Mekon Hague Wrong Again !

Why has there been all this fuss about the freed Army captives receiving payments for their stories from the media?

I have never heard anything so stupid. The ordeal of being captured and imprisoned by a rogue country like Iran must have been terrifying. Why should these ordinary soldiers not try and make some money out of it, providing the official secret act has not been breached, etc etc .

What amazed me more was the sight of the Shadow Foreign Secretary, and former Conservative Leader, William Hague on all of the Easter Sunday News programmes, jumping up and down with mock fury over the issue. He even had the audacity to say that their behaviour had demeaned the army and Britain.

This makes me chuckle, such hypocrisy is hilarious. This comes from a man who has the highest salary in Parliament. It was once rumoured to be a whopping Million a year but is now a mere 400,000. This vast sum comes from directorships, consultancies and speeches, as well as his MP's salary. He also gets extra money from his TV appearances and got between five thousand and ten thousand for making a fool of himself on 'Have I Got News For You' .

So its okay for The Mekon, to packet extra money from making a speech or two, which is surely part of his job, and he is content to receive payment for playing the clown. But it's not ok for soldiers to make money from a genuine ordeal, telling the Nation about something they would be very interested in at the same time.

Once again, the hypocrisy and double standards at the heart of The Conservative Party, has been exposed for all to see.

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