Lib Dems commit to ‘minimum service levels’ for MPs as it ramps up campaigning in Dorries’ seat
The Lib Dem candidate, Emma Holland-Lindsay, has also pledged not to take a second job or presenting gigs.
The Lib Dem candidate, Emma Holland-Lindsay, has also pledged not to take a second job or presenting gigs.
One person described her as the "epitome of Boris Johnson's government" in a suitably scathing comment.
Nick Gibb said if she is not participating in Parliament business, she is therefore not fully fulfilling the role of an MP.
In Flitwick, homemade posters hanging near the train station proclaim "dosser Dorries out" and "£86k a year, but she's never here!"
"If an MP rarely bothers to turn up for work, that’s fine apparently"
Former cabinet minister Nadine Dorries said she was quitting with immediate effect in June but has yet to formally resign.
Sir Chris Bryant said the move has basis in a parliamentary rule from 1801 stating that "no member do presume to go out of town without leave of this House".
The former culture secretary has not formally quit despite saying she would go with ‘immediate effect’ in June.
The former home secretary Priti Patel looks like she could jump ship too...
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