Posted on 09/16/2009 5:22:27 PM PDT by Steelfish
Attorney General Baroness Scotland's Housekeeper Is An Illegal Immigrant
DAN NEWLING, TIM SHIPMAN and CHRISTIAN GYSIN 16th September 2009
Fired: Baroness Scotland's housekeeper Loloahi Tapui [Pic in URL]
The minister in charge of prosecuting criminals has been employing an illegal immigrant. For the past six months Attorney General Baroness Scotland has paid Loloahi Tapui, 27, from Tonga, to look after her large family home in West London. using the National Insurance number issued to her as a student. Last night Lady Scotland denied knowing of her illegal status and fired her immediately.
But Lady Scotland could theoretically be prosecuted under laws that she is paid to enforce. Even unknowingly employing an illegal is still an offence, punishable by a £10,000 fine, under legislation that she helped steer through Parliament as a Home Office minister in 2006.
As the most senior lawyer in England and Wales, the Attorney General is legal adviser to the Government and supervises all criminal prosecutions. Confronted at Lady Scotland's home yesterday, Miss Tapui admitted she had overstayed her visa and was working illegally. She confirmed that she had worked for the Attorney General for about six months and said the job was arranged by Lady Scotland's personal assistant.
Miss Tapui and Lady Scotland both confirmed that the housekeeper did pay tax and National Insurance on her wages. The fact that Britain's top law officer could be so easily hoodwinked highlights the lax controls that critics claim are a feature of Labour's immigration policy.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
There is a lot of these housekeepers and nanny’s running around. For the last decade or more ... on both sides of the congressional isle.
Just deserts. Make it so.
I was gonna demand pics, but I went to the site.
Now I have to bleach my retinas.
You betcha and all the Hollywood types here.
is this the one who has banned Savage?
Sorry, came with no warning.
“Last night Lady Scotland denied knowing of her illegal status and fired her immediately. “
Oh sure ;-)
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