"Mr Walker, the Tory MP for Broxbourne, in Hertfordshire, told the Commons that MPs should have the same rights to privacy as any other citizen, and in future their names should not be put in the public domain if they were arrested, unless this was directly connected to their role as an MP."
These are the people running the country. I think we have a right to know if they've been accused of a criminal offence.
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-35540433
Would they be named if they did NOT commit a crime, no. So, why don't they work on THAT aspect of the situation? Geez, you would think the solution to the problem was so hard.
ReplyDeleteOf course they'd be named if they haven't committed a crime. Otherwise we wouldn't know who our MPs are !
ReplyDeleteRhys Taylor What I'm saying is that they wouldn't have to explain away a scandal, if they didn't commit a crime. Knowing who your MP's is one thing. Finding out they committed a crime is another, possibly unrelated to their position in Parliament. Do your bobbies arrest people for jaywalking?
ReplyDeleteThis is the thin end of an exceedingly nasty wedge. Next they'll be allowing themselves to do things that are illegal for the rest of us.
ReplyDeleteChris Blackmore They already are doing that in the US. What's the difference. The UK is no better. lol
ReplyDeleteMark Ruhland Sorry, what? I'm talking about UK MPs. I don't think UK MPs have made a law allowing themselves to break the law in America.
ReplyDeleteWell, I do have some small sympathy for the MP's position. They are sometimes held to an impossibly high standard that no mere mortal could ever reach. Literally anything any of them ever does is, somewhere, attacked in the press as though it's about to bring about the apocalypse. I'd probably last all of twenty minutes in that job before running away in floods of tears.
ReplyDeleteOn the other hand since law-making is their job, it seems only reasonable that we have a right to know when they're under suspicion of having violated the law. Especially if that involves eating mince pies or haven't been keeping up with archery practise. There's a special place in hell for those sorts of people.
When it comes to the law, it seems only fair to me that those making the law be held to a higher standard than the rest of us. Knowing they've been arrested doesn't and shouldn't mean we get to crucify them for littering.
Indeed. Should a Welshman ever find himself inside the city walls of Chester after midnight, how else could you legally stop him other than shooting him with a longbow ? Shame on you, BupSahn Sunim, SHAME !
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