Tom Hunt, Conservative MP for Ipswich since 2019, was previously the political assistant and chief of staff to the Conservative mayor of the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority (CPCA). This is a politically restricted post.
This means that during that employment he was not allowed to stand for political office, or canvass for a political party
Looks as if this evidence of invalid nomination shld be put before the High Court for verification
If proven Hunt’s position as MP is nullified immediately
The most recent GEs.
Labour & LDs are definitely going to need some sort of pact
Question.
If it is null and void, not merely voidable does that mean that the Tories, who should have undertaken adequate electoral due diligence, will have to repay into the public purse all salary and expenses paid out to him?
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The underlying comparison being hinted at is that the EU was somehow aligned to the Russia- Ukraine relationship, in (fictionally) preventing us from doing what a truly independent U.K. would otherwise do is not just downright insulting, it is a fucking disgrace.
Or to put it in the more polite but equally as trenchant sarcasm of @SnellArthur
Extraordinarily powerful essay on this Putin’s war from Maria Stepanova:- a poet & writer living in Russia. Her latest book, ‘In Memory of Memory’, was awarded the Big Book Prize, Russia’s main literary award, shortlisted for the International Booker Prize ft.com/content/c27974…
“This particular book has a bad author. Bad in all senses, as a person and as a writer with scant interest in his own characters. He doesn’t care if they survive or die; he doesn’t care what their needs or desires are; &he’s definitely not interested in recognising their freedoms
“The only thing that he cares about is his own authorship, the affirmation of his will, and his control of the text and events.”
This sense of entitlement to land beyond its borders and also the erroneous understanding of how the majority who live in those lands feel about their independence, seems to have led Putin (and maybe Russians) into a series of trapdoors.
We have seen some indication that parts of Serbia still favour Russia. But not so the battle scarred Bosnia whose sense of independence hardened through the battle for it.
Ukraine seems to be strengthening their narrative of resistance, suffering and heroic struggle too.
85% of S Korea’s 50 mill population is fully vaxxed & 60% boosted yet Thursday 17-3-22 was its deadliest day during the pandemic, with 429 deaths in a 24-hour period and 621,328 cases, up 55% from 400,730 the day before.
“In recent weeks, South Korea has relaxed social distancing rules by pushing back a curfew on restaurants to 11 p.m. and easing the cap on private gatherings to six.”
“ Critics said the government underestimated the highly contagious nature of the omicron variant and eased the social distancing rules too soon, contributing to a surge in cases.”
Pfizer is the vaccine most deployed in South Korea.
“The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, which goes by the abbreviation ICCPR, it’s perhaps the most important international human rights treaty or certainly one of the three most important.”
“This was negotiated back in the 1960s, and it’s a treaty that has very wide acceptance around the world. Article 20 of this treaty basically states that any propaganda for war shall be prohibited by law. “
Turns out the Soviet Union was a strong proponent of it.