Paul Flynn MP = Fucktard

Our local MP who seems to be more concerned with the rights of seabirds and thinks that unemployment is not an issue, has lost the plot again.

In a debate in the house he questions the reason of sending troops to Afganistan in order to stem the trade in drugs from that area and improve law and order. In the bearded ones own words:

The genuinely shocking news about the use of heroin by a nine-year-old is further proof that there has never been so much heroin on the streets of Britain at such a low price, in spite of the courageous and professional work by our soldiers in Afghanistan. Should we not have a debate and a vote on the deployment of further troops in the Helmand province in Afghanistan, as that is likely to be mission impossible? There is certainly a grave danger that local farmers will be driven into the hands of the Taliban and the lives of our troops will be put in grave peril.

Now the whole reason our troops are going there is to bring stability and remove the drugs at source, thus stopping cases like this from happening. As stated in the reply from the Lord Privy Seal Geoff Hoon:

I entirely agree with my hon. Friend in raising that important issue and, indeed, in highlighting the prevalence of heroin use, particularly by very young children, but I am puzzled about his subsequent comments. Clearly, as my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Defence suggested when he announced the deployment to Helmand, part of the purpose is obviously to reduce lawlessness in that part of the world, particularly to reduce therefore the ability of those who trade in heroin to take advantage of that lawlessness. It is important in that process that we restrict the opportunity of the Taliban to continue with their appalling terrorism, but that is part of the wider process of ensuring that an elected Government in Kabul have the ability to control the whole of Afghanistan, with necessary benefits not only to the people of Afghanistan but, as my hon. Friend was also implying, to the people of Europe, who suffer so much from the trade in heroin.

There we have it the people of Newport in South Wales have to suffer this inept and dubious member of the house representing there interests - after that of seabirds of course. Also let us not forget the fact that Mr Flynn is a convicted criminal who was found guilty of libel and yet lacks the honour to resign his position.

Some previous links on the dubious libelist MP that shames Newport.
http://newportcity.blogspot.com/2006/01/paul-flynn-libelist-mp-soft-on-drugs.html
http://newportcity.blogspot.com/2006/01/some-bits-on-jessica-morden-mp.html
http://newportcity.blogspot.com/2005/12/paul-flynn-convicted-of-libel-still.html
http://newportcity.blogspot.com/2005/11/paul-flynn-pays-out-36000.html
http://newportcity.blogspot.com/2006/01/labour-isnt-working-loudmouth-libelist.html
And for the cynics out there who want an outside source: Paul_Flynn

** A spat has broken out between the bearded buffoon Paul Flynn and Kim Howells MP(Lab.) over a comment that Mr Howells made:

"It's not enough to assume that if you eat the right kind of muesli and go to first nights of Harold Pinter revivals and read the Independent occasionally that the drug barons of Afghanistan are going to go away. They are not going to go away''

True to form our short tempered MP decided that he was going to table a motion about the comment. He accused Howells of being 'flippant' and has now tabled a Commons motion accusing the Foreign Office minister of "schoolboy" comments about "life and death" issues.

Needless to say Howells hit back hard:

"I answered [the question] in my own way and if he doesn't like it, he can do what he likes about it. I take extraordinarily seriously the issue of Afghanistan and have been working very closely with my colleagues in DFID and the MoD to ensure that our troops have the maximum protection in Afghanistan."

Roll on the next election when we can put this Welsh windbag Flynn out to pasture. If anyone is interested you can find it at http://edmi.parliament.uk/EDMi/ number EDM 1613 oh and he has an EDM about Afganistan as well by the way: EDM 1580

Paul Flynn MP
Kim Howells MP
and Paul Flynn's apology:
Recently Paul Flynn was involved in a libel case where he made comments about an endowment pensions company, the result of which he had to pay out damages. He was sued after he posted an attack on such companies on his website, claiming they were out to "re-rob" the victims of endowment mis-selling by dishonestly over-charging them for their services.
But he made the mistake of referring to well-regarded company Endowment Justice Ltd, which represents mis-selling victims on a "no-win, no-fee" basis. The company and its directors sued and at London's High Court Mr Flynn made a public apology for the "unjustified attack" on the claimants' integrity.
The MP as part of the settlement put the following statement on his website: On this website in February this year, I made certain statements referring to Endowment Justice Limited, one of the companies which offers assistance in obtaining compensation for those people who were mis-sold endowment policies. I have been campaigning against companies providing professional services in relation to endowment policy compensation claims, but my facts about Endowment Justice were incorrect. As a result, I wrongly accused the company and its directors Nick Keca, Marianne Fitzjohn and Graeme Webber of having previously mis-sold endowment policies and now dishonestly overcharging those self-same victims to help them obtain compensation. I am happy to clarify that neither Endowment Justice Ltd or any of its directors were ever involved in any aspect of endowment policy selling. It was therefore false and unfair to suggest that they had profited from the historic mis-selling of endowment policies. I was also incorrect in stating that Endowment Justice, which offers its services in recovering compensation on a “no-win, no-fee” basis, could charge its customers up to 40% of any compensation gained. Endowment Justice in fact charge customers 17.5% plus VAT or 22.5% plus VAT of any compensation gained. I was wrong to give the unintended impression that the company or its directors acts in any way improperly or unlawfully in providing services to those seeking compensation for endowment policy mis-selling. I would like to apologise to Endowment Justice for my allegations, and to Mr. Keca, Ms. Fitzjohn and Mr. Webber for any embarrassment or distress caused by my false remarks.

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