Vaz’s hand-grenade

Pot Head

I'm really proud of CH for covering the Coulson case so doggedly, when it's obviously so embarrassing for your side.. Well done guys!

Tarka the Rotter

Never mind Vaz's hand-grenade, what about this one:

"HMRC could take direct control of pay cheques after tax errors
HM Revenue and Customs could take direct control of every worker’s monthly pay cheque under plans to overhaul the error-prone income tax system. "

NO, for God's Sake NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tarka the Rotter

On the other hand, does your headline mean to imply Mr Vaz has joined the ranks of suicide bombers???? I only ask....

strapworld

Mr Blackburn, Perhaps you would elaborate on your statement 'more likely to examine the police's inept investigations' Have you got evidence? or have you arrived at this conclusion on the biased BBC and the ridiculous Labour Party?

The obvious thing about this 'investigation' is that it could indeed will ruin any further investigation by the police.

The problem with Vaz is that he is a legend in his own mind and should have been charged, alongwith many more of the 'honourable' members over the expenses disgrace. One law for our rulers and another for us.

Perhaps we should be calling for a further investigation into all the expense claims by all 'honourable' members by the police?

I am absolutely sure that more criminal charges would arise from such an investigation. But that is now forgotten by the Spectator and most westminster bubble occupants.

My money is on Coulson surviving- although I do believe he is a most inappropriate appointment.

Verity

Who cares what that oleagenous vat of ghee has to allow?

Facthunter

Labour-dominated eh? They have certainly gone to extraordinary lengths to maintain their majority, with Janet Dean, Ann Cryer, Martin Salter and Margaret Moran all remaining members despite having stood down from Parliament at the last election.

Or, that could be the link to the Home Affairs Select Committee in the previous Parliament, when there was a Labour majority, rather than the current Committee with its majority of government MPs.

David Blackburn

Certainly Strapworld,

Yates to the committee this morning: 'It would have been better if we'd interviewed Neville.' Straight from the horses' mouth so to speak.

EyeSee

Ah, the corrupt looking for corruption. The political class and their fairy world.

Maggie

If only New Labour had cared tuppence about personal security when they were in office. If they had, they might not have lost all those Social Security Records or all the names, dates of birth and addresses of every child in the UK or all prisoners. Perhaps they would have tried harder to stop hackers interfering with Land Registry records. Did Keith Vaz or any of his fellow MPs insist on an enquiry into the loss of data belonging to the rest of us or do they just care about security if it might possibly involve Labour MPs?

Percy

I won't have a word said against Keith, he's really a terrific chap.

Paddy

Off topic. Has anyone heard from Trickie Dickie.

Is he gerrymandering the labour leadership.

Nicholas

Seems that the unhealthy New Labour/Plod strong arm state alliance survived the Election. The coalition really need to get on and purge the CPS and ACPO or there will be more of this nonsense. I'm not holding my breath though - the coalition have already taken a couple of lurching steps towards nannyism and the Tory pre-election pledges to dismantle New Labour's Stasi State apparatus appear to have been quickly forgotten.

As for Vaz huffing and puffing indignantly. Maggie has it. What an oily bastard he is.

Dorothy Wilson

What's the betting that in a few weeks time Keir Starmer will call a press conference to announce there is no further case to answer?

Archie

Percy: you ARE joking of course?

Chuck Unsworth

So when are the cops going to interview Vaz? There's plenty to investigate.

strapworld

Mr Blackburn, Thank you for giving me one statement from Mr Yates. However how does not interviewing one person make the investigation inept? How crucial was Neville?

I think you are being influenced by the Labour Party.

There is no evidence in this case- end of story believe me. Coulson will still be in his job, sadly, in a year's time. I am sure he will remember your part in all this, don't you?

Woody

I really hope Coulson is safe because this has gone way beyond 'phone-tapping', this is pure nasty, vicious, malice and an opportunity for various warring factions with their own agendas - all of it worked out over the summer of course.
A classic was Andrew Neil on BBC yesterday being given a 'free hit' on Coulson, NWT and David Cameron's 'judgement'.
David Cameron would be mad to give in to this pressure until it is proven 'beyond doubt' that Andy Coulson was involved in this. He will rue the day if he does because who will be next on Labour's list?

JohnAnt

At the same time - just to show there's no partisanship - Yates could also re-open the case of the Cash For Peerages enquiry and re-interview one Anthony Blair.

Dimoto

Woody: they have already targeted Osborne, Hague, Clegg and Alexander.
It's the Brown-Balls smear unit that the police should really be investigating.

J Spilsbury

So Vaz will be interviewing Yates? Funny old world.

Major Plonquer 1

You'd think after the expenses scandal this Vaz bloke would sit in the back of the hall, keep his mouth shut and collect the paycheque and pension points. But noooooooo....

Perhaps he should change his name to Daz.

Pramston

Vaz is a slime ball and all this episode shows is Labour are still capable of mounting a concerted smear campaign on the slimmest of evidence.

Bob Dixon

The Select Committee were inept.Yates tried to help them, but they did not listen.Phone tapping was dealt with 2 years ago.Prison sentences were handed out.Lets move on to more important matters.

Percy

@Archie Of course not! Everyone knows that Keith is very misunderstood and that he always puts others before himself; he's one of the good guys, it's people like him who'll save politics and help clean it up.

Ian Stewart

That a man already publicly tainted with at best mismanagement of his own newspaper should be employed in a top Government job speaks volumes.
Whatever further investigations reveal, Coulson should not have been appointed, this was at best an error of judgement by David Cameron. I doubt that previous Conservative PMs would have made one such as this.

Maggie

Ian Stewart,
Did you ever complain about the well-documented ex-pornographer with mental health problems who did the same job at No.10 for Tony Blair? Or express your disgust that men who dreamt up the well-documented obscene false rumours about Conservative politicians should still retain their jobs as MPs?
Coulson is a paragon of virtue by comparison.

Cameo Parkway Kid

Until it is 'proven' beyond doubt that Coulson knew about the hacking?? Is this the domain of the truly dim and vacous?? Of course he knew about the hacking, everybody knows he knew about the hacking - what everybody doesnt know is how widespread it was/is. Coulson is a dead-man walking. I know Shameron is a bit slow on the uptake, but even he realises that this will never go away, not totally. So in about 6 months time, Coulson will move on - but disguised as something far less damining.