Actually, I don't think he should be in jail. As far as I can tell, he was incompetent rather than malicious. But it's ridiculous that someone who commits a similar offence on a far smaller scale (e.g. being paid to cut the lawn when they're on the dole) can be legally punished for requiring more than £40 a week.
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McConnell should be in jail. If you recall his involvement in the Monklands District Council fiasco from about 8 years ago , the fact he escaped a jail sentence , and went on to become an almost surefire candidate for Scotlands first minister is a damning inditement of the current state of politics in Scotland.
The Current "Trousergate" scandal wont make the slightest bit of difference. A Man who doesnt value the sanctity of marriage , has been found guilty by committee , but not by a court of law , of taking backhanders , and who is widely acknowledged as probably one of the most corrupt and untrustworthy men in Scottish politics , is about to become its most powerful figure.
And it stinks. In ways i cant begin to describe.
Yeah, the guy's got west of Scotland Mafia written all over him. It's especially obscene that he's not even facing any competition for the job. I don't really care that he's got a wandering prick, but today's revelations that he got Labour MPs to pay his mistress's wages are another matter.
It's interesting that the staunchly Labour Daily Record is so against McConnell, though. Perhaps the editor's been having a word with Gordon Brown? Ah, conspiracy theories!