6 Jan
9:56am, 6 Jan 2025
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Cerrertonia
paulcook wrote: A string of prior criminal convictions does not stop you becoming an MP, nor does being a citizen of a foreign country (provided that country is Ireland or a commonwealth member).
I might be wrong, but I'm fairly confident Robinson, sorry Yaxley-Lennon, is disqualified as standing as an MP not once but for two different reasons. |
6 Jan
10:04am, 6 Jan 2025
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paulcook
I wasn't sure about the criminal convictions, though I did think that an 12-month + sentence stopped him. Secondly, his bankruptcy may also. |
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6 Jan
10:11am, 6 Jan 2025
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Cerrertonia
Bankruptcy definitely does (as does being a member of the police, armed forces, civil service). Prison sentence of 12+ months only does for the duration of the sentence.
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6 Jan
10:14am, 6 Jan 2025
7,160 posts
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paulcook
Ah. That last bit makes sense now. Why I couldn't fully work it out.
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6 Jan
10:14am, 6 Jan 2025
22,566 posts
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Cerrertonia
Of course, the overall effect of all this is to allow Farage to be positioned by the UK media as the 'reasonable' figure in opposition to people like Yaxley-Lennnon.
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6 Jan
10:39am, 6 Jan 2025
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richmac
& this is what's wrong, some very rich guy who has no legitimate say in the UK governance is dominating the news cycle & sapping resource & energy away from the actual serious business of running the country, he should be at best a side bar - billionaire squabbles with fringe party. I have to ask id Musk real or Kremlin bot? For the record I think perhaps there should be an inquiry re grooming gangs, as long as it encompasses the COE, FA, etc etc |
6 Jan
2:49pm, 6 Jan 2025
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macca 53
richmac wrote: I have to ask id Musk real or Kremlin bot? In his recent photos he’s looking a bit like Max Headroom (primitive cgi of a human being), which seems about right |
7 Jan
10:36am, 7 Jan 2025
33,530 posts
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Johnny Blaze
Sooooo... odds of Trump liberating: Greenland Panama Canada UK Any thoughts? Shit seems to be getting pretty real and he hasn't even moved his pot plants into the WH yet. |
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7 Jan
10:44am, 7 Jan 2025
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richmac
Whats the rules on one NATO member attacking er 3 others ?
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7 Jan
10:47am, 7 Jan 2025
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Johnny Blaze
It's baffling isn't it - unless you buy into the theory that Trump is Putin's asset/useful idiot, when it all makes perfect sense.
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