Matthew Parris has another go at Gordon Brown!

Saturday Times' columnist and former Tory MP, Matthew Parris, has had another go at
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown. In the affair of Peter Hain, elsewhere described as the Cuprinol kid, Parris claims that Brown seems to be franchising out his moral compass to contractors (Electoral Commission etc). The columnist contends that the Prime Minister should have either backed or sacked Hain, who overlooked
£103,000 in donations.
U.S readers might start giggling at the small amount given the massive amounts that
slosh through their democratic system. Anyway quite a few Labour MPs are having to explain themselves for infringing rules they actually brought it such as Harriet Harman, who actually beat Hain amongst others to become deputy leader of the
Labour Party.

Peter Hain walks the plank.

British Labour politician Peter Hain has walked the plank. He resigned from the Cabinet post of Work and Pensions minister. Famously, he was not a details man and
was probably in the wrong job. Hain certainly forgot to inform the authorities of
the various donations to his failed campaign to become deputy leader of the Labour Party. The Neath member of parliament was scuppered by the lack of support from Prime Minister Gordon Brown and by the Electoral Commission referring the case to the
police.
It is amazing the turn around by the UK Chancellor Alistair Darling on the issue of Capital Gains Tax. His original plans were hit by major criticism. There is to be a 18% rate and an ending of taper relief.
If in doubt about Captial Gains tax you can contact an accountant via www.searchaccountant.co.uk

I have changed my mind about Peter Hain!!

I have changed my mind about British Works and Pensions minister Peter Hain, who used to make a bit of a buck for his family by employing them on his expenses. It looks like Hain took on UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown over a resolution of the pension debacle involving companies such as Allied Steel & Wire. This is where people thought they were contributing to a guaranteed scheme and found their contribution pension schemes collapsing the same way as their employer.
I thought Gordon Brown supported the working man but he does not seem to. Anyway after that funny on-off signing of the new European Constitution, the public are seeing the true worth of Mr Brown.
Ros Altmann, a former Tresury pensions adviser, was delighted with the £2.7bn turnaround by the UK government. Altmann said the government rescue of Northern Rock was crucial since it showed the money was there. There was no explicit guarantee for
Northern Rock depositors, since the deposit guarantee fund was already
set up.
There are apparently 140,000 victims and one said Ms Altmann was an absolute hero and they would have got nowhere without her. I can't see her being in the New Year's
Honours List.

Donations or donations?

In a surprising move yesterday Work and Pensions minister Peter Hain
remembered that he had not registered donations to his failed campaign
to become Deputy Leader of the British Labour Party. Can you Adam n' Eve
it. The Neath MP blamed an administrative error over the £5,000 not being
registered with the Electoral Commission.
The £5,000 was a personal gift from Jon Mendelsohn, who later became Labour's
Chief Fundraiser.