Can Anyone Help?

[SueEllen]

If he'd just kept his gob shut and taken the suspension the chances are the Recall vote would have failed or he'd have been re-elected anyway.

The Tories have an 80 seat majority and it could easily have been 81 but they have now pissed people off -

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/...arassing-woman

The MP Claudia Webbe has been sentenced to 10 weeks in custody suspended for two years after being found guilty of a campaign of harassment, including threatening an acid attack, against a woman.

Webbe was found guilty of harassing Michelle Merritt, a friend of her partner, with threatening phone calls. A trial was told she had called Merritt a slag, threatened to “use acid” and said she would distribute naked pictures of Merritt to her family.

The 56-year-old has also been ordered to undertake 200 hours of unpaid work after being found guilty of harassment.

The sentencing of Webbe, who was elected as a Labour MP but now sits as an independent, represents a dramatic fall from grace. In 2019, she was one of the most powerful minority ethnic figures in UK politics, a key aide to Jeremy Corbyn and the chair of the party’s disputes panel.

Webbe was elected with a majority of 6,019 but had the whip withdrawn last year after she was charged. She is expected to appeal against her conviction for harassment.
But her sentence at Thursday’s hearing will prompt an automatic recall petition in Leicester East if her appeal fails.

Both Labour and the Conservatives are preparing to battle over the seat if Webbe fails to turn over the court’s decision.

[DaveB]

If he'd just kept his gob shut and taken the suspension the chances are the Recall vote would have failed or he'd have been re-elected anyway.

[vetran]

Retiring to spend more time with his consultancy then?

[SueEllen]

And he's resigned as an MP..

https://www.theguardian.com/politics...s-watchdog-row

Owen Paterson has decided to resign as the MP for North Shropshire, saying: “I will remain a public servant but outside the cruel world of politics.”

Paterson was facing a 30-day suspension from the House of Commons and a potential byelection, after Boris Johnson withdrew his support from a bid to protect him.



Downing Street executed a humiliating U-turn on Thursday, just hours after Johnson whipped his MPs to support an amendment that paused judgment in the Paterson case while the system for policing MPs’ behaviour was overhauled.

[eek]

I'm looking to hire a Tory MP for basic jobs such as arranging meetings with ministers. Salary approx £100,000 a year for two days a month. No industry experience needed. No written contract. No need to disclose interest when working. No need to worry about standards.

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Why do you want the meeting with ministers - for £50,000 last year they were more than happy to sort out the contracts directly, you don't want any ministerial meeting minutes providing evidence of you meeting them.

[vetran]

PM for details.

For goodness sake don't involve Boris, he only gets out of bed for £250k (if you are female and fertile he gets into bed for free).

[ladymuck]

Arf! Have a rep point for that

[DaveB]

I'm looking to hire a Tory MP for basic jobs such as arranging meetings with ministers. Salary approx £100,000 a year for two days a month. No industry experience needed. No written contract. No need to disclose interest when working. No need to worry about standards.

PM for details.