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So, #MarkFrancois has been certified by the Speaker as eligible for Stuart Andrew to vote on his behalf, "by proxy".
It was a 'discrepancy' that his recent votes were recorded to appear as if Francois had been there in person..
The criteria for this certification are /2
/2
An MP must be:
a new biological mother of a baby
primary adopter of a child
a new biological father of a baby
the partner of the person giving birth
the second adopter of a baby or child
unable to attend for medical or public health reasons related to the pandemic
/3
/3
It seems probable that #MarkFrancois does not fulfill the first five conditions.
The last appearance in the HoC by him that I can find is July 9th
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Has Francois been shielding for 67 days?
Or, perhaps, What has Francois been shielding for 67 days?
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THE WEEK IN POLITICS
#7MemesFor7Days of political immaturity, incompetence & idiocy —or evil by design?

(Stories tended to break late in the day this week, so I've gone for themes instead of days.)

1. Tory hypocrisy vis-à-vis #NHS laid bare by *clap on Sunday, clamp on Monday*
#7MemesFor7Days

2. Johnson made his mismanagement of C19 in #CareHomes worse by BLAMING them for the high death toll —a mistake he's tried to row back from, but refuses to do the one thing that might help: apologise, even tho' Starmer gave him 3 opportunities to do so at #PMQs.
#7MemesFor7Days

3. The Times announced Cummings will cut the UK's armed forces. One Tory backbencher (#TobiasEllwood)found his backbone & questioned *Why Dom?* Another(#MarkFrançois) took it as a cue to threaten a General he'd get Cummings on to him. Silence from DefenseSec...🙄
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Today, there were 137 #COVID19 deaths

On the day lockdown was introduced, there were 102

Boris Johnson says public should act "safely & sensibly"

But pubs will open tmw at 6am

Are we really ready to celebrate #4thofJuly #MarkFrancois? #IndependenceDay
PM: Give “name & contact details of everyone behind the bar...behind the...to the...er...in the restaurant or wherever”

UK has 2x #COVID deaths as the rest of the EU put together

1 JULY

UK 176
Italy 21
France 18
Sweden 12
Germany 9
Spain 8
Belg 7
Portugal 3
Ire 2
Denm 1
Norw 1
This is a time for sober, well-informed, transparent leadership & for MPs journalists & experts to challenge govt where they go wrong.

An Inquiry in 2021? What for?

We know what went wrong & why.

We know the govt ignored warnings.

We know this not sheer incompetence/bumbling.
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