Nadine Dorries

I am incandescent.
1) she is not a celebrity, but an MP
2) presumably she is taking time off with full pay to indulge this nonsense?
3) if she isn't actually needed "at work" why does she need her fancy salary?
4) if she wants to sit in a bucket full of s**t surely she would feel more at home with all the expense-fiddlers?
5) has anybody considerd the feeling of witchety grubs and other creepy crawlies who might not want to be anywhere near her?

I'm not sure she'll necessarily be able to hold her own if things get nasty. She has a bit of a whingey streak...

Gracemum , good on yer , true , true true .

I agree, gracesmum. She said on our local news that she wants to use the opportunity to get one or two important points across. Oh yeah? Hasn't she heard of the House of Commons?

C S L

CSL??
Another point is that she is a public servant and this public employer has not granted her time off *with pay.
(What's CSL?)

I share your anger gracesmum. They should definitely dock her pay!

CSL can't stop laughing ??

Can we please know what CSL is so that we can all have a laugh. Much needed at the moment

As Ella said, it stands for Can't Stop Laughing!

Well said Gracesmum. Couldn't have put it better myself

I heard someone say that she has very able staff who can deal with things in her absence - in which case why are we paying her a very large salary? Also it seems she will be missing some very important votes in the Commons - I trust all her constituents will be writing to her complaining of their lack of representation. She isn't a celebrity she is (or should be) a serious politician.

Gracesmum brilliant..... again!

Gracesmum - spot on, as usual!

It's unbelievable. She's paid to do a job and is taking a month off without telling anyone and putting herself in a place where it wouuld be impossible to do her job. I would like to see anyone with a proper job get away with that. This is no better than the expenses thing, they don't realise they are paid by the taxpayer, not the magic porridge pot. It's a form of theft.

Hopefully the British public will vote for her to do all the 'trials' and she will suffer. Grrrrrrr.

Goodness knows what her constituents think. This is treating them with utter contempt.

I shouldn't think the people who vote for the trials have ever heard of Nadine Dorries. Who else is going?

I hope the electorate of mid-Beds whom she is supposed to be representing in parliament have a few things to say, not least when the next election comes round.

The two I know are Colin Baker, ex Dr Who and Rosemary Shergar - she was on Ladette to Lady, a cook and a nice person I thought. There's a boxer and I think Linda Ronson (not sure correct name).

Surely this will end her political career.

Ha Ha Sel Rosemary Shrager would enjoy being compared to Shergar

Sel I think her name's Rosemary Shrager. Now, if Shergar turned up in the jungle THAT would be interesting

Well said, gracesmum. Couldn't believe it when I heard a sitting MP was pushing off for a month to do something so stupid! I would be if I was one of her constituents. (Mind you, there is no way I would have voted for her, but still.)

She is paid to represent all her constituents, not just those who voted for her.

Yes, of course she is, but at least those who voted for her would have the satisfaction of not voting for her next time!

whenim64, merlotgran that was a deliberate mistake - I didn't want anyone to think I'd watched it!! Actually thought it was great, especially the Mrs manners person, Liz Somebodyorother. My daughter still lived at home when it was on and we used to laugh together.

Ms Dorries made the 10pm News - there is hope!

Hope?