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Whose crime was worse? Bridgen or Zahawi
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By *oo hot OP Couple
over a year ago
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Well-known plant pot MP Andrew Bridgen has had the whip removed because he gobbed off about covid conspiracy theories. Pretty dumb for him to do that, accepted - but because of it he is now no longer a Conservative MP.
Zahawi tried to defraud the country, but he has only lost his job as Chairman and Cabinet member. He is still a Conservative MP.
So what is a worse crime? Being a bit of a nobhead? Or being a liar and a tax evader?
(With thanks to Andrew Bridgen himself who posted this paradox on Twitter - still a nobhead though lol) |
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By *oo hot OP Couple
over a year ago
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"This has been done to death elsewhere. Even rabid lefties have eventually accepted neither is a crime, they're both civil matters 
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The point being is that Zahawi is still a Conservative MP whereas Bridgen has been kicked out of the Conservative Party.
Zahawi’s “crime” appears on the face of it to be more serious than just being a nobhead. |
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"Both crimes are similar in terms of seriousness.
Neither should now be an MP.
I agree, "
Thirded
I suspect that Zahawi is still an MP because the government consider it enough to have the headline "Zahawi sacked", referring to him no longer being a member of the cabinet. They'll get away without doing anything else.
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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This all raises a bigger point. Feels like there should be an easier mechanism for removing MPs. As far as I know Pincher is still an MP. (Even after the Tories finally suspended him.) |
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"This all raises a bigger point. Feels like there should be an easier mechanism for removing MPs. As far as I know Pincher is still an MP. (Even after the Tories finally suspended him.)"
I suggest you read the recall of MPs act 2015 |
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"This all raises a bigger point. Feels like there should be an easier mechanism for removing MPs. As far as I know Pincher is still an MP. (Even after the Tories finally suspended him.)
I suggest you read the recall of MPs act 2015"
Oh I know MPs can technically be recalled. But Pincher is still an MP. Still. Why? |
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"This all raises a bigger point. Feels like there should be an easier mechanism for removing MPs. As far as I know Pincher is still an MP. (Even after the Tories finally suspended him.)
I suggest you read the recall of MPs act 2015
Oh I know MPs can technically be recalled. But Pincher is still an MP. Still. Why?"
I don't know the answer to that but it's down to his constituents. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"This all raises a bigger point. Feels like there should be an easier mechanism for removing MPs. As far as I know Pincher is still an MP. (Even after the Tories finally suspended him.)
I suggest you read the recall of MPs act 2015
Oh I know MPs can technically be recalled. But Pincher is still an MP. Still. Why?
I don't know the answer to that but it's down to his constituents."
I'm sure they're v happy to be represented by Pincher. Who wouldn't be, eh? |
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"This all raises a bigger point. Feels like there should be an easier mechanism for removing MPs. As far as I know Pincher is still an MP. (Even after the Tories finally suspended him.)
I suggest you read the recall of MPs act 2015
Oh I know MPs can technically be recalled. But Pincher is still an MP. Still. Why?
I don't know the answer to that but it's down to his constituents.
I'm sure they're v happy to be represented by Pincher. Who wouldn't be, eh?"
You can be sarcastic all you like but that's the reality of it  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"This all raises a bigger point. Feels like there should be an easier mechanism for removing MPs. As far as I know Pincher is still an MP. (Even after the Tories finally suspended him.)
I suggest you read the recall of MPs act 2015
Oh I know MPs can technically be recalled. But Pincher is still an MP. Still. Why?
I don't know the answer to that but it's down to his constituents.
I'm sure they're v happy to be represented by Pincher. Who wouldn't be, eh?
You can be sarcastic all you like but that's the reality of it "
Sarcastic? Me? Never |
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"This all raises a bigger point. Feels like there should be an easier mechanism for removing MPs. As far as I know Pincher is still an MP. (Even after the Tories finally suspended him.)
I suggest you read the recall of MPs act 2015
Oh I know MPs can technically be recalled. But Pincher is still an MP. Still. Why?
I don't know the answer to that but it's down to his constituents.
I'm sure they're v happy to be represented by Pincher. Who wouldn't be, eh?
You can be sarcastic all you like but that's the reality of it
Sarcastic? Me? Never"
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