Owen Paterson.

As is superbly articulated here:

 

And that’s why the Bullingdon Bantams are nowhere to be seen.

 

Honestly feel like if the media and Labour Party focused on the points and divisions raised by Conservative MPs such as Mark Fletcher and Aaron Bell in Parliament today they'd make Boris' job untenable by the end of the month. They seem to be simply chasing bigger scandals though.

 

They're ashamed.

 

But I doubt it.

 

hahahaha

 

No! NO! NOO!!! You can'y say that! Just focus on Johnson otherwise you'll make the exact same mistake that the Labour party makes. Says so Aaron Baker - which is precisely what the Tworwy party want. That way they can get rid of Johnson and all will be well in the tory party. End of all sleaze.
Stop trying to distract us Baker. You are talking junk.
Tories just keep on giving:
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/nov/09/sir-geoffrey-cox-the-infatigueable-rides-to-the-defence-of-tax-haven-against-uk-foreign-office

 

Cash for honours:
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/nov/09/revealed-dearth-of-speeches-from-ex-tory-treasurers-in-the-lords?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

Absent without leave:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-59218438.amp

Snouts in the trough:
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/nov/09/at-least-a-quarter-of-tory-mps-have-second-jobs-earning-5m-a-year?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

 

I mean. That's the opposition of what I was saying.

Don't focus on Johnson. Don't focus on Patterson. Focus on the divide in the Conservative Party cased by the vote and split them permanently in the eyes of the voting public.

I'm sorry that you didn't understand that.

Keeping putting articles out from The Guardian doesn't make a difference, it's what they print 365 days a year. The ones from the Mail and the Times are much more damaging.

 

Does that article say only 3 Labour MPs have paid positions outside Parliament? That can't be right?

Still, the Labour Party could just stop all this by banning second jobs and abolishing the House of Lords....they'd be multiple steps towards getting my vote if they did.

I can't understand why they haven't though.

 

To coin a phrase from donald trump (I know, I know) but it’s time to drain the swamp. And by that I don’t just mean MPs but the House of Lords too. If anything this last week or so has taught us they are all the same and we need to get rid of the lot and start again.
It’s full of self centred scum who are only interested in themselves and making their friends/family at our expense. And we keep voting for it! And do nothing! We are so weak in this country when it comes to what we let our politicians get away with.

No matter what they say to win yours and my vote the mask always slips.

 

Utterly shameless and entitled:

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/nov/09/iain-duncan-smith-accused-of-brazen-conflict-of-interest-over-25000-job?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

 

anything to comment on this stuff @Tony Wilkinson? Anything tory and it's hard to shut you up normally!

 

I’ve said it before. We could do with another expenses type scandal. Maybe this is it. I mean, how the hell can that Tory MP legitimately claim he’s representing his constituents by working for a foreign government in another country, he can’t. No doubt we can expect some stories about migrants and/or some sabre rattling about France to keep this off the front pages soon. It’ll probably work too.

 

They can't but if you're allowed second jobs then there's nothing up with it. They rules are basically saying you don't need to be working for your constituents for 100% of your working time.

But this is the issue with digging through it and making it look widespread. They've gone from lobbying (which is bad) to finding people who used their Commons meeting rooms or Parliamentary stationary while doing the second jobs that they're allowed to have. While it's a technical breach of the rules it comes across like they're trying to get people in trouble for using the wrong paperclips and losing sight of the actual major issue.

 

I can imagine my bosses response if I asked or was caught conducting another company’s business on my bosses premises. It’s not normal. Stop trying put them up on a pedestal as something special. Plus you’re skirting round that he was voting and supposedly doing work
constituency work whilst residing in the Virgin Islands. That’s fine.

 

It's not normal and I don't like it. If a party said they were going to stop MPs having second jobs it would move me closer to voting for them.

It's not about having them on a pedestal though, they're simply allowed to do it.

There's a world of difference between them breaking the rules (the real rules, not the ones about not using parliamentary pens) and them adhering to rules we don't like.