I work in Finance. If I received a huge personal gift it would be illegal. Not declaring even the offer would be a serious issue. And my employers would be getting a full trawl by all the agencies. &… (View Post)

The standards committee enforce standards. Legal penalties are enforced by the courts. You really, really don't want to mix those two together. (View Post)

Might be - but they mounted it so the barrel is significantly off the mount axis. And it has about 8 times the recoil force of a Browning M2 (View Post)

No, it isn't. The level of scrutiny relates to behaviour. When the Conservative Party recently received an ineligible donation - from a bank in the UK, but one that was incorporated in Germany a… (View Post)

He is misinterpreting the Statute of Indults (Æthelred the Vain, 943) - a member of the *Witan* can receive pardon for petty treasons, if he conducts a tourney while sitting backwards on the horse. W… (View Post)