tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2787283052819380346.post5322865050515361508..comments2010-03-06T16:39:25.531ZHarry Colehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05099597763862011749noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2787283052819380346.post-56259564508961337862010-03-05T18:02:25.901Z2010-03-05T18:02:25.901ZI&#39;m no Mandy fan, but I have to take my hat off to him - he&#39;s got more Teflon than Tony. Not many could manage together away with what he has. Though Boris could, I&#39;m sure.Noelinhohttps://www.noelinho.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2787283052819380346.post-1177179134974376092010-03-05T11:29:29.314Z2010-03-05T11:29:29.314ZYou&#39;re missing the point, so let me spell it out for you:<br /><br />1. Ashcroft was turned down more than once for a peerage due to his financial arrangements.<br />2. When he finally was granted a peerage, it was on the explicit condition that he changed these arrangements.<br />3. This was all down to intense lobbying by William Hague, and as such it should have been Hague&#39;s responsibility to ensure that this condition was met.<br />4. This condition was not met.<br />5. Rather than being honest about this and giving up his seat in the Lords, Ashcroft and senior Tory MPs have kept it a secret for a decade.<br /><br />Thus, all the Tories that have been wheeled out to say they didn&#39;t know about his status have either been incompetent or lying. The same can be said of Lord Ashcroft himself.<br /><br />The argument is not that he is a non-dom, it&#39;s that he&#39;s not supposed to be a non-dom, and he&#39;s spent a decade lying about it.The Yorkshire Terroristhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03024141606582701424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2787283052819380346.post-73218948539027097652010-03-05T09:29:24.737Z2010-03-05T09:29:24.737ZFunny how this is a &#39;jog on&#39;, stop talking about this story, whereas the other week, the Brown bullying story was &#39;yet another negative headline for Brown, and rightly so.&#39;<br /><br />Hrm...ralasdairhttps://abitmoretwit.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2787283052819380346.post-76677765575642644352010-03-04T18:51:52.263Z2010-03-04T18:51:52.263ZSo it&#39;s all right to say you will be permanently resident, and then negotiating not to be? <br /><br />And to keep this change secret from your sponsor, the hapless William Hague.<br /><br />And all the other top Tories...<br /><br />Making them look like fools...<br /><br />For TEN years?<br /><br />Is that not breaking promises, and is it not exactly honest?<br /><br />Is exactly honest not a standard senior Tories aspire to?Bravehearthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07223196805548966030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2787283052819380346.post-37244531428664464652010-03-04T18:43:35.772Z2010-03-04T18:43:35.772ZOrwellian control is the problem. I just hope the electorate show some sense and cojones.Oldrightiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03192587284458430556noreply@blogger.com