UK Politics @feddit.uk Chris @rabbitea.rs 11 mo. ago

Flitwick Town Council calls on Nadine Dorries to resign as MP in open letter

www.bedfordshirelive.co.uk Flitwick Town Council calls on Nadine Dorries to resign as MP in open letter

An open letter reads: "Rather than representing constituents, the Council is concerned that your focus appears to have been firmly on your television show, upcoming book and political manoeuvres to embarrass the Government for not appointing you to the House of Lords."

cross-posted from: https://feddit.uk/post/791723

An open letter reads: "Rather than representing constituents, the Council is concerned that your focus appears to have been firmly on your television show, upcoming book and political manoeuvres to embarrass the Government for not appointing you to the House of Lords."

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They're dead right. She's absolutely pulling the piss here.
I wonder how many people would be willing to sign a recall petition if they were aware of what a recall petition was?
- A recall petition is only available under very limited circumstances.
  
  https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/sn05089/
  
  Nadine has neither been suspended nor convicted of a crime. So there's no petition.
  
  Even if there were, the threshold for the petition succeeding is only 10% of registered voters. And you can bet that opposition parties would easily he able to drum up that level of support.
  
  So if an MP was to go rogue and say, I dunno, decide to completely ignore their responsibility as an MP there's no way for the people of the constituency to get rid?
- probably not enough, recall petitions seem to almost impossible
  
  I've got to think that's hindered by the fact that many have no idea what they are.
  
  Almost like we should be teaching this sort of thing in our schools.

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