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| 1. Author: The One Who Knocks Date: Wed 7th Oct 2026. 09:33 Over the summer Reform MP Sarah Pochin raised concerns and asked a parliamentary question about the impact second home ownership has and is having on rural and coastal communities. Turns out shortly after raising this issue she then went and bought a second home in Anglesey for a mere 800k. Reform eh? Always looking out for the interests of the left behinds of whom they have so much in common with. And although my eyes were open They just might as well be closed Reply |
| 2. Author: wee eck Date: Wed 7th Oct 2026. 10:35 This seems to me to be yet another example of the problem with our politicians, regardless of party; a lack of judgement. Like the Labour cabinet taking all sorts of perks when they came to power, or Michael Matheson allowing his sons to watch an OF match on his work computer when on holiday, or BoJo`s Tories partying during Covid, did she not foresee the potential consequences of her actions? Or did she somehow feel she was exempt from normal expectations of behaviour? If politicians show such lack of judgement in their private lives how can the electorate trust them to show good judgement in their public lives? Reply |
| 3. Author: The One Who Knocks Date: Wed 7th Oct 2026. 10:57 This wasn`t a lack of judgement Wee Eck. Nobody invests 800k without doing their homework. There is money to be made and that is the first and only priority for these characters. You think Farage didn`t know that it would be a bad look to accept a £5 million gift from a foreign based crypto billionaire? He knew but he decided enough idiots would still support him and the money is what it`s all about anyway. And although my eyes were open They just might as well be closed Reply |
| 4. Author: wee eck Date: Wed 7th Oct 2026. 11:02 It`s a lack of judgement if you have serious aspirations as a politician in my opinion, whatever the short-term benefits. Angela Rayner also showed it with her casual attitude to her tax affairs. Reply |
| 5. Author: NMCmassive Date: Wed 7th Oct 2026. 11:03 I agree Eck. Irrelevant of their party, there seems to be a huge amount of rules for thee but not for me. A lot of hypocrisy and a lot of saying what they think people want to hear. I suspect it’s always been that way but with the internet and how freely information is shared, the political class are being caught with their pants down constantly. COYP Reply |
| 6. Author: ipswichpar Date: Wed 7th Oct 2026. 11:55 It certainly feels like a higher proportion of senior politicians are up to questionable stuff than junior ones (and I don`t just mean money for influence which one would expect to be skewed that way). So either... you need to be more dodgy to get to the top, or it is due to increased scrutiny that they get found out. Rather downheartening, really. Reply |
| 7. Author: wee eck Date: Wed 7th Oct 2026. 13:53 I don`t think all politicians are corrupt although I suspect a few get involved to further their careers whether in politics or other fieilds like business, communications, academia, etc. However there does seem to be something that affects people when they get to Parliament whereby they feel empowered to set standards for the rest of us but don`t feel the need to follow them themselves. Reply |
| 8. Author: Indiapar1 Date: Wed 7th Oct 2026. 18:51 What I struggle with is Nicola Sturgeon and the independence campaign. Once she leaves the FM role she moves to London...... G Wardrope Reply |
| 9. Author: wee eck Date: Wed 7th Oct 2026. 19:04 Yeah, and all these British patriots with homes abroad. Reply |
| 10. Author: Indiapar1 Date: Wed 7th Oct 2026. 19:10 wee eck, Wed 7 Oct 19:04 Yep, not sure why anyone needs two homes to be honest. G Wardrope Reply |
| 11. Author: Dave_1885 Date: Wed 7th Oct 2026. 21:23 Indiapar1, Wed 7 Oct 18:51 Maybe can make more money working in London than Glasgow? 🤷🏻♂️ They are all as bad as each other at the end of the day. Reply |
| 12. Author: Tenruh Date: Thu 8th Oct 2026. 06:38 Indiapar1, Wed 7 Oct 18:51 Cuckoo in the nest.....2015 the support for independence got us 56 MP’S today 8 MP’S. How did that happen? Reply |
| 13. Author: Dandy Warhol Date: Thu 8th Oct 2026. 07:40 wee eck, Wed 7 Oct 19:04 Like me? I`ll enlighten you, i`m not a patriot, that`s why i`m leaving😉 I don`t wanna go down like disco. Reply |
| 14. Author: wee eck Date: Thu 8th Oct 2026. 07:59 You couldn`t have been farther from my thoughts, actually. Reply |
| 15. Author: LochgellyAlbert Date: Thu 8th Oct 2026. 09:22 Did we not leave the EU because MP`s would have to declare their financial affairs, offshore as well? UK government was told to bring the State Pension into line with other EU countries? Reply |
| 16. Author: NMCmassive Date: Thu 8th Oct 2026. 11:11 wee eck, Wed 7 Oct 19:04 It’s not just British patriots with homes abroad, how many Scottish celebrities advocate for independence while living in Spain/America etc? It’s another cliche COYP Reply |
| 17. Author: NMCmassive Date: Thu 8th Oct 2026. 11:16 Indiapar1, Wed 7 Oct 19:10 I don’t begrudge those that can afford it, a holiday home or a second home. COYP Reply |
| 18. Author: wee eck Date: Thu 8th Oct 2026. 11:23 It`s a small world nowadays and folk have to go where the work is. Many actors have homes in the UK and the US. But others choose to live abroad eg for tax purposes but still want to influence our politics. Reply |
| 19. Author: Indiapar1 Date: Thu 8th Oct 2026. 11:27 wee eck, Thu 8 Oct 11:23 Wee Eck - wasn`t Sean Connery one of those? G Wardrope Reply |
| 20. Author: NMCmassive Date: Thu 8th Oct 2026. 11:28 wee eck, Thu 8 Oct 11:23 Ah right, does that work for Brit Nat’s as well or only Scottish nationalists? COYP Reply |