Politics Thread 7: Dishy Rishi's Cabinet of Horrors

[Moggy]

On 17 Jun 2020:
Natalie Elphicke voted for abortion to revert to being criminal offence in Northern Ireland, with case law providing exceptions only where there is a serious adverse health impact to the woman.

https://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/25831 ... olicy=6967

The Dover MP drew backlash this summer after the England forward's penalty miss in the Euro 2020 final by suggesting he would have had a better chance of scoring had he not spent the preceding months campaigning over free school meals for children from deprived backgrounds.

In a private message to Tory colleagues after England's loss to Italy, Ms Elphicke said: “They lost. Would it be ungenerous to suggest Rashford should have spent more time perfecting his game and less time playing politics.”

strawberry floating hell Keir.

[Hypes]

He probably just couldn't resit the symbolism of the direct 'from them to us'.

Doesn't make them look good. "I'm a horrible person and find myself represented better by the Labour party"

[DML]

I'm not entirely sure they can reject her, surely the MP can stand for any political party they wish?

[Garth]

twitter.com/ConnorGillies/status/1788183187396431879

[Moggy]

I'm not entirely sure they can reject her, surely the MP can stand for any political party they wish?

Of course they can reject them. No party has to take anybody in that the party doesn't want.

Ask Jeremy Corbyn.

[Moggy]

strawberry floating hell, there's another one!

[Oblomov Boblomov]

He probably just couldn't resit the symbolism of the direct 'from them to us'.

Doesn't make them look good. "I'm a horrible person and find myself represented better by the Labour party"

Yeah, it's sickening. Welcoming 2019 Tories to Labour is definitely in the 'strawberry float it, everything sucks' zone.

I'm not entirely sure they can reject her, surely the MP can stand for any political party they wish?

I don't know for certain, haven't tried looking it up, and posting in possibly embarrassing ignorance here but surely, surely that's not the case. I'll be stunned if Labour didn't have the option to block her from joining them. Stunned, I tell you!

[Cuttooth]

I'm not entirely sure they can reject her, surely the MP can stand for any political party they wish?

Each party controls who or doesn't represent them in Parliament. Several MPs are sitting as independents because their respective whips have been withdrawn by whichever party.

Labour are actively saying Elphicke is welcome to represent the Labour party in Parliament.

[Garth]

twitter.com/alethaadu/status/1788214155960283549

[jimbojango]

twitter.com/ConnorGillies/status/1788183187396431879

We’ll see what other demands he met for her not to stand against him soon…….

[Oblomov Boblomov]

twitter.com/alethaadu/status/1788214155960283549

gooseberry fool, gotta balance out the Elphicke thing... hmm, I know what to do!

[Grumpy David]

twitter.com/alethaadu/status/1788214155960283549

Suspended much more recently than Diane Abbott. Have to assume they just want Abbott to stand down voluntarily rather have Corbyn's situation be repeated as what else could explain dragging out the investigation for so long?

[Moggy]

twitter.com/alethaadu/status/1788214155960283549

Suspended much more recently than Diane Abbott. Have to assume they just want Abbott to stand down voluntarily rather have Corbyn's situation be repeated as what else could explain dragging out the investigation for so long?

The gammon know who Abbott is, I doubt they have a clue who Osamor is.

[Grumpy David]

twitter.com/JasonGroves1/status/1788186470873731268

[Moggy]

twitter.com/JasonGroves1/status/1788186470873731268

It's lucky he's dead or else this joke would probably come true.

strawberry floating hell, there's another one!

[Curls]

I'm not well educated on politics but from where I'm standing...Tory MP's defecting to labour just shows the farce of it all. It's a popularity contest, they have no values or morals, they just want to survive. Nobody with the values of a tory should then go 'oh actually, now i do care about poor people.' Labour shouldn't have anything to do with them.

[aayl1]

I'm not well educated on politics but from where I'm standing...Tory MP's defecting to labour just shows the farce of it all. It's a popularity contest, they have no values or morals, they just want to survive.

Both the recent defectors have stated they are standing down at the next election, so this isn't really about them keeping their current jobs.

That said, I'm not debating the fact that it's a popularity contest and they just want to survive! I imagine not being spat on in public for the next 5 years might be a motivator, too!

[Moggy]

I'm not well educated on politics but from where I'm standing...Tory MP's defecting to labour just shows the farce of it all. It's a popularity contest, they have no values or morals, they just want to survive. Nobody with the values of a tory should then go 'oh actually, now i do care about poor people.' Labour shouldn't have anything to do with them.

For most politicians it is a career. Or the building blocks to enrich themselves.

There are some who are there to improve the country and to help ordinary people. But those politicians rarely get to rise to any great office.

[Curls]

I'm not well educated on politics but from where I'm standing...Tory MP's defecting to labour just shows the farce of it all. It's a popularity contest, they have no values or morals, they just want to survive. Nobody with the values of a tory should then go 'oh actually, now i do care about poor people.' Labour shouldn't have anything to do with them.

For most politicians it is a career. Or the building blocks to enrich themselves.

There are some who are there to improve the country and to help ordinary people. But those politicians rarely get to rise to any great office.

And when they do appear, the Sun and the Daily Mail destroy them.

[Qikz]

Apparantly the Tory MP who defected is standing down at the election anyway, this is purely to humiliate Sunak it looks like.