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Thread #164605   Message #3965001
Posted By: Nigel Parsons
05-Dec-18 - 04:26 PM
Thread Name: Brexit #2
Subject: RE: Brexit #2
Iains:
In Nov 2012: More inconvenient truths!
The houses of Parliamenr had ˜635 members.
29 have been accused of spouse abuse
7 have been arrested for fraud
9 have been accused of writing bad cheques
17 have directly or indirectly bankrupt at least 2 businesses
...3 have done time for assault
71 can not get a credit card due to bad credit
14 have been arrested on drug-related charges
8 have been arrested for shop lifting
21 are currently defendants in lawsuits
84 have been arrested for drink driving in the last year
And collectivity, this year alone they have cost the tax payer £92,993,748.00 in expenses (nearly 93 million)


Amazing statistics, and probably impossible. Almost identical figures were being quoted online in 2006, and refuted by The Guardian as the whole meme appeared to be a cut'n'paste from statistics about American politicians.