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Mark Thomas Mtp 05 07 Updates

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Mark Thomas Mtp 05 07 Updates

[LESS INFO] 4 VIEWS | ADDED 18:40:14 02/01/10
* Data Protection o Loads of people wrote in o David Shayler has applied to the Home Office o 8 year old requested his personal data from his school o Jonathan Ross helps Mark out with and advert for the CCTV competition o 5 ex-miners did the full Monty in front of the Bank of England have requested the footage o An art student has decided to do the threepenny opera on CCTV as his dissertation o Mark went on Ned Sherrin's Loose ends radio 4 show. He got six ladies to help him, 4 of them with sombreros and guns and two with little hats and guns and re-enacted the last scene from Butch Cassidy and the Sundance kid outside broadcasting house * MEPs Interests o Got a letter from Glyn Ford, MEPs solicitor complaining that his repuation had been damaged by the website as it said he was a communist, not a columnist. o Had to take the site down and double check some stuff. Same woman was there from the first time. o Wanted to put the site back up and are emailing the details to all the MEPs asking if it is correct o Had a letter from a Tory MP about the plastic animals saying that he thought the piece was very funny, "shame you didn't use the cockerel first" o Another Tory wrote in saying how much he enjoyed the shows "especially the excellent stitching up of Meacher and of course who could forget Roger Helmer sucking that cock". o Started looking up what had been said in the European Parliament about the show "I also regret that a British comedy programme sought to make light of the Parliament. I think the sooner this is on the internet, the better." * Meacher o Mark's mum showed him the front page of the newspaper which said about Rudy Vaz having 5 houses, believed to be second only to the environment minister Michael "8 homes" Meacher o At the Channel 4 political awards Jon Snow said that Michael Meacher would be popping in later too "pick up the rent" o Back in Oldham Dave Hibbert was quoted in the Oldham chronicle asying that Meacher had asked him to "make it clear to his constituents that he has 3 properties; one in the Cotswolds which was left to him by a family member, one in Chatterton for the overnight stays and a house in London. He has simply invested in 2 properties in Wimbledon. o Phoned Dave Hibbert up and he said he would post a correction as the one in the Cotswolds wasn't inherited, and that he actually has more than 2 flats but won't say how many it is, but also said that the people of Oldham don't care how many properties he has. o So on 9th February 2001 Mark went to Oldham and held a poll. 75% said they did care. o Mark calls Meacher on his mobile and asks the question. He hangs up o Mark was sitting outside Tory office and someone came up to him syaing how good the item on Meacher was it was good to see the other lot get it for a change. Then he asked Mark "What are you doing outside Tory central office?" * William Hague o In the register of member's interests William Hague says "Any fees received from speaking engagements will be paid into The William Hague Charitable Trust." It's been there for 2 years. o Phoned up the charity commission and asked if there was such a thing and it doesn't exist. o So where has the money been going o They say they never got around to it. o Next day (9th February 2001) went down to Conservative Central Office with a coach with 50 temps and offered for them to help with the office work o They get a written statement + "The reason the trust was not registered with the Charity Commission was that the trust was never established. It was registered in the register of member's interests in advance of establishing it on advice of the registrar. However since the trust has not been set up, it will not be included in future register of member's interests. Any speaking fees are therefore given to local charities." o Got through to Adrew Skaddins who is the Press Officer there. Mark asks if they are saying that the statement in the register is not misleading? o He won't add anything to the statement a number of times o Mark asks William Hague if it's OK if he registers the Trust and they have applied to. * ECGD o Phoned up the OECD talked to Marc Pieth the chairman of the committee for the implementation of the convention on bribery and corruption o He says there are 34 members 28 of which have ratified and implemented the convention. They find that one third are "spic and span", one third are doing relatively fine and one third are substandard. o There is one country that has "flunked the exam" and that is the UK o Mark asks who Britain's peers are when it comes to bribery and corruption. o The response is Turkey, Argentina and Brazil. o Could result in sanctions from other member states * Adidas o One of the students was talking via a software translation program with some people in Cambodia about trying to source the materials used by Nike and GAP o They are hoping to webcast their findings o Heard of the Thomas A'Becket school in Worthing who had been offered some money by Allied Dunbar matched funding for sports equipment on condition that 40 families attended a presentation about the work of Allied Dunbar. o Only 16 households volunteered to attend so Allied Dunbar withdrew the money. o Went down to Swindon with 24 people to make up the numbers o They are a male voice choir and sing in while Mark asks Debi Isaac, External Affairs Consultant if they would give the money to the school if they could give their presentation to the choir. o They say they will start talking with the school again and goes off to see what they can do while the choir gets a cup of tea o They agree to giving the school the

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Hannu Takkula on European dimension in sport

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EU votes for controls on movement of weapons

EU votes for controls on movement of weapons

Mark Thomas Mtp 05 07 Updates