europe, Johnson and his clown show have been kept well out of the Ukraine loop for safety. You may remember Johnson's candid photo at Stansted airport after seeming to have slept in the Easy Jet baggage hold, on his return from his fourth attendance at the oligarch's favorite son's drug addled 'Russian Bonga Bonga' style party in 2016 at Lebedev's palace, which is "so camera'd up that shots can be take from ten angles at a time for "extra clarity" in Perugia where "everything is on the menu" and according to MI5,6,7,8 and 9 "all who attend are compromised by Putin's dubious friends" It appears that in the corridors of Brussels, they haven't forgotten either. "We don't want Johnson, the scruffy liar, to spill the beans again to Putin in exchange for a further delay in publishing the "Italian Party Pictures in HD" regarding our actions and our help in Ukraine" said Ursula to Šefčovič, in fluent Polish.

What I would really like to see is Ian Hislop on the Russel Brand podcast... maybe even Rogan after that. I think he would make a great guest for both audiences.

funny how he will not expose it on his tv BBC Programmes utter fraud

@@bobblocker2812 probably because the BBC won't let him, since they're all in on it too

@@illomens2766 the bbc don’t lobby, they are just scared of losing their tv license fees, and the head of the bbc is appointed by the current government, why? Who knows smells bad .

@@bobblocker2812 A whole 14 words. That must’ve been quite an achievement for you. And it *almost* made sense!

@@bobblocker2812 PR bot :) A bit obvious.

Would also be good to cap political donations, have complete transparency around who is giving which party what and when and (this one is slightly trickier) have MPs held to a much more stringent standard of behaviour so the job doesn’t attract people who are into shady shit so they can’t easily be blackmailed.

Absolutely. As a nurse, there is no ambiguity about things. The professional body has recently said, "...all nurses and midwives must refuse all but the most trivial gifts, favours and hospitality. We would suggest that £50 is not a ‘trivial’ sum..." In other words, even £50 - let alone a ticket worth hundreds of £££ - would mean getting struck off. The fact that Committee member seemed to take pride in his role, yet struggled with the concept is very telling

I used to work for an electronics manufacturer. Every engineer had to take a remote learning course on ethics - anti-corruption, anti-discrimination, etc. The main message was "if it looks fishy or abusive to you, here's how to blow the whistle". It took an hour or so, and we had to take refreshers every other year if I recall correctly. I'm not sure it made all that much difference, but at least they tried.

Surprisingly naive lawyer 🤦🏻‍♂️

I worked in a supermarket as a student. I did the job bloody well. But it was certainly made clear to us that we couldn't accept tips or gifts or a percy pig from the bag of sweets they'd paid for. And why? Because it looks corrupt. If we're seen pocketing a customers fiver, or eating the produce it looks bad, even if it was totally innocent and legal and done purely out of the customer's generosity. This looks bad for MPs and bad for the institution they represent.

It's always been like this, it's just on film and accessible now

just for your ref - "bear faced" refers to someone who looks like a bear or has the face of a bear - i am pretty sure you meant barefaced :)

@@zu438 thank you

Its the glib way they respond, deflecting accountability by claiming they only focus on "the Process and Procedures" and that is the reason why Corporations and self interested, interest groups buy Politicians Wholesale through Lobbying, while going entirely and conveniently unacknowledged or even noticed by the beneficiaries of said corruption, even if that's obviously at everyone else's expense in the long run. They then proceed to summarize shinning a light on their Classes corruption with some glib statement like "Because you love Democracy" . . . Incredibly insulting.

@@scandalasdog the embarrassing flattery employed, the cringe worthy defense of I'm too old to use tech and the stories that wander into nothingness. THIS is the committee that is meant to be looking into the lobbying. They look like they've been trained BY lobbyists

He seems as dodgy as a 3 quid note

Or better still do the job the country elected you to do. Restrictions for 5 years afterwards for working for companies lobbying Parliament.

@@ronnieroo227 - Then you just allow them to enter the realm of arguing about "what is lobbying?", it needs to be if you are an MP your job is representing your constituents, not taking any money from anyone or any company period.

it's a game of charades, always has been. in my op.

They're politicians, so by definition they represent themselves and no-one else! Their key skill is persuading others to allow them power... Douglas Adams got right with his comedic description of the galactic presidents' role and why they have no real power! The last type of person who should be allowed any influence over others, are the people who can influence others to allow them to have this power.

I am trying to imagine working in the same room as this Costa . It would be an extremely unpleasant, nausiating experience. What a ghastly sycophantic fellow. Jenkins not much better. What hope is there?

Now think what the people who vote for them must be like.

They can’t police when they are taking themselves.

30 years to old to understand well fucking Go!!!!

Indeed. The idea that Owen Paterson or many of his fellow MP’s didn’t think, or understand, that he had broken the rules is unfuckingbelieveable. The fact of the matter is that the corruption runs so deep, and is so normalised, they simply think this is the way liberal democracy functions.

They do have an excuse. It's called 'honest intent', and it seems that it was written in to law to serve as a crash barrier for progress against corruption.

If there is any question about a person's Social Security Benefits, the DWP will immediately stop all payments while they investigate. If they conclude someone's obtained Benefits that they're not entitled to, whether by their own or the DWP's mistake, the DWP will make them pay back every penny. If they're found to have deliberately defrauded the system, they will also face criminal prosecution. Those are the rules for the poorest and most vulnerable in our society. Why shouldn't MPs face an equivalent system?

When I see Jenkin I always think of a slime ball,in a western movie he would have been dispatched!!!

Awful stuff and the man has a 24000 majority 🙄

Costa sychophant and timewaster

Ian had him sussed out from the start, beautifully done

It wasn't a robust line of enquiry.

Tell me you used to be a lawyer without telling me you used to be a lawyer...

Indeed. They get paid 3-4 times as much as most average people, so they don't need more money.

I fundamentally agree. My MP should be too busy to have time for a second job. I work for the government for about a third of an MP salary an I certainly am.

I think they should have second jobs. But not the ones they want. 4hrs a week as a hospital porter, a rubbish collector, a bus driver, a supermarket assistant. Anything that will actually give them a clue as to what real life is like outside those walls.

@@jaynbob42 That's actually a good idea, they should have to experience work. Not some cushy do nothing consultancy, actual work to give real perspective.

@@jod125 how else can they afford their mansions, nannies, boats etc.

Because they can. Simple. It's a big club and you're not invited to it. Also, they have the mandate because the people elect them.

You must want them to behave like that or you wouldn't vote for them.

It really feels like a kid talking to a teacher about why his homework wasn't done, when the teacher is just asking 'Did everybody do their homework?'.

That bloody waffling Tory at 16:00 did my bloody head in.

@@piccalillipit9211 "Take the emotion out of it; I'm only interested in process" [later on] "But ohhhh, my employee worked soooo haaardd..."

@@thejoin4687 - I KNOW...!!! Oh he worked so hard, did he do 14 hours in an A&E department in a black bin bag and 3 day old mask??? NO - shut up.

They're just waiting time. They're all corrupt

total fannies

They're simply so spoilt that they don't understand

They make mugs of us all,,, another breed,,

They don't know how to be anything different.

Only issue with that is with the surgeries as that could breach data protection regulations (emphasis on “could”). Voting records are also public knowledge anyway from what I gather.

yup

Gets my vote.

Mmmm …. Accountability? It’ll never catch on with the rich and powerful.

No fuck that. Just fucking make lobbying and second jobs illegal. No MP should be doing any of that shit. Stop fucking messing around with debate and process, just fucking ban it. Simple.

I heard that Private Eye is the most popular magazine in the House of Commons library. I wonder who reads it......

@@christopherbarnett5554 all of them, to hear the dirt on everyone. Forewarned is forearmed

He managed to talk for a good ten minutes and i still haven't got a fucking clue what he was banging on about???

He's just a robust man showing off his robustness to the other robust robusts. We're not rubust enough to understand.

@@ThePerks2010 Obviously his point was that Ian Hislop loves his country, and loves democracy, right? He certainly didn't succeed in making any other point.

@@armcie5080 only to then suggest that that love for his country made him "emotional"... It was a cheap lawyer's trick and Hislop had every reason to avoid answering his little setups. Made me mad.

Unfortunately Hislop missed a trick when Alberto stated Wikipedia is not a website of factuality. Hislop should have interjected, “then why did you go there? “Surely that implies your methods of obtaining your facts are seriously flawed”. Anything Alberto said after that could have been challenged over again with that one statement on repeat. Like a fart, once out in the room it’s hard to ignore by the others in the room.. instead, the reason Alberto mentioned it was to sway the room into subconsciously believing ‘we are dealing with a trouble maker who gets sued a lot. Asking Alberto to make his point was exactly what Alberto wanted, and as an added bonus stirring Hislop’s frustration. That fart lingered longer.. Most pro Tories watching this will only hear the word Sued (which implies the negative) and begin to doubt Hislop’s credibility. Alberto is just a slippery propagandist and you can’t play against those types on level ground. Tories generally reach for the personal attack on the person when they cannot defend their argument or actions. Diversionary tactics, just like a magician. As for ‘we are born savages’ No psychoanalyst believes such a thing. Even lions are born defenceless and taught to become predators. Jeffrey Darmer had friends, knew what he was doing was not acceptable because society’s moral lessons are all around us. The point is, even with a psychopathic disorder, you know it’s wrong to cross the line of morality. It’s down to willpower. We proved this at Nuremberg! These Tories attend schools, universities prior to political appointment so saying that’s the first time they are told not to be corrupt is absolute Bull…. They had a thousand and one examples in society long before they entered the commons. At this rate if the Tory gaslighting doesn’t stop soon, this country won’t be able to afford the fuel bill..

The government is not going to reward someone for holding the government to account!

@@ganymede242 the Queen should :-)

Yes, their disdane for Mr Hislop was palpable, and Ian's exasperation was painful to watch and I say that because the audience on here is World wide and they get to see a bunch of crooks are running the UK, it's embarrassing!

Lol. Deluded.

He would most likely turn it down. Unbelievable. I am gobsmacked, this is up there with Prince Andrew's interview for lack of self awareness.

The Right Honorable Oxymoron

indeed and then the bizarre questions about technology. You don't need tech to know when your hand is in the till.

They do understand, they just don't want to stop being as corrupt as possible. They love taking bribes.

Well said.

What you always have to ask yourself is why would a wealthy individual (they nearly always are) seek to become a Tory MP?

Jenkin is one of those guys that think they are oh so clever, but every time he opens his mouth he proves he isnt.

He's always been a pompous prick and wrong on almost everything.

even worse having him as our MP, the tosser

Not all, I'm afraid. There are those that are way too down the rabbit hole to hear the voice of reason.

Yes, he sounds like an official opposition to the government, or at least, how it should.

I’m a Brit and It amazes me too: but then I remember that expecting people in power to make life harder for themselves would be like asking turkeys to vote for Christmas.

@@markharrison2484 I can only see a second job is acceptable IF and it's a very strong IF you have a job like a doctor where you have to do a certain number of hours and you use your holidays to do those hours

Well other than the prime ministers wife it seems. Justin Trudeau is happy to let his wife do the dirty work for him. He puts on a veneer of respectability whilst immersed in dirt!

I recall one MP stating "I have an awful lot of spare time on my hands". That's *code* for "come & see me some time. Tell me what's on yr mind". Now, obviously these lengthy periods of inactivity don't measure up to the HoL 'clock on, collect £300, go home' shenanigans, but what *are* they doing with this free time? In an age of threats of surveillance by the state, upon its citizens, shouldn't we simply turn the tables on them & just tag these blighters with tracking devices?.

@@markharrison2484 It doesn’t amaze me I honestly have no idea what they do I mean you get the big tv face and I am not sure what they do so what about you general town MP what are they doing they talk a lot of shite but what else are they doing I find this system irrelevant it needs big reforms Must of been pissed when I written this makes no sense haha 👍😂

I am gobsmacked, this is up there with Prince Andrew's interview for lack of self awareness.

It’s clear they haven’t got a clue. “What should I have said when Heineken offered me the ticket?“ Well, how about “no thank you”

I wish Ian and his colleagues hadn't danced around the key point and just come out and said it though. These companies are paying MP's to sway votes. He kind of alluded it to by referencing the industries. But still.

Yes. You are right : 'doublespeak' ... is rampant

@@dharmaqueen I doubt if it's a lack of self awareness, but more likely down and out lies 🤥

I think allot of MPs really believe that they are being hired due to their brilliance, not for the influence and access they have. They are incredibly deluded.

Back in my Civil Service days, a handful of times I received a small token as a thank you gift from ordinary members of the public. Each and every time, I had to send them back along with a letter thanking them and explaining why I couldn't accept their gift.

We live under the misnomer that MP's are in some way clever, professional people. They are not. They are narcissists/sociopaths/ etc who went to the right school and are good at self-promotion.

What's even more ridiculous is it's these same MPs who believe in deregulation, that we can trust businesses not to do bad things if we remove the rules stopping them.

Most children have far better moral intuition. Those that don't - seven times out of ten you are looking at a development disorder. Immorality and unethical behaviours are learned; more often than not, taught; behaviours.

Total!

Looks like you are nipping this in the bud and that is a very good thing! Here in the US this looks like very small potatoes! The corruption in our government is all encompassing. The revolving doors and dark money is rampant on both sides and seems almost unstoppable. We do have Bernie Sanders and more and more progressives are being voted in to congress every voting cycle, so I do have hope.

@21.48 For someone with such a strict rule on accepting gifts, Alberto "I NEVER accept hospitality... and I didn't" Costa and his staff seemed to be in a hopeless moral quandary when faced with Heineken's offer of a couple of football tickets.

@@hannahreynolds7611 a couple of good eggs in a dozen doesn't make a good batch. We all have known for years the corruption involved.

@Fire Starter hard to argue with tbh