Sentences with phrase «by the expenses scandal»

It has been damaged by the expenses scandal and low public esteem for our political classes.

Labour is facing a wipe - out during this week's European and local elections, with polls indicating it is being disproportionately affected by the expenses scandal.

However, they were both badly hit by the expenses scandal.

But would he have made this confession if he had not been brought low by the expenses scandal and had nothing to lose?

Disgraced, depressed and, in some cases, imprisoned: politicians tainted by the expenses scandal talk to Simon Hattenstone about trying to rebuild their lives

Both were spurred by the expenses scandal, and the eagerness of Team Cameron to hitch a lift on the anti-politics bandwagon.

She has represented the seat since 1997 and was not marred by the expenses scandal.

The exodus from parliament, spurred on by the expenses scandal, is set to be one of the greatest in the Commons» long history.

Andrew Hawkins on the positive outcomes that may result from the constitutional crisis sparked by the expenses scandal

This has been underlined by the expenses scandal.

But I think my analysis has been borne out, in spite of the massive ruptions caused by the expenses scandal: «Throwing out a government that has failed them is what voters do best... Unless they make some dreadful blunder, the Conservatives will be the next government.»

Even when faced with uncertain future employment, and with any legacy threatening to be utterly overwhelmed by the expenses scandal, there is a sense of relief that they can get away from it all.

The harm done to politics by the expenses scandal is felt by every MP in the blowback on the doorstep.

The grip of the Westminster parties on the British public has evidently been loosened further by the expenses scandal.

Former Home Secretary Jacqui Smith said she did not think people who had been disgraced by the expenses scandal should go to the House of Lords.

Our thanks for this are partly due to the large intake of new MPs — untarnished by the expenses scandal — who have brought fresh ideas and energy into the House at a critical juncture; and also partly to the Speaker, who has put back some zip in our proceedings by applying some much - needed lubrication to the procedural gears.

There are increased signs that those incensed by the expenses scandal may pursue a legal route to punish the MPs involved.

Previous expectations that the Conservatives or Liberal democrats could benefit from the governing party's lack of popularity have been thrown into doubt by the expenses scandal, however.

Mark Field MP wrote yesterday that the next Conservative Government should restrict the awarding of any future peerages to those taking up ministerial appointments - or at the very least to stop any retiring MP tainted by the expenses scandal from being ennobled - in advance of creating an elected second chamber.

Mr Afriyie, 47, is one of the few MPs untainted by the expenses scandal.

The institutional failings revealed by the expenses scandal unquestionably go far wider than any one individual.

Politicians damaged by the expenses scandal should not be allowed to conduct financial scrutiny of the BBC or other public bodies, former director - general Greg Dyke has said.

Its former chairmen include two figures most tainted by the expenses scandal, as well as the MP Steve Baker, who (as we also revealed) took thousands of pounds from an arms company whilst helping run the committee which promotes the arms industry in parliament (extraordinarily, this isn't prohibited in British politics).

The vicar's daughter is as swamped by a Pestminster crisis as the son of the manse was by the expenses scandal.

Smith (Jacqui), brought down by the expenses scandal; Smith (Chloe), raised up by it.

Opening the Commons debate, Justice Secretary Jack Straw said trust in Parliament had been «profoundly damaged» by the expenses scandal.