I am no apologist for politicians but i am sure you would agree MP,s must be afforded the same basic human rights as anyone else.

So if you omit those 'accused' until convicted, or 'arrested' or currently 'defending'
Then you are left with 3 done for assault and 71 who have similar credit problems as the rest of the electorate they represent.

How dare they!

There is actually a fit and proper 'test' . Enlighten me. What's the criteria, who set it down and where does it apply?

Sweet dreams. Rock on

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 bankrupted at least 2 businesses,
3 have done time for assault,
71 cannot get a credit card due to bad credit,
14 have been arrested on drug-related charges,
8 have been arrested for shoplifting,
21 are currently defendants in lawsuits,
84 have been arrested for drunk driving in the last year,

Not clear why you would refer to passing a test that doesn't exist.

And probably much to your chagrin, in my local authority and I suspect many throughout the land there is a presumption in favour of any applicant being fit and proper.

Anything other than 'convicted' is quickly dismissed,

I have even witnessed acceptance of 'fit and proper ' on account of an appeal against a conviction being lodged.

You on the other hand would accept being considered not fit and proper on being subject of an accusation of domestic violence.

It takes all kinds it is often said.

That's democracy I suppose, but it is open to abuse such as those who would fire of a salvo of of mudslinging in the hope that some of it will stick.
Truth and justice are secondary.

Thought you might find this interesting ......

I bet this will make you feel all warm and fuzzy inside!

Can you imagine working for a company that only has a little more than 635 employees, but has the following Employee Statistics.

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 bankrupted at least 2 businesses,
3 have done time for assault,
71 cannot get a credit card due to bad credit,
14 have been arrested on drug-related charges,
8 have been arrested for shoplifting,
21 are currently defendants in lawsuits,
84 have been arrested for drunk driving in the last year,

And collectively, this year alone, they have cost the British tax payer £92,993,748 in expenses!

Which organisation is this?

It's the 635 members of the House of Commons.

The same group that cranks out hundreds of new laws each year designed to keep the rest of us in line.

What a bunch of crooks we have running our country - it says it all...

And just to top all that they probably have the best 'corporate' pension scheme in the country - whilst trying to ensure that everyone else has the worst possible !

If you agree that this is an appalling state of affairs, please pass it on to everyone you know ...

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