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  Jonathan Sayeed - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jonathan Sayeed (born 20 March 1948) is a Conservative politician in the United Kingdom.
Sayeed was first Member of Parliament for Bristol East from 1983 (defeating Tony Benn) until 1992, when he lost the seat to Jean Corston.
He subsequently won a de-selection battle in his local Conservative Association, but on March 14 announced he would not be contesting the May 2005 general election, on grounds of ill health.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jonathan_Sayeed   (213 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Politics | MP to be suspended from Commons
Mr Sayeed denies the claims and said the suspension was "unjust and wrong".
Mr Sayeed was accused of abusing his position as an MP by entertaining customers in the Commons.
But, both Mr Sayeed and his assistant Alexandra Messervy were "at the least negligent in failing to exercise sufficient care to safeguard the reputation of Parliament", the MPs said, "and at worst have acted carelessly, in a manner which has allowed that reputation to be injured".
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk_politics/4231905.stm   (553 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Politics | Sayeed to stand down as Tory MP
Tory MP Jonathan Sayeed is to stand down on the grounds of ill health.
Mr Sayeed was suspended from Parliament for two weeks last month after the Commons standards and privileges committee said his conduct had fallen "well below the standards expected".
Mr Sayeed had denied the claims, saying the suspension was "unjust and wrong" but he made an "unreserved" apology to MPs in the Commons chamber.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk_politics/4348179.stm   (296 words)

  
 Scotsman.com News - Politics - MP faces Parliament inquiry over 'behind-the-scenes' tours
Jonathan Sayeed, the MP for Mid-Bedfordshire, organises "behind-the-scenes" trips for tourists wanting to visit the Houses of Parliament for the company, The English Manner, in which he has a 30% stake.
Sayeed’s involvement in the tours was described as a key selling point by the agent.
Sayeed, 56, a keen golfer, was a Frontbench Spokesman for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs until last year.
news.scotsman.com /politics.cfm?id=1014012004   (636 words)

  
 Liberal England: February 2005
Conservative MP Jonathan Sayeed has survived an attempt to deselect him in a row over allegations he had profited from private tours of Parliament...
Sayeed himself made a distinctly Vicky Pollard apology, and this was followed by a headmasterly contribution from Sir George Young, the chairman of the Committee on Standards and Privileges, which set out the facts of the case.
The Tory MP Jonathan Sayeed is facing suspension from parliament for two weeks, has had the Tory whip withdrawn for a month and is now threatened with deselection in his Mid Bedfordshire constituency.
liberalengland.blogspot.com /2005_02_01_liberalengland_archive.html   (7966 words)

  
 Plutonium Investigation - Others News - 11/03/2002 - Row erupts over Sellafield security
Tory environment spokesman Jonathan Sayeed called for stricter security to prevent a possible air strike on the Sellafield nuclear reprocessing plant, after spelling out the consequences of a hijacked airplane crashing into the nuclear reactor.
But environment minister Michael Meacher turned on Mr Sayeed during question time, claiming it was extraordinary for a frontbench MP to draw attention to the "exposure of a major nuclear plant" in public.
The row was sparked when Mr Sayeed said the amount of highly radioactive material stored at the Cumbrian plant "in steel tanks nearly 50 years old" was around 100 times the quantity released in the Chernobyl disaster.
www.wise-paris.org /english/othersnews/year_2002/othersnews020311.html   (446 words)

  
 British National Party - Double standards in Parliament
Sayeed, the MP for Mid Bedfordshire, should be suspended from Parliament for two weeks because his conduct "risked damaging its reputation".
Sayeed had been suspended from the party whip for a month.
Sayeed told reporters that he had never used his access to the Commons or its facilities for commercial gain and that he had acted only as a consultant to The English Manner.
www.bnp.org.uk /news_detail.php?newsId=161   (600 words)

  
 Guardian Unlimited | Columnists | Gamma minus for plan to shake up royal family
You would think, to hear the reaction to Jonathan Sayeed, MP for mid-Bedfordshire, that he had asked for an amnesty for all paedophiles, a peerage for Osama bin Laden, or even for Britain to have a closer role in Europe.
Mr Sayeed's bill simply said that the monarch, whoever he or she might be, should retire at the age of 75, and that parliament could vote for the successor from their immediate family.
Mr Sayeed said that, as a strong supporter of the monarchy, he felt that it should be brought up to date.
www.guardian.co.uk /Columnists/Column/0,5673,1398695,00.html   (640 words)

  
 Hello! Weekly news from Bedford, England   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Jonathan Sayeed appeared to suggest, in an email, that he only got his job because he is fl.
Mr Sayeed, whose father was Indian, sent an email in response to a plea for "killer questions" to be put to Sir Trevor by shadow chancellor Oliver Letwin at a cancer charity lunch in London.
But Mr Sayeed said it was a mistake in the memo which had caused the row, for which he is embarrassed.
www.kbnet.co.uk /bedford/news/2004/041030.htm   (4719 words)

  
 Jonathan Sayeed MP calls for change to Royal Succession - Stormfront White Nationalist Community   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Jonathan Sayeed MP for mid Beds has the affrontery to call for changes to the rules governing Royal Succession!
In a meeting this Thursday Jonathan Sayeed will be subjected to a motion of no-confidence by his Mid Bedfordshire constituency association.
Sayeed’s activities with his tour company, the English Manner, were brought to public attention last August by The Sunday Times.
www.stormfront.org /forum/showthread.php?t=179272   (1085 words)

  
 The NetRisk
Jonathan Sayeed, Tory spokesman on environment, food and rural affairs, predicted that more of the South of England will be lost to the sea because of the Government's “parsimony” on coastal flood defences.
He told MPs the Government could not be held responsible for the weather or the long-term effects of global warming, “but they have dragged their heels over coastal flood defence and continue to do so.”
Mr Morley accused Mr Sayeed of undertaking a “routine political whinge” and a “purely political moan”.
www.thenetrisk.com /html/news/archive/flooddefences220102.html   (337 words)

  
 Association for the Conservation of Energy - The Fifth Fuel: No. 41
Equally importantly, Mr Meacher has assured the House of Commons, in reply to a direct question from Conservative Environment Spokesperson Jonathan Sayeed MP, that it is 'the Government's policy ' to 'reasonably fund' any extra duties placed on local authorities.
Gentleman [Jonathan Sayeed] made a just point about whether the Bill was adequately funded.
Jonathan Sayeed, aged 54, is the Conservative front bench spokesman on environment, covering energy efficiency.
www.ukace.org /pubs/nletters/nl41.htm   (1788 words)

  
 Guardian Unlimited Politics | Special Reports | Howard expels former Tory whip
Michael Howard expelled an MP from the Conservative party last night after fresh allegations of misusing parliamentary allowances were revealed only weeks after the MP had been found to have broken the rules by offering parliamentary tours to paying wealthy Americans.
Jonathan Sayeed, a former Tory whip and MP for Mid Bedfordshire, has already decided to stand down at the next election for health reasons.
The Commons standards and privileges committee in a report published yesterday said he had misused his parliamentary allowances and has repaid more than £12,000 in respect of claiming for both his London and constituency homes.
politics.guardian.co.uk /conservatives/story/0,9061,1441362,00.html   (233 words)

  
 Liberal England: March 2005
The story of the morning is the claim that Mark Thompson, the BBC's director general, once bit a colleague when working as editor of the Nine O'Clock News.
The Sayeed saga, which we followed here, appears to have come to an end with the news that Jonathan Sayeed is to stand down as MP for Mid Bedfordshire on health grounds.
If she felt the team's supporters were not showing sufficient enthusiasm she would wade into their midst and set about her with a ladle, knocking many a cloth cap to the ground in the process.
liberalengland.blogspot.com /2005_03_01_liberalengland_archive.html   (9834 words)

  
 Catholic World News : Britain's Scrooge Bosses To Be Monitored This Christmas
LONDON (CWNews.com) - This year could be the last that Britain's Scrooge bosses can force their employees to clock in on Christmas Day following a meeting earlier this week between government officials and representatives of the Project Christmas Day campaign.
MP Jonathan Sayeed led the delegation who asked Home Office Minister Mike O'Brien to advise retailing giants not to pressure workers to clock in on a day which many would prefer to spend with the families or in religious observance.
Sayeed told Thursday's Catholic Herald: "Christmas should be kept as it is -- a religious festival with time to be with family and friends.
www.cwnews.com /news/viewstory.cfm?recnum=11881   (215 words)

  
 LibDem Blogs - Archived! - Monday 14th February 2005
Double Standards has the latest news on the Paul Dimoldenberg case, which I discussed in my a recent House Points column: A local politician who faces disqualification after blowing the whistle on Westminster council broke new ground after winning the right to mount a public interest defence.
Trust Biggleswade Today to have the latest news: "Humiliated" MP Jonathan Sayeed is fighting for his political life after being suspended from Parliament.
Having led their troops up to the top of the hill to oppose our analysis of the Neighbourhood Renewal Funds Labour today recognised that we were right.
www.libdemblogs.co.uk /archive/2005/02/14.html   (924 words)

  
 Scotsman.com News - UK - Commons suspension for MP
Commons suspension for MP A TORY MP who took wealthy Americans on tours of the Commons faces a two-week suspension from Parliament today.
Jonathan Sayeed, MP for Mid Bedfordshire, gave lunches or personal tours to clients of his tourism firm.
The Standards and Privileges Committee recommended he apologise and be suspended for a fortnight for conduct below that expected from an MP.
news.scotsman.com /uk.cfm?id=147782005   (311 words)

  
 THE ENGLISH MANNER
You will be treated as the special guests of the proprietors of stately homes or Relais and Chateaux-like properties, while experiencing your destination, uniquely, with one-of-a-kind experiences and fascinating people and experts in seldom-made-available-to-the-public venues.
I traveled as a member of the Royal Household of Her Majesty The Queen and have continued my associations with many of the people and locations that I visited on official business over the years.
And Jonathan, touring the Palace of Westminster, might arrange to take you where no tour can ever go and show you the real history of it all.
www.traveltraveltravel.com /brit_theenglishmanner.htm   (487 words)

  
 History
A leaflet drop was organised with a poster to display in windows to show support.
Letters were written to the Chief Fire Officer, Education Department, and our local M.P. Jonathan Sayeed.
8th July 1999 Letters of support received from Jonathan Sayeed.
homepage.ntlworld.com /anthonyfoster/AAAWeb2/History.htm   (653 words)

  
 TV TREVOR'S FURY AT TORY RACE SLUR - Stormfront White Nationalist Community   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Within hours, I will expect Michael Howard will demand a grovelling apology from Mr Sayeed for his Political Incorrectness, or perhaps not as he has an Indian grandparent - its only us whites who do the grovelling.
It would be a laugh, and richly deserved, if Mr Sayeed refused and resigned his seat in protest thereby causing a by-election in one of the safest Tory seats left - Huntington (former constituency of John Major no less)
Mr Sayeed was unable to deliver his message directly but instead left it with Sir Trevor's assistant.
www.stormfront.org /forum/showthread.php?t=160380   (581 words)

  
 CNN.com - Blair wins vote for Iraq war - Mar. 18, 2003
Lord Hunt, a junior health minister in the House of Lords, the upper chamber, and Home Office Minister John Denham announced their resignations Tuesday.
Duncan Smith suffered three resignations from his front bench, including shadow environment minister Jonathan Sayeed, shadow home affairs minister Humfrey Malins, and shadow health minister John Baron.
During Tuesday's debate, Blair told a packed House of Commons that Iraqi President Saddam Hussein had failed to comply with previous U.N. resolutions, and he said he believed dictators and international terrorists come together to wreak havoc.
www.cnn.com /2003/WORLD/meast/03/18/sprj.irq.blair.vote   (641 words)

  
 Voting Record — Jonathan Sayeed MP, Mid Bedfordshire — The Public Whip
Voting Record — Jonathan Sayeed MP, Mid Bedfordshire
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www.publicwhip.org.uk /mp.php?mpid=1365&dmp=367   (641 words)

  
 parliamentary blogger
This is the kind of graft that make the public distrust all politicians.
The MP, Jonathan Sayeed seems to be uncontactable but according to the press reports, his office assistant is also involved with the scam.
Read the monkey piece and you'll see why.
houseofcommonsblogger.blogspot.com   (675 words)

  
 UK parliament delegation to visit Manila next week - Sept. 13, 2003
They are also expected to discuss issues on training, recruitment and protection of Filipino workers in the UK, the embassy said.
The delegation is headed by MP Doug Henderson and will include MPs Austin Mitchell, Paul Stinchcombe, Jonathan Sayeed and members of the House of Lords Baroness Strange and Lord Rogan of Lower Iveagh.
Politicians using drug money in destabilization bid: PDEA
www.inq7.net /brk/2003/sep/13/brkpol_3-1.htm   (265 words)

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