Yeo Ho Ho! We told you so

Anthony, Yeo is an MP, in Westminster, not an MEP
REPLY: Typo fixed, thanks – A

Err… Tim Yeo is a Member of the UK House of Commons, known as Member of Parliament or MP. MEP stands for Member of the European Parliament and to the best of my knowledge, Mr. Yeo is not a Member. If he had of been, in that whited Sepulchre where the bones of democratic process lie bleaching in the sun, his shenanigans would have caused little or no comment.

grumpyoldmanuk has it right about Yeo being an MP….

Time for a quick chorus of “Yeo, heave-ho!”, or would that sound a bit vulgar?

Best, Thread, Title. EVAH!!!!

I bet Deben set him up!

Dodgy Geezer says:
June 9, 2013 at 12:57 pm
Are you telling us that Essex has ethics? 😊 – From Canuck Land.

Yeo is not an MEP (Member of European Parliament), he is an MP (Member of British Parliament).
He is also a very dodgy geezer and should really be banged up for a long time.

The UK’s Energy Bill passed last Tuesday had a last-minute amendment (which was passed), which rfead as follows: “The Secretary of State must within 12 months of the passing of this Act publish a strategy setting out policies to achieve a reduction in demand for electricity of at least 103 TWh by 2020 and 154 TWh by 2030.”
That’s a 40% reduction in electricity usage. Apparently the Government is assuming that their green power policy will result in the lights going out. It’d be quite funny in a Gilbert & Sullivan opera. But me, I’m a little scared. The real problem is that the other shower are just as bad.

Hey Josh. In the pig porker cartoon the PIG is too Hansom compared to Trough master Tin Yeo. –
Great cartoon and revelation, the warmist house of cards is Blowin in the wind!

Apparently the amendment by Caroline Lucas (Green Party) was not included… http://www.eureferendum.com/blogview.aspx?blogno=84017

Bill Hayes :Then after the MP’s expenses saga they would think…”hang on, this bloke could be a journalist trying to stitch me up”
Yeo is not the fastest windmill on the farm…

On the other hand, this story also shows how to stop climate change.
Get in touch with Tim Yeo.
He’ll take care of it.
If you take care of him.

Robin M – it’s pay-walled in any case, all you get is the intro paragraph. Better to go to order-order.com (Guido Fawkes) who has extensively covered the nastiness of Yeo.

…oh. I wonder why?)

Tim Yeo is my own MP, in a very leafy affluent area about 60/90 miles NE of London, consisting of small market towns and – mostly – bijou villages. Urban Essex it is not.
Round here, it’s very traditional and conservative with a small ‘c’ – and there’s lots of money. Everyone knows and has done for years that Yeo is a bad egg (sex scandals and all) but they GO OUT AND VOTE FOR HIM ANYWAY because he’s a Tory. UKIP is making some inroads, but not enough to win the seat: as people joke: “They’d elect a sheep round here if it wore the blue ribbon”
As noted above, the Guido Fawkes parliamentary blog order-order.com (which has excellent sources in Tory circles) has been gunning for Yeo for several years now. He has been lining his pocket on gree energy for many years now.
Yeo epitomises everything which is wrong with both the party system and the lobby system, and how they corrupt democracy.

@ Dodgy Geezer June 9, 2013 at 12:57 pm says:
“But unfortunately, nowadays, ethics is a county to the north-east of London. (Joke for UK readers only…)”
Typical Pommie snobbery! You underestimate the convict crowd Down Under, Sir!

Unfortunately my energy bills are still increasing and the Yeos of this world are still raking it in.

Here is my letter of Complaint to the Police
I am writing to you to make an allegation of Misconduct in a Public Office by Mr. Tim Yeo, MP for South Suffolk and Chairman of the Energy and Climate Change Select Committee. I further allege that Mr. Yeo has repeatedly abused his position as Chairman of the Energy and Climate Change Select Committee and the Public’s trust for personal financial gain.
Over the past 3-4 years, Mr. Yeo has earned in the region of £500,000 from directorships and shareholdings with five ‘green’ companies which are developing renewable energies. Thus he is: • Director of ITI Energy Limited, which converts waste into biofuel;
• AFC Energy, which develops alkaline fuel cell technology;
• Group Eurotunnel, serving on its Environment and Safety Committee;
• Director of Eco City Vehicles (and share option);
• Chairman of TMO Renewables which develops and supplies technology for second generation biofuels;
Of course such business activities would be entirely reasonable but for one thing. Mr. Yeo is chairman of the influential Commons Energy and Climate Change Committee, which is supposed to examine Britain’s approach to renewable energy with a neutral gaze, unencumbered by outside interests. In stark contrast to Mr. Yeo’s clearly related business interests, the House of Commons’ other 22 Select Committee chairmen, on subjects ranging from Health to Defence, have scrupulously avoided any potential conflicts over their business interests.
Particularly egregious examples of Mr. Yeo’s conflicts of interest include:
In 2008 Mr. Yeo used his casting vote as chairman of the all-party Environmental Audit Select Committee to push through a report, which backed the decision by Mr. Alistair Darling, the then Chancellor, that new, higher rates of vehicle excise duty (VED) rates should apply to previously-purchased cars. With the passage of this rule, Mr. Yeo’s company, Eco City Vehicles Plc, stands to benefit as the company plans to market a hybrid car which would qualify for low rates of VED under this new tax regime. This is a serious conflict of interest at best and corrupt, at worst.
In December 2012 Mr Yeo made a speech supporting renewable energy stating that “Lumbering the economy with a centralised power system largely reliant on gas would be like running an office using a fax machine in the age of the iPad. I think the choice facing Britain is clear. We can embrace the technology of the future, set a target to reduce our present heavy dependence on fossil fuels and upgrade our electricity system, or we can cling to the combustion-based technologies of the past, gamble the future on assumptions about the availability of abundant cheap gas and slow down the process of decarbonising our economy.” What few people know is that Mr. Yeo is a shareholder and employee of Group Eurotunnel SA, which has a £500 million contract to run a cable under the sea to bring electricity from French nuclear power stations to Britain. Specifically to make up for power here when there isn’t enough wind to keep our wind turbines turning. This is a classic case of “hedging one’s bets”, where Mr. Yeo and his company stands to profit even when the “green energy” he is so keen to promote fails to deliver.
Recently (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22769237) Mr. Yeo was exhorting fellow MPs to vote for his amendment calling for even faster ‘decarbonisation’ of our economy. The amendment, which only narrowly failed, would provide substantial financial gains for a swathe of firms involved in renewable energy. In this connection Mr. Yeo is the first ever President of the Renewable Energy Association (http://www.r-e-a.net/news/new-appointments-at-the-uks-largest-renewables-trade-body).
Finally there is the scandal reported in “The Sunday Times” (9/6/2013) where it appears that Mr. Yeo was willing to be a paid advocate for a fictitious green energy company. The reporters approached Mr. Yeo posing as representatives of a solar energy company offering to hire him as a paid advocate to push for new laws to boost its business for a fee of £7,000 a day. He told them he could commit to at least one day a month, despite the fact that he already held four private jobs and was in negotiations to take a further two. Setting out what he could offer, the MP said: “If you want to meet the right people, I can facilitate all those introductions and I can use the knowledge I get from what is quite an active network of connections.” Asked if that extended to government figures, Yeo replied: “Yes.” The House of Commons code of conduct forbids members from acting as paid advocates, including by lobbying ministers. Yeo also said he could help them by guiding them on submitting evidence to his own committee, which he described as “a good way of getting your stuff on the map”. Such activities are in direct contravention of House of Commons rules which forbid MPs acting as paid advocates in Parliament, which includes making any approaches to Ministers, Civil Servants , or other MPs to promote a private agenda for cash.
Below I supply a list of payments Mr. Yeo has received from various companies, all of which stand to benefit from decisions made by Energy and Climate Change Select Committee, of which Mr. Yeo is Chair. The fact that he has registered these payments is meaningless. It is absolutely clear that there is a massive conflict of interest, if not outright corruption here. Is really feasible that Mr. Yeo receives these payments for doing nothing of value for these companies? Would he receive these payments, or be on the boards of these companies, but for his position on the Energy and Climate Change Committee? At the very least there is the appearance of misconduct that is not becoming for someone in Public Office. In short I believe the above constitute clear evidence of Misconduct in a Public Office and possibly outright corruption.
Please note that I am also sending these allegations to Mr. Paxton (Chief Constable) asking for an immediate investigation of these allegations.
Registered Payments AFC Energy;. Address: Unit 71.4 Dunsfold Park, Stovolds Hill, Cranleigh, Surrey, GU6 8TB. Undertake duties as Chair, run board meetings and keep in touch with senior management. Received payment of £3,750. Hours: 10 hrs. (Registered 20 March 2011) Received payment of £3,750, 9 May 2011. Hours: 11 hrs. (Registered 14 June 2011) Received payment of £3,750, 13 June 2011. Hours: 12 hrs. (Registered 3 September 2011) Received payment of £3,750, 11 July 2011. Hours: 11 hrs. (Registered 3 September 2011) Received payment of £3,750, 22 August 2011. Hours: 11 hrs. (Registered 12 October 2011) Received payment of £3,750, 12 September 2011. Hours: 10 hrs. (Registered 12 October 2011) Received payment of £3,750, 7 October 2011. Hours: 8 hrs. (Registered 17 November 2011) Received payment of £5,000, 14 November 2011. Hours: 10 hrs. (Registered 13 December 2011) Received payment of £5,000, 13 December 2011. Hours: 12 hrs. (Registered 2 February 2012) Received payment of £5,000, 10 January 2012. Hours: 9 hrs. (Registered 9 February 2012) Groupe Eurotunnel SA (non-executive) (of which Eurotunnel plc is a wholly owned subsidiary); company managing the Channel Tunnel. Address: Cheriton Parc, Cheriton High Street, Folkestone, Kent, CT19 4QS. Received payment of £3,622.57, 9 May 2011. Hours: 6 hrs. (Registered 14 June 2011) Received payment of £3,569.33, 31 May 2011. Hours: 5 hrs. (Registered 14 June 2011) Received payment of £7,238.97, 28 July 2011. Hours: 11 hrs. (Registered 3 September 2011) Received payment of £6,440.62, 12 September 2011. Hours: 16 hrs. (Registered 12 October 2011) Received payment of £4,245.20, 14 October 2011. Hours: 4 hrs. (Registered 17 November 2011) Received payment of £3,526.97, 21 November 2011. Hours: 4 hrs. (Registered 13 December 2011) Received payment of £6,885.38, 31 January 2012. Hours: 8 hrs. (Registered 9 February 2012) Eco City Vehicles plc, Hemming House, Hemming Street, London, E1 5BL; distributes and services London taxis. Received payment of £3,333.33. Hours: 10hrs. (Registered 20 March 2011) Received payment of £3,333.33, 23 May 2011. Hours: 9 hrs. (Registered 14 June 2011) Received payment of £3,333.33, 22 June 2011. Hours: 9 hrs. (Registered 3 September 2011) Received payment of £3,333.33, 22 August 2011. Hours: 8 hrs. (Registered 12 October 2011) Received payment of £3,333.33, 22 September 2011. Hours: 8 hrs. (Registered 12 October 2011) Received payment of £3,333.33, 24 October 2011. Hours: 6 hrs. (Registered 17 November 2011) Chairman of TMO Renewables Limited, 40 Alan Turing Road, Surrey Research Park, Guilford, Surrey GU2 7YF. Received payment of £4,987.75. Hours: 14 hrs. (Registered 20 March 2011) Received payment of £4,166.66, 21 February 2011. Hours: 12 hrs. (Registered 29 March 2011) Received payment of £1,666.73, 25 May 2011. Hours: 4 hrs. (Registered 14 June 2011) Received payment of £4,166.66, 27 May 2011. Hours: 11 hrs. (Registered 14 June 2011) Received payment of £1,666.73, 24 June 2011. Hours: 5 hrs. (Registered 3 September 2011) Received payment of £4,166.66, 27 June 2011. Hours: 14 hrs. (Registered 3 September 2011) Received payment of £4,166.66, 22 July 2011. Hours: 13 hrs. (Registered 3 September 2011) Received payment of £1,666.53, 25 July 2011. Hours: 5 hrs. (Registered 3 September 2011) Received payment of £4,166.66, 22 August 2011. Hours: 14 hrs. (Registered 12 October 2011) Received payment of £1,666.73, 25 August 2011. Hours: 5 hrs. (Registered 12 October 2011) Received payment of £4,166.66, 22 September 2011. Hours: 14 hrs. (Registered 12 October 2011) Received payment of £1,666.73, 23 September 2011. Hours: 5 hrs. (Registered 12 October 2011) Received payment of £4,166, 23 October 2011. Hours: 13 hrs. (Registered 17 November 2011) Received payment of £1,666.73, 25 October 2011. Hours: 5 hrs. (Registered 17 November 2011) Received payment of £4,166, 24 November 2011. Hours: 13 hrs. (Registered 13 December 2011) Received payment of £1,666.73, 25 November 2011. Hours: 5 hrs. (Registered 13 December 2011) Received payment of £1,666.73, 12 December 2011. Hours: 5 hrs. (Registered 2 February 2012) Received payment of £4,166.66, 22 December 2011. Hours: 5 hrs. (Registered 2 February 2012)