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   beau-jolly
   

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   Given that the votes in the house are whipped to the point that a pregnant MP had to delay her planned cesarean section, what happens to the vote of Fiona Onasanya? I assume she won't be let out of clink for the divide.

   Ms Onasanya overturned a Conservative majority before being kicked out of the Labour party and now jailed. She remains an MP because "It is her only source of income" but I suspect there will be a by-election in Peterborough quite soon and it could be an interesting one.
   She voted to remain but her constituency voted Leave 60:40. A by-election may be a bellwether for any change in mood.

   I almost feel sorry for her.

   Posted 6 months ago #

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   Wrenfoe
   

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   Bizarrely it does not disqualify her as an MP. Not sure if it triggers a re-call?

   (She's managed to turn a minor infringement into a huge career destroying f$ck up)

   Posted 6 months ago #

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   MzWibble
   

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   Proxy voting?

   Posted 6 months ago #

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   beau-jolly
   

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   No. She's an independent now.

   Posted 6 months ago #

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   beau-jolly
   

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   Here's what happened

   (She didn't vote)

   Posted 6 months ago #

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   tonymc81
   

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   I understand that she has been in talks with the leave campaign with view to an advisory role should a second referendum be called.

   Posted 6 months ago #

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   Chipchase
   

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   Bizarrely it does not disqualify her as an MP. Not sure if it triggers a re-call?

   It's just been on Jeremy Vine show. Re-call not triggered as a result and needs a petition signed by 10% (seemingly around 7,000) of the constituency electorate to force one.

   However that cannot go ahead until any appeal against the sentence is heard and finalised.

   Apparently she has started the process to do this and it may take 'months' for that to happen, so no by-election any time soon it would appear.

   Posted 6 months ago #

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   riesler
   

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   Surely being a proven to be a liar is no reason to disqualify a politician.

   Posted 6 months ago #

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   Crayon
   

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   Surely being a proven to be a liar is no reason to disqualify a politician.

   Why should it be? Maria Miller, just for one example, is still an MP.

   Posted 6 months ago #

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    Midfield Diamond
    

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    We've still got a way to go to match the Italians. Beppe Grillo's so-called V movement a few years ago (V stood for a rude word in Italian) identified 24 MPs with convictions for such things as fraud, corruption, tax evasion and abetting a murder. A bit of lying about speeding is somewhat tame in comparison.

    Posted 6 months ago #

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