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Is There Another Bye Bye Election On The Way.
Rishi Sunak faces another Bye election as Scott Benton MP for Blackpool South is suspended from the Commons .He told an undercover reporter that he was willing to break lobbying rules for money (I always thought this was the norm for Tory MPs.)
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Good riddance if there is a recall petition that gets the required 10000 signatures. But whether there's a by election or not won't make any difference as the Cons will still have a big enough majority, and what will matter in the longer term is who wins seats in the general election in late 2024 not in Spring
"the Cons will still have a big enough majority"
Probably not in Blackpool South, where the Conservaitves took the seat from Labour last time with a majority of under 4,000.
As for the majority in the Commons, currently standing to all intents and purposes at 54, well, that may or may not be enough to ensure they still have a majority in a few months time, but I'd not be putting our house on it.
ICHKERIA your figure of fifty-four is correct, according to this link.
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it seems to me as well Gullz
BUT danczuk was labour and a nardy bye ( sent suggestive emails to a young constituent) - Profumo wasnt even an MP (oops yes he was) Do you remember the MP who styled himself "Lord" ( oh lardy lardy !) which meant he cdnt sit in the commons, so he wasnt 'a real lord'. - simple question: have you been consorting with prostitutes? and the answer was 'yes'
Lloyd George was known as 'the old goat'
"ICHKERIA your figure of fifty-four is correct..."
I was going by this
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and, not noticing that it spelled it out at the top (!) worked it out for myself as 54 to start with, but I had failed to take account of the deputy speakers so I arrived at 54 if correct by accident.
"the Cons will still have a big enough majority"
Sorry, I shouldn't have assumed it was obvious I was talking about in the House of Commons and not about this seat which they will defintely lose in a by election.
I'm not sure Rishi will lose any more sleep over whether his majority between now and the GE is 54 or 50, but he will want some signs that things are picking up for the Tories as the GE nears (but I think he'll be disappointed)
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