Just saw Farage over in America.

And all those British MPs that went over to support Harris. Not a good idea and it certainly backfired on them.

nanna8

And all those British MPs that went over to support Harris. Not a good idea and it certainly backfired on them.

This is really disingenuous, everyone knows by now not a single Brit MP went over to support Harris, it was backroom workers/support staff. The only MP who went over was Farage.

Really? That’s not what we have heard over here.

nanna8

Really? That’s not what we have heard over here.

and there is the problem, lies and more lise, and people fall for them. Please check your sources. NOT A SINGLE MP WENT OVER TO USA APART FROM

FARAGE - who himself has never been seen in his Constituency to do the work he was elected to, and is being paid for.

Cambia

Can mps just bu**er off from work when it suits them then? Can we get a refund for the days he isn’t here to work? I am so fed up of four day weeks and people not doing any work but being paid. No wonder our country is going down the pan so fast.

I've just checked gov.uk rules and at the moment there are no restrictions ie number of hours laid down.

What is (supposed to be) controlled is hours spent on what are jobs that could be described as lobbying, ie direct influence on government policy discussions "cash for questions" type jobs.

Geoffrey Cox tops the list of high earners with an "outside job"millions over years. Here's an old article, but he's still at it. Qute a shaking amount, I cannot understand why he continues!
www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/nov/10/6m-in-16-years-geoffrey-coxs-outside-earnings-while-sitting-as-mp

nanna8

Really? That’s not what we have heard over here.

There was a whole long thread on this matter

Should we really be doing this which made clear who was going.

Luckygirl3

Let us hope he stays right where he is. They are welcome to him.

Ditto! 🤮

ronib

But how do constituents from all over the country not just Clacton get answers to their questions? eazybee. It’s staggeringly slow.

I doubt any of them CAN answer that question ronib. After all Labour was likely voted in for change and to help the poor and aged etc…they seem to be set on doing the opposite!

BlueBelle

I hope they keep him there

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 so do I …he and the egregious Trump deserve each other!

short video "Farage is just using us" this was in august, dont imagine feelings have changed for the better since the US trips

www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=what+do+clacton+people+think+of+farage+in+US&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:549f274c,vid:9PyJI9qXPlc,st:0

FriedGreenTomatoes2

Well done Nigel and you deserve a good gloat!
Trumpism is very similar to the Reform agenda which I very much hope will become mainstream in the UK.

Well.. all I can say is with those 2 … BEWARE of what you wish for…

Trying to get a question answered by my Lib Dem MP is difficult. My question was to find out their opinion on the Assisted Murder/Suicide question. I’m told they, my new young LibDem MP is seeking the opinion of the constituency, and will then decide his opinion. Now this is Assisted Murder and murder is illegal. We are taught Not to Kill. Yet My new MP is choosing to think whither assisted murder ought to be a rite!!!
Remember, Thou Shall Not Kill.
Wish my MP had a system to meet his constituents like his predecessor. She’d meet people in the Town Hall. The new MP is invisible yet before he was elected he was everywhere.

ronib

I wrote to my mp when the WFA was withdrawn and I have yet to receive an answer. I did eventually receive a response saying that an office was being set up, my mp had read the email and that someone would eventually reply. The months are ticking by and the silence is overwhelming.
Has anyone else had a similar experience with their mp?

Same thing happened to me - I wrote to my new Labour MP, only received an automated reply, sent a second email asking for an answer again only received an automated reply. Strange thing is she was on local radio telling everyone how she "listens" to her constituents and someone rang in and asked why she doesn't answer emails - she said she would check for unanswered emails immediately. 3 weeks later I have still heard nothing!

Be fair, LovelyLady it's an extremely emotive issue for his constituents and one of those which divides people very greatly.

I'd not expect him - new, old, young, mature - to give a rapid response to your query - and I'm not sure either, that a public town hall meeting is appropriate for this painfully personal and wrought issue. Because it not just a yes/no, it's all also in the details.

I had a 5 day turnaround for my question on GFA. but yes, your new MP does need to get her office support sorted asap. Mine isnt new so she has both paid and volunteer case workers pretty well sorted.

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Meanwhile - has Farage actually come back to the UK yet to gt on with his job...

Watch this space reference The Chagos Islands. I understood that Mauritius are to be given autonomy over these Islands with the consent of the people of these Islands. Apparently, this is not so, and it would appear that Britain has done the dirty once again, or is trying to. The indigenous people have not been consulted on any shape or form about their future. Joe Biden has allegedly agreed this outcome after securing the important American Base for 100 years. We had such a deal with China over Hong Kong for 50 years, it lasted barely 20 before China blatantly began chipping away. However fortunately, with a new President and the deal not finalised, things look a little brighter for the Chagossians GB news is championing their cause, (no wonder the left want to shut it down) which is modest, doesn't threaten the Airbase, and according to their leader,they would prefer, if they have to, to continue under British protection than be sold down the line to Mauritius, who has not treated them well. But then neither have we!!! All they really want is to be able to go home, a fairly modest want.

Labour MPs or backroom staff or whatever you like to call them went over to make it clear that Labour supported Kamala Harris not Trump. This was backed up by the comments from senior LP members.

Jaberwok

Watch this space reference The Chagos Islands. I understood that Mauritius are to be given autonomy over these Islands with the consent of the people of these Islands. Apparently, this is not so, and it would appear that Britain has done the dirty once again, or is trying to. The indigenous people have not been consulted on any shape or form about their future. Joe Biden has allegedly agreed this outcome after securing the important American Base for 100 years. We had such a deal with China over Hong Kong for 50 years, it lasted barely 20 before China blatantly began chipping away. However fortunately, with a new President and the deal not finalised, things look a little brighter for the Chagossians GB news is championing their cause, (no wonder the left want to shut it down) which is modest, doesn't threaten the Airbase, and according to their leader,they would prefer, if they have to, to continue under British protection than be sold down the line to Mauritius, who has not treated them well. But then neither have we!!! All they really want is to be able to go home, a fairly modest want.

I’m not sure why you think the “left” would disagree with indigenous people being able to live independently in their native country?

Britain has an appalling record due their commonwealth “deals”

I’m very ashamed of our countries actions all those years ago taking control of countries and in some cases forcing our language and religion on them, as we knew best, and using natives for domestic servitude!

Mollygo

Labour MPs or backroom staff or whatever you like to call them went over to make it clear that Labour supported Kamala Harris not Trump. This was backed up by the comments from senior LP members.

But they were NOT serving MPs and there is a huge difference and this has been happening across many US elections.

As I said, backroom staff or whatever you want to call them went over there as representatives of the British Government, however that is now being portrayed.
Their actions were supported by the comments of senior Labour MPs.

Hopefully Trump, the person described by those MPs will ignore them and their actions as being of no consequence now he has been elected.

But they were NOT serving MPs and there is a huge difference and this has been happening across many US elections.

Fingers in ears. eyes tight shut... la la la....

Referring to whomever you choose~~~

When a clown gets into the palace, he doesn't become a king. The palace becomes a circus. - a Turkish saying

Is Farage championing the Chagossians now?

I'm sure the people of his Clacton constituency will be delighted to know that...