<![CDATA[#bbclaurak asks Tice about the £5milion given to him by Harborne]]> asks Tice about the £5milion given to him by Harborne

Tice "This was a personal gift"

A few days ago said the money was given to him to hire bodyguards

LK reminds him that before he became an MP, he did declare smaller gifts, like a trip to Belgium

Tice is stuffed here

She goes on

"Are you sure it has all been spent on security? Are there any other incidents that have not been declared?

Tice then adopts a populist, facist defence.
"You keep on trying to smear us but the voters have looked at and they agreed with us against the establishment media saying they want more Reform"

"Parliament has found 17 occasions where Nigel Farage has not followed the rules amounting to £380,000. This is not a smear. The question here is that Nigel Farage seems to have a habit of not following the rules very carefully when it comes to money"

He can not answer this
And does not answer this

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/cabb975b-8beb-45cb-8713-bd8e5002e7c1/bbclaurak-asks-tice-about-the-5milion-given-to-him-by-harborneRSS for NodeFri, 15 May 2026 04:41:59 GMTSun, 10 May 2026 10:05:32 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to #bbclaurak asks Tice about the £5milion given to him by Harborne on Sun, 10 May 2026 17:57:46 GMT]]>@Geri it wasn't aimed at you but anyone in the thread, generally.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mindly.social/users/Herefordrob/statuses/116551572952566613https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mindly.social/users/Herefordrob/statuses/116551572952566613Sun, 10 May 2026 17:57:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #bbclaurak asks Tice about the £5milion given to him by Harborne on Sun, 10 May 2026 17:28:06 GMT]]>@staringatclouds @cmsdengl strictly speaking, the speaker has to notify the Petition Officer. This he MUST do

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://veganism.social/ap/users/116515958099907101/statuses/116551456280908686https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://veganism.social/ap/users/116515958099907101/statuses/116551456280908686Sun, 10 May 2026 17:28:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #bbclaurak asks Tice about the £5milion given to him by Harborne on Sun, 10 May 2026 16:24:39 GMT]]>@Geri @staringatclouds

I recall examples from the last Tory Parliament where MPs were suspended for more than 10 days, and faced a recall petition AND Their cases involved a lot less than £5m

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Eight MPs who risked recall petitions after breaking Commons rules since 2019

Only two recall petitions have been held, with most MPs resigning before undergoing the process.

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/cmsdengl/statuses/116551206828607348https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/cmsdengl/statuses/116551206828607348Sun, 10 May 2026 16:24:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #bbclaurak asks Tice about the £5milion given to him by Harborne on Sun, 10 May 2026 15:51:28 GMT]]>@Geri @cmsdengl I'm not 100% sure on this but I think if any of the RP conditions are met, it's then up to the speaker of the house to tell the returning officer to start a petition

But the speaker doesn't have to do this

It doesn't make MPs any more accountable to the public

The recall of MPs act is singularly unfit for it's stated purpose

But it did shut the public up which was the real reason for it

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/staringatclouds/statuses/116551076331111078https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/staringatclouds/statuses/116551076331111078Sun, 10 May 2026 15:51:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #bbclaurak asks Tice about the £5milion given to him by Harborne on Sun, 10 May 2026 15:21:32 GMT]]>@Herefordrob thank you for the 😘

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://veganism.social/ap/users/116515958099907101/statuses/116550958605775804https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://veganism.social/ap/users/116515958099907101/statuses/116550958605775804Sun, 10 May 2026 15:21:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #bbclaurak asks Tice about the £5milion given to him by Harborne on Sun, 10 May 2026 15:14:12 GMT]]>@staringatclouds @cmsdengl
Quite right. A RP is only triggered if the MP:

​Receives a custodial prison sentence (less than 12 months).

​Is suspended from the House for at least 10 sitting days.

​Is convicted of providing false/misleading expense claims

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://veganism.social/ap/users/116515958099907101/statuses/116550929805047478https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://veganism.social/ap/users/116515958099907101/statuses/116550929805047478Sun, 10 May 2026 15:14:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #bbclaurak asks Tice about the £5milion given to him by Harborne on Sun, 10 May 2026 14:44:41 GMT]]>@Geri This thread reads like an argument against representative democracy and an argument for participative democracy. If you're not sure what those last two words mean, though I'm sure you have an idea, here's a link which may help: https://antiparty.co.uk

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mindly.social/users/Herefordrob/statuses/116550813691047016https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mindly.social/users/Herefordrob/statuses/116550813691047016Sun, 10 May 2026 14:44:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #bbclaurak asks Tice about the £5milion given to him by Harborne on Sun, 10 May 2026 13:15:26 GMT]]>@cmsdengl @Geri I believe recall petitions only apply to MP's & then only in specific circumstances

A recall petition will take place if an MP is:

-convicted of an offence in the UK and receives a custodial sentence
-suspended from the House of Commons for 10 sitting days or 14 calendar days
-convicted of providing false or misleading information for allowance claims under the Parliamentary Standards Act 2009

Voters can't start a recall petition the Speaker of the House has to do it

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/staringatclouds/statuses/116550462749562375https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/staringatclouds/statuses/116550462749562375Sun, 10 May 2026 13:15:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #bbclaurak asks Tice about the £5milion given to him by Harborne on Sun, 10 May 2026 10:51:29 GMT]]>@Geri I smell a recall petition

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/cmsdengl/statuses/116549896725563207https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/cmsdengl/statuses/116549896725563207Sun, 10 May 2026 10:51:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #bbclaurak asks Tice about the £5milion given to him by Harborne on Sun, 10 May 2026 10:28:08 GMT]]>@kbm0 yep xx

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://veganism.social/ap/users/116515958099907101/statuses/116549804933588145https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://veganism.social/ap/users/116515958099907101/statuses/116549804933588145Sun, 10 May 2026 10:28:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #bbclaurak asks Tice about the £5milion given to him by Harborne on Sun, 10 May 2026 10:10:42 GMT]]>@Geri They should have started on this path a long while back, of publicly questioning Reform's backers and their motivations. It seems to have been left until they start having major success, which makes it look like sour grapes.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/kbm0/statuses/116549736352696672https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/kbm0/statuses/116549736352696672Sun, 10 May 2026 10:10:42 GMT