SLEAZE AND SCANDALS AS BAD AS THE TORIES

SLEAZE AND SCANDALS AS BAD AS THE TORIES

BROWN’S DYING DAYS SAME AS MAJOR’S

Sleaze and scandal are continuing to rock Labour as Parliament draws to a
close.

After the latest allegations of cash for access facing Scottish MP Adam
Ingram, who already earns considerable sums from outside employment with
an organisation working in Libya and as a consultant to a Ministry of
Defence Contractor SNP MP Angus MacNeil, who blew the whistle on the cash
for honour scandal, questioned Labour’s record in office:

Some of the low lights of the last five years include
• Prime Minister Tony Blair is interviewed by Police over Cash for Honours
• Illegal donations from David Abrahams
• Three Labour MPs including Livingston MP Jim Devine face criminal
charges over expenses claims
• Former Labour Ministers caught out attempting to sell access and
connections
• Deselection of Anne Moffat
• Ongoing questions over the operation of Glasgow City Council under what
Brown described as the “visionary” leadership of Steven Purcell.

Commenting, Angus MacNeil, the SNP MP who blew the whistle on the cash
for honour scandal, said:

"With a Labour MP from Scotland involved in this latest episode of
cash-for-access, Labour in Scotland is now drowning in a sea of sleaze
reminiscent of the dying days of John Major’s administration in the 1990s.

“The cash for access issue is not new with the second jobs of MPs like
Adam Ingram and Patricia Hewitt opening them up to serious questions over
their allegiance – is it to their constituents or their clients.

“We must see this fully investigated and Adam Ingram must make clear which
other ministers he planned on involving.

“From cash for honours to cash for access Labour has presided over one of
the most corrupt parliamentary terms as they have treated the system as if
it was there to serve them, not there to serve their constituents.

“With Labour now as sleazy as the Tories voters across Scotland have a
real chance to clean up the system and elect MPs who will work for their
constituents first and always with a vote for SNP candidates who will
champion local and national causes ."