Really depends on the MP. Chuka Umunna would get stuck in and go beyond the minimum standard letter responseFind this whole emailing your MP thing really weird to be honest. What's the point and what do you think it'll achieve?(And why are people surprised when they get some bollocks answer?)
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What does
even mean in practice?
Some MPs will just get an intern/junior to send a bland letter to whoever is being complained about and forward the non committal response with a leaflet or link to a website. Umunna followed up personally and got Lambeth Council (in my case) to listen, something I couldn't get them to do.
Bingoman
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you think his bad my mp is the health sec and is hated around this part by some but would probably still get in at the next election
Raheem
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gosub
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Presumably any attempt by HMG to check he's playing by legit rules would be an affront to his character
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Pretty sure Winston Churchill did some war correspondence for the Daily Mail...come on Boris there's a fox h9le in the Crimea with your name on it
kenny g
Sheeple Awake!
However tempting the image of a mortar impaled through his crown, knowing Johnson ( well fortunately in my case knowing of Johnson) he would more than likely be ensconced in the local oligarchs villa while writing breathless boys own reports from the "front".
cupid_stunt
Chief seagull hater & farmerbarleymow's nemesis.
No, once he put in his official resignation letter he took the 'Chiltern Hundreds', which disqualifies him sitting as a MP, he's an ex-MP, and his constituency is unrepresented in the Commons until after the by-election.
There is no real sanction for breaking the ministerial code for ex-MPs, apart from being 'told off', it's a waste of time and public money to investigate him over this, it simply doesn't matter, particularly as taking up positions with newspapers, radio & TV are always approved anyway, even for sitting MPs, but not ministers.
Hence the likes of David Lammy doing a show on LBC, Deluded Dorries' show on TalkTV, Rees-Mogg, Philip Davies and Esther Mcvey all doing shows on GB News. And, who can forget George Osborne breaking the ministerial code by becoming the editor of the Evening Standard, without seeking approval, and whilst still sitting as an MP, starting the job about a month before the GE, when he ceased to be an MP. Checking google, it doesn't appear he was even investigated for that, probably because it was pointless, as by the time it reported he would have been an ex-MP, and no sanction would be available.
George Osborne accused of breaching rules with Evening Standard job
Shadow minister calls for investigation into whether Osborne has broken rules governing former ministerial appointments
cupid_stunt
Chief seagull hater & farmerbarleymow's nemesis.
He tried some diet pills but they didn't work. DM says this is "required reading around the world".That £1 million a year is really paying off for them
The beauty of the archive site is that you can see what the clown is up to without even visiting the Mail's site.
Indeed it's "required reading around the world".
cupid_stunt
Chief seagull hater & farmerbarleymow's nemesis.
Just watched last night's HIGNFY, and needless to say they had fun, I loved the line from Merton, 'there's something strange about Johnson and his supporters, Rees Mogg, Dorries and Fabricant, they're like the human version of the Muppet's Show.'
teqniq
DisMembered
I smell bullshit.All very Tangerine.
Full articleSteven Swinford (@Steven_Swinford)
EXCLUSIVE: Boris Johnson’s 25 notebooks from time in office are being withheld from him by the govt after review found pages of sensitive material Officials advised sensitive passages should only be viewed by people with highest level of clearance...nitter.net
redsquirrel
This Machine Kills Progressives
It's a bit bullocks and I would not bother at an individual level.Find this whole emailing your MP thing really weird to be honest. What's the point and what do you think it'll achieve?
But have done it in my position on union committee, have managed to get MPs to sometimes as questions of bosses, and did manage to get a Labour candidate to visit our picket line. But yeah the results for the amount of effort are usual worthless.
There are a few exceptions like Corbyn, Burgeon, etc - while I don't like their politics their politics, some photos of them on the picket can gee up members a bit and does not hurt.
cupid_stunt
Chief seagull hater & farmerbarleymow's nemesis.
The reviews are in.
Count Binface - It’s satisfying to know that when Boris promised the Daily Mail a witty column in return for a six-figure sum, he was lying to them too.
HENRY MORRIS (retired Tory MP) - In which he admits to spending too much time in fridges.
James O'Brien (LBC) - One day after being found in contempt of Parliament, he demonstrates his contempt for his latest employer. This single slice of twaddle cost Dacre & co well in excess of twenty grand. And the Mail is on a redundancy drive.
Ben Kentish (LBC) - The emotional rollercoaster of the Daily Mail comment editor as they waited for Boris Johnson’s first column to drop into their inbox, and then got this
James Felton - Like to think if I was offered six figures as a columnist I could come up with a better pitch than “I like cheese”
Count Binface - It’s satisfying to know that when Boris promised the Daily Mail a witty column in return for a six-figure sum, he was lying to them too.
HENRY MORRIS (retired Tory MP) - In which he admits to spending too much time in fridges.
James O'Brien (LBC) - One day after being found in contempt of Parliament, he demonstrates his contempt for his latest employer. This single slice of twaddle cost Dacre & co well in excess of twenty grand. And the Mail is on a redundancy drive.
Ben Kentish (LBC) - The emotional rollercoaster of the Daily Mail comment editor as they waited for Boris Johnson’s first column to drop into their inbox, and then got this
James Felton - Like to think if I was offered six figures as a columnist I could come up with a better pitch than “I like cheese”
teqniq
DisMembered
For those who wish to point and laugh, archived version:
BORIS JOHNSON: The wonder drug I hoped would stop my 11.30pm fridge raids for cheddar and chorizo didn’t work for me. But I still believe it could change the lives of millions
BORIS JOHNSON: The wonder drug I hoped would stop my 11.30pm fridge raids for cheddar and chorizo didn’t work for me. But I still believe it could change the lives of millions
cupid_stunt
Chief seagull hater & farmerbarleymow's nemesis.
Here's some highlights from last night's HIGNFY, in the form of clips shared on twitter.
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Sasaferrato
Super Refuser!
Well written article. I've never read anything by him before.
cupid_stunt
Chief seagull hater & farmerbarleymow's nemesis.
I missed including this classic clip...
This is unconnected with Johnson, but fucking funny.
This is unconnected with Johnson, but fucking funny.
Sasaferrato
Super Refuser!
I've never read an article that he had written before, and wouldn't have read that one if it hadn't been linked.
Zapp Brannigan
Built like a steakhouse, handles like a bistro
Off the back of (another) seismic week in British politics, did he really think what would capture the reader's interest is his waistline
cupid_stunt
Chief seagull hater & farmerbarleymow's nemesis.
True, but considering all the hype about it being "required reading around the world", I doubt it's what Mail readers were expecting.
What's surprising to me, is that it doesn't seem to include a single lie, my conclusion is he probably had someone else write it for him, and the lie is he wrote it himself.
That makes a bit more sense. Writing to say you think Boris Johnson is shit or whatever though...
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