Seems that my local MP the libelist(check the links below) is running his mouth off again. The following is from the blog of Peter Black AM, now to be fair I dont have a lot to say about the Assembly but in this case its nice to see an AM talking sense.
Link to the original article: http://peterblack.blogspot.com/2006/12/lobbyists.html and I have copied it below.
Newport MP, Paul Flynn is renowned for speaking his mind, but even those who know him best may be surprised by his description of Labour's unsuccessful Blaenau Gwent by-election candidate Owen Smith as a "drug pusher". As the Western Mail points out, Mr Smith is a top lobbyist with the pharmaceutical firm Pfizer.
Mr Flynn said, "The lobbyists are a curse, a cancer in the system. It's insidious. One of my main interests in politics is areas in which lobbyists used their wicked wiles to get access to government. One example is the pharmaceutical industry, who are the most greedy and deceitful organisations we have to deal with."
Interviewer Patrick McGuinness then said, "Some of their lobbyists end up as candidates in Welsh Labour. Blaenau Gwent for instance."
Mr Flynn responded, "Indeed - I wasn't too pleased by the fact that we had a drug pusher as a candidate." - considering Mr Flynns liberal views on pushing the poison known as cannibis onto the public that is hardly a statement he should be making.
Mr Flynn also said, "The thing that made me angriest [about the Blaenau Gwent by-election campaign] was when one of my colleagues said that [independent candidate] Dai Davies lacked validity. Well he's got a hell of a lot more validity than Baroness Maggie Jones [the seat's defeated Labour candidate in last year's general election] has got. She's got no validity at all, and it seemed to turn democracy on its head to have a candidate who's been rejected by the people in the safest constituency in Britain and send her to the House of Lords."
I doubt if Mr. Flynn would have been much impressed with the Labour spin-doctor charged with the task of responding to his comments. That anonymous apparatchik claimed that Owen Smith's strong message on crime, antisocial behaviour and jobs struck a chord with local people, and that this led to an 8% swing back to Labour in the parliamentary by-election.
Perhaps, a more honest assessment would be that they got their arse kicked and that they are still smarting over it.
**Well said Peter Black. Some links and assorted bits on Mr Flynn.
Link to the pinko commie apologist: http://www.paulflynnmp.co.uk/newsdetail.jsp?id=466
Link to the libelists anti US drivel: http://www.paulflynnmp.co.uk/newsdetail.jsp?id=469
Link to Paul Flynn EDM's: http://www.paulflynnmp.co.uk/hotnewsdetail.jsp?id=1109
http://paul-flynn.blogspot.com/2006/04/paul-flynn-mp-libelist.html
My previous articles on the libelist:
ID cards: id-cards-list-of-mps-who-voted-yes.
http://newportcity.blogspot.com/2006/06/local-mp-paul-flynnnew-labour-sticks.html
http://newportcity.blogspot.com/2006/07/paul-flynn-sticking-knife-into-our.html
http://newportcity.blogspot.com/2006/08/libelist-mp-calls-for-paliament-to-be.html
http://newportcity.blogspot.com/2006/08/paul-flynn-mp-cowardlibelist-and-unfit.html
http://newportcity.blogspot.com/2006/09/paul-flynn-looney-zanu-new-labour-mp.html
http://newportcity.blogspot.com/2006/09/paul-flynn-mp-liar-and-moonbat-oh-and.html
http://newportcity.blogspot.com/2006/10/spot-traitor-paul-flynn-mp.html
http://newportcity.blogspot.com/2006/11/paul-flynn-supporting-commies-no.html
http://newportcity.blogspot.com/2006/02/paul-flynn-mp-fucktard.html
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
media stories about the libel case where MP Paul Flynn ran his mouth:
From CSC site
from icnetwork
from independent
from money.guardian
The libelists site: http://www.paulflynnmp.co.uk/
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oh and here is Mr Flynns statement on his libel case:
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.
2 people have spoken:
Parliament is not where power lies in this country, it lies with the big business interests that that are pulling the strings behind the scenes (like the oil industry wanting to get its hands on Iraq’s oil). The pharmaceutical industry is another parasitical organism that has more interest in making profits than healing people.
I do not know much about the by-election candidate for Blaenau Gwent, if he is an ex-lobbyist for a pharmaceutical company, then I think the title drug pusher is quite appropriate. This sums up Neo-Labour quite nicely, more interested in business than the people.
I have had dealings with Baroness Maggie Jones, Dai Davies and the late Peter Law. I know which of them have validity, and it ain Maggie. She was parachuted in to replace the retiring Llew Smith, one of the last of the old guard of old Labour. She has not lived in Wales for a good many years and the business of her being a local girl was a load of crap. Dai was Secretary of the local constituency labour party until ‘Maggiegate’, he is a true valleys boy and an old skool Labour. He regularly holds surgery's in the ward and repersents the interests of the constituents, not the interests of Tony Bliar. I realise you might not like his politics, but he has far more validity than the official Labour candidates that have been set up to replace Llew.
Well done Paul Flyn for telling it like it is, you have gone up in my estimations. I think describing him as a ‘Commie Pinko’ is going a bit far though, he is only slightly left of centre. I suppose it is all comparative though, looking at this blog I guess you would think Bliar is a socialist!
I refer to Flynn as a pinko due to his planned trip to North Korea, to offer the hand of friendship to a brutal dictator and yet say nowt about blatant human rights abuses in that nation, nor a word said by him against their nuclear weapons program.
Yet Mr Flynn is most vocal in calling for ours to be scrapped. Flynn has run his mouth a few times, one occasion nearly causing a well respected firm to go into recievership - it was only their sueing him for libel that put matters right.
He lost and had to apolgise - the apology has since vanished from Flynns site - no suprise there. However if you check his Wikipedia entry its there in full - I should know as I copied it there after tracking it down.
He has also offended welsh farmers - amongst others - with his wisecrack about suicides - google that one its still out there. Oh and his constant crowing about the UK forces, doing down our underpaid and poorly supplied troops.
Add to that anti semitic comments about Israel - whilst saying nothing against outrages against Israel by terrorists and the like - and we really have a arse as our elected MP.
Mind you at least he does speak in the House, unlike Jessica Morden who just rubber stamps any bit of policy stuck under her nose.
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