Comments on: By April http://thethunderdragon.co.uk/2008/02/by-april.html Don't annoy a dragon, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:51:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Baht At http://thethunderdragon.co.uk/2008/02/by-april.html#comment-1541 Baht At Wed, 06 Feb 2008 14:31:00 +0000 http://thethunderdragon.co.uk/blog/2008/02/by-april/#comment-1541 call me a cynic but I think it probably takes that long to switch from the current scam to whatever the next one is. call me a cynic but I think it probably takes that long to switch from the current scam to whatever the next one is.

]]> By: John M Ward http://thethunderdragon.co.uk/2008/02/by-april.html#comment-1540 John M Ward Wed, 06 Feb 2008 13:21:00 +0000 http://thethunderdragon.co.uk/blog/2008/02/by-april/#comment-1540 I suspect the idea is to make sure they all appear at once, in the next annual full Register of Interests. I don't know how the system works in Parliament, but I imagine it is similar to the way it works in councils. We can add such material at any time, but there is an annual exercise to ensure (as far as possible, at any rate!) that everyone is up-to-date.<br/><br/>There is another reason why I'd go along with the "by April" line, and that is to be able to show up any other parties who have not done the same. Any other date would be arbitrary, but if (say) Labour members hadn't done so by 1 April 2008, they could be collectively shamed into getting their act together.<br/><br/>Another eight weeks from now is hardly here or there, anyway; and this is far better than anyone else has ever done on this matter, so I say: accept it.<br/><br/>As the Terminator would put it, "I would!" I suspect the idea is to make sure they all appear at once, in the next annual full Register of Interests. I don’t know how the system works in Parliament, but I imagine it is similar to the way it works in councils. We can add such material at any time, but there is an annual exercise to ensure (as far as possible, at any rate!) that everyone is up-to-date.

There is another reason why I’d go along with the “by April” line, and that is to be able to show up any other parties who have not done the same. Any other date would be arbitrary, but if (say) Labour members hadn’t done so by 1 April 2008, they could be collectively shamed into getting their act together.

Another eight weeks from now is hardly here or there, anyway; and this is far better than anyone else has ever done on this matter, so I say: accept it.

As the Terminator would put it, “I would!”

]]> By: lettersfromatory http://thethunderdragon.co.uk/2008/02/by-april.html#comment-1539 lettersfromatory Wed, 06 Feb 2008 09:47:00 +0000 http://thethunderdragon.co.uk/blog/2008/02/by-april/#comment-1539 Like I've been saying all along, MPs who cheat the system have nothing to fear because they have other MPs watching over them. The deadline of April 1 is far from surprising. Like I’ve been saying all along, MPs who cheat the system have nothing to fear because they have other MPs watching over them. The deadline of April 1 is far from surprising.

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