Following Mr Farage’s claim that he had been advised not to hold in-person surgeries by the Speaker’s Office, the Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle said he would advise MPs to take advice from parliament’s security team and “do so safely” if they asked him for advice on holding surgeries.
- flamingos-cant ( @flamingos@feddit.uk ) English16•3 months ago
he had been advised not to hold in-person surgeries by the Speaker’s Office
Apparently this is false. From PA Media:
“The Speaker’s Office and Parliament’s security team have no recollection of telling Nigel Farage that he should not hold in-person surgeries in his constituency, the PA news agency understands.”
- Ellia Plissken ( @tilefan@lemm.ee ) English14•3 months ago
a “surgery” in British politics is like a town hall meeting, but one person at a time.
A political surgery is a series of one-to-one meetings that a Member of Parliament or other political officeholder may have with their constituents
- NigelFrobisher ( @NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone ) 8•3 months ago
I can’t believe Nige isn’t even going to pretend to do his job. Shocked.
- Akasazh ( @Akasazh@feddit.nl ) 3•3 months ago
I find it’s endemic among Nigels
- jabjoe ( @jabjoe@feddit.uk ) English5•3 months ago
It’s just an excuse to not do his job. Too much like work.
- Baggins ( @baggins@beehaw.org ) English4•3 months ago
That’s good news really. Who wants to see him and smell his fag and beer breath close up?
- Echo Dot ( @echodot@feddit.uk ) 4•3 months ago
Given the fact that both MPs that have been murdered in the UK have been committed by hard right lunatics, I’d have thought he was the safest of all MPs.