Anyway Gary McKinnon for those not in the know, is wanted by the US over charges relating to "hacking" and admits hacking into Nasa and Pentagon computers looking for evidence of UFOs and sources of 'free energy'.
According to the papers he seems to suffer from Asperger's Syndrome and is a UFO nut; hardly an Al-Quada operative by the sound of things. More an oddball rather than someone out for financial/terrorist ends.
Dozens of MP's had previously given written pledges of support against his being deported to the US to face trial, yet only eight stuck to their guns and joined the Tories and Liberal Democrats in voting against the Government.
74 Labour MPs who had previously signed Commons motions backing Mr McKinnon or demanding a review of extradition agreements with the U.S. failed to go against the party line. Fifty-nine voted with the Government and 15 abstained.
In the vote detailed here, the Conservatives devoted today's opposition day debate to the matter of Mr McKinnon.
They recieved support from the Liberal Democrats, with 236 MPs supporting the motion. But the government defeated it with 290 votes.
So here they are, first the MP's who voted with the Government. Some of these I have growled at before and have added links.
Glenda Jackson (Hampstead and Highgate), Brian Jenkins (Tamworth), Martyn Jones (Clwyd South), Sadiq Khan ( Tooting), mark lazarowicz (Edinburgh North and Leith), Tony Lloyd ( Manchester Central), kerry mccarthy (
David Taylor (North West Leicestershire), Desmond Turner (Brighton Kemptown), Rudi Vis(Finchley and Golders Green), Lynda Waltho (Stourbridge), Bob Wareing (Liverpool West Derby), Betty Williams (Conway), Anthony Wright (Great Yarmouth), iain wright (Hartlepool).
Then the abstainers, cowards who refused to vote.
Roger Berry (Kingswood), roberta blackman-woods (City of Durham), Harry "better than Winston Churchill" Cohen (Leyton and Wanstead), andrew dismore (Hendon), Bill Etherington (Sunderland North), Frank Field (Birkenhead), fabian hamilton (Leeds North East), John Heppell (Nottingham East), peter kilfoyle (Liverpool Walton), Christine McCafferty (Calder Valley), bob marshall-andrews ( Medway), Chris Mullin (Sunderland South), Edward O'Hara (Knowsley South), Marsha Singh (Bradford West), Mike Wood (Batley and Spen).
Now if you think Gary McKinnon should face trial in the US or not is not the point, the point is do we really want MP's in the House of Commons who for free PR say one thing at one point; then flip their decision as fast as they flip their 2nd home for expenses?
The story on Gary McKinnon is here. The edm 2388 is here - detailed below.
A list of MP's who voted against the Gurkha's being allowed to stay.
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