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Griffiths cheats - AGAIN!

By The Basa ⋅ April 15, 2005 ⋅

Cheat & Theif Trade and industry minister from the last government and Edinburgh MP, Nigel Griffiths has been caught cheating in the election for the second time since Bliar called the election. Having previously had his gophers put up illegal posters which had to be taken down at the expense of poll-tax payers by workers in the cleansing department. All of this comes after the warning that the voting system was wide open to fraud, Birmingham judge, Richard Mawrey QC, said the voting system would “disgrace a banana republic”.

It seems that Griffiths has lifted quotes from the Green Party’s MSP and put them into his own election material. Not content with the stealing, he has also defended his use of Mr. Harper’s quotes.

Mr Harper said it was “confusing” for the voters to see him featuring in Labour leaflets when the Greens had their own candidate, parliamentary researcher Steve Burgess, standing against Mr Griffiths.

Readers will no doubt remember that Griffiths was the MP who was found guilty of breaking Westminster rules by using his constituency office for party political uses. He was also criticised for failing to declare that he owned the property that he was renting as a constituency office and the taxpayer was paying for.

I’d go further than Harper, I would say Griffiths is a thieving cheat. He has been doing it for years and will continue to do so unless he is stopped.

More info: Greens see red after Griffiths lifts quotes for election leaflet