DeLay and Margaret Thatcher??? WTF???

[cynatnite]

A DOCUMENT linking Margaret Thatcher to a US corruption probe is so explosive civil servants have been asked to ensure it remains "sealed".

The 79-year-old former Premier is said to have met Congressman Tom DeLay in Britain while he was on a suspected favours-for-freebies scam.

In return for his free holiday, DeLay - who resigned as Republican leader of Congress last week after being accused of laundering political funds - allegedly backed legislation favourable to lobby groups.

Disclosing that US authorities were seeking aid from UK counterparts, a secret Home Office briefing says: "One visit to the UK involved a meeting with Mrs Margaret Thatcher.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/tm_objectid=16201986&method=full&siteid=94762&headline=keep-it-sealed-keep-it-secret--name_page.html

[The Backlash Cometh]

1. What is the reputation of the mirror?

I know the Guardian is considered a leftie paper and many Tories don't take it seriously at all.

[Douglas Carpenter]

5. the mirror is a "left leaning" tabloid

I wouldn't rely on it as my only source

[marmar]

2. Corrupt politics makes strange bedfellows...

:scared: :scared: :scared:

[mrfrapp]

12. Perfect Bedfellows

DeLay and Thatcher are cut from the same polticial cloth.

[Old and In the Way]

3. "A walking moral stinkpot" - Bill Press

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Fridays Child]

6. Too perfect!

"Tom DeLay, walking moral stinkpot" should be embroidered on at least one kitchen towel in every home in America.

[Alizaryn]

4. Wow

My head is spinning, what a week!

[stillcool]

7. Don't the Brits have stricter....

libel laws?

[cynatnite]

8. The story is being picked up...

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20051003/wl_afp/britainuspoliticsrepublicandelaythatcher_051003041829

LONDON (AFP) - British former prime minister Margaret Thatcher will be questioned by police as part of a US corruption probe which has forced Republican House of Representatives majority leader Tom DeLay to step down, according to a report here.

The 79-year-old former premier is said to have met DeLay while he was on a suspected favours-for-freebies scam run by shady US lobbyists, the tabloid Daily Mirror reported.

The British Home Office said that "evidence is sought from her about that meeting and her involvement in the alleged deception and violation of US criminal laws".

[stillcool]

9. check this out...

The document, leaked to the Mirror, informs ministers there has been an official request for "mutual legal assistance" from the US Department of Justice in Washington.


It said the request was part of a deception investigation "involving high-profile American and UK-based individuals, including a leading Congressman and former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher". At the centre of the probe is high-profile lobbyist Jack Abramoff, who is already under investigation in the US.



Bottom of the article....

Yesterday she was described as "increasingly forgetful and forbidden to speak in public".

[cynatnite]

10. blatant self-kick

:kick:

[cassiepriam]

11. HIs tentacles reached far and wide. nt