I vaguely thought she might have shut up her Twitter account.We were tweeting again (cough) tonight and I sent her a couple of links to urban
Huh. People of Glasgow East deserve a decent M.P., dammit.
"MP McGarry at centre of probe into finances of SNP association"
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Huh. People of Glasgow East deserve a decent M.P., dammit.
DexterTCN
Troy and Abed in the morning
I wasn't aware that the people of glasgow east didn't like her. But I don't live there tbf.
However...I fail to see why that has anything to do with us discussing recipes.
I cannot say how many like her or don't like her, and I don't plan to go out and run a one-person vox pop survey to find out. I would get cold.
I meant that, after Margaret Curran, a good M.P. might be a welcome change.
I have no idea at all where recipes come into it.
Wilf
Slouching towards Billingham
I'm sure he'll risk breaking a nail in his speed to reply and clarify.Has dexter grassed us up? Wow.
Sasaferrato
Super Refuser!
I'm sure he'll risk breaking a nail in his speed to reply and clarify.
Do you wish me to speak sternly to him? He is sitting ten feet from me at work at present.
Wilf
Slouching towards Billingham
Oh no, we'll let him get home and have his tea first.Do you wish me to speak sternly to him? He is sitting ten feet from me at work at present.
danny la rouge
More like *fanny* la rouge!
Any threads in particular? Can we look forward to seeing what's on her CD player at the moment?We were tweeting again (cough) tonight and I sent her a couple of links to urban
DexterTCN
Troy and Abed in the morning
Has dexter grassed us up? Wow.
It was recipes mate....post 62.
If I thought there was any point having a conversation here, I would. Not really up for the shite though, you know?
Wilf
Slouching towards Billingham
Files in cakes can easily be picked up by modern x ray machines.
danny la rouge
More like *fanny* la rouge!
Sasaferrato
Super Refuser!
She got a well deserved 18 months.
Fedayn
Well-Known Member
As a general rule I agree women in her situation should not be jailed for this type of crime especially she has a child as young as she has and she recently had a miscarriage which could only have made her life even more desperate. However she stole from a food bank, a fucking food bank ffs, after all the shite she spewed about them being a blight on the nation?! She stole from her friends and the people who voted for her. The amount alone could have got her a much longer sentence. She is rather lucky she only got 18 months frankly.... What punishment is suitable here is desperate either way....
Regarding the "young child" sympathy issue, it was probably not a good idea to decide to have a child when facing charges that could lead to a prison sentence. And amazingly bad luck to become pregnant again at final court case time and then miscarry at six weeks.
I don't know about making her life "even more desperate", as having a great old time with holidays on stolen money sounds a lot more like fun than "desperate".
Despicable sly thief, betraying trust and even stealing money intended for a food bank.
I don't know about making her life "even more desperate", as having a great old time with holidays on stolen money sounds a lot more like fun than "desperate".
Despicable sly thief, betraying trust and even stealing money intended for a food bank.
Fedayn
Well-Known Member
I would be stunned if the life of a woman after a miscarriage wasn't a lot worse.
Sasaferrato
Super Refuser!
If a woman should not be jailed for such a crime, why should a man?
Fedayn
Well-Known Member
Where did I say they shouldn't? I merely made a suggestion regarding the circumstances. If a man lhad committed a similar crime and had lost his wife or his wife had miscarried and they had an 18 month I would argue that jail was too harsh.
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Sasaferrato
Super Refuser!
Fair enough. Difficult though, to see what other punishment could be applied in this case.
Fedayn
Well-Known Member
I agree, on one side she stole from a food bank (utterly vile on its own), her friends and lied to her constituents and those who helped her, in many ways an absolute betrayal of trust and their kindness. On the other she has an 18 month old child and has recently had a miscarriage. I could understand either sentence ie custodial/non-custodial.
It's a very convenient 18 month old. I hope the idea that having a young child might get her off the hook did not figure in her decision to have a child in any way. That would be a bit sly and scheming and not very nice.
Wilf
Slouching towards Billingham
On the impact of having a child at the time of sentencing... well, hmmm, yes perhaps. But I wouldn't be critical of a poor woman using that argument against sentencing, so maybe I shouldn't be critical of a rich woman like McGarry. Perhaps... dunno. But stealing donations for a foodbank? She can fucking rot for that.
This is not someone who went shoplifting bread and cheese out of desperation. She's a lawyer. I think it entirely possible that she and her husband decided it was suddenly a good time to have a child in hopes of sympathy and leniency.
As for this week's alleged miscarriage, is a miscarriage at six weeks a really big deal? Not at all unusual, surely?
As for this week's alleged miscarriage, is a miscarriage at six weeks a really big deal? Not at all unusual, surely?
Wilf
Slouching towards Billingham
Yeah, she's fucking disgusting. Literally, a rich woman stealing from the poor.
On the pregnancy thing, well, maybe. I don't know. But she's enough of a cunt in stealing from a feedback. Fucking lowlife.
weepiper
I fix the machines that fight climate change
That last paragraph is breathtakingly insensitive regardless of what you think of McGarry.
colacubes
Mr Hot Cookie
I’ve had a miscarriage at 6 weeks. And I can tell you it is a big deal. I’m still dealing with the psychological scars several years on.
colacubes
Mr Hot Cookie
It’s probably immensely sad for her partner as well.
