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Farage rage over bouncy castle

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Nigel Farage has expressed anger after parliament provided a bouncy castle reward for MPs with 100% attendance records.


Some MPs said the excluded MP were being 'abused' and 'emotionally damaged' by the institution.

However, in an email to MPs, Speaker Lindsay Hoyle, said the reward was 'never designed to punish or discriminate.'


He wrote: 'We wanted to reward MPs for excellent attendance, which we thought was an exceptional accomplishment. Even if they spent the whole day asleep when they got here.'



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Too easy to become an MP in the UK, say benefit claimants

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Benefit claimants say that it is too easy for people to become an MP in the UK, as they set out proposals to make the process tougher.

A spokesman for the activist group said that there needed to be a ‘crackdown on rich people exploiting the system’.


In a speech setting out new proposals, the spokesman said, ‘Our Parliamentary system is being exploited by a whole bunch of rich people with no practical experience and second class degrees in PPE. The job must be done by people with better experience of real life.

‘It is not unreasonable to expect our MPs to have been to a state school, had proper jobs, used the NHS, and been through the justice system. I acknowledge that many MPs do eventually go through the justice system, but it would be much better if this happened before they got elected. ‘

Labour and the Conservative parties warned that the proposal could see talented and capable rich people being denied the opportunity to make laws, charge expenses and get good jobs in the city afterwards.



MPs banned from playing board games on last day before summer recess, says Speaker


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MPs willl no longer be able to bring board games to play on the last day before the summer recess, Lindsay Hoyle, speaker of the house, has said.


Mr Hoyle said he had changed his mind because of the rowdy scenes before this week’s Prime Minister’s Questions, which led to Neale Hanvey and Kenny MacAskill from the Alba Party being expelled from the House of Commons.


“They have spoiled it for themselves and they have spoiled it for everybody else,” Mr Hoyle told dismayed MPs.


Sir Keir Starmer was heard to shout out: “Oh my god, that is well unfair!”


Some MPs are keen to display their best behaviour in order to persuade Mr Hoyle to change his mind. A number were seen sitting up straight with their fingers on their lips, and putting their hand up when they wanted to speak.


Also, Home Secretary Priti Patel has launched a Bring Back Hangman campaign, although when questioned about this she replied: “Game? What game?”


However, one civil servant has suggested that Mr Hoyle is using the rowdy behaviour as an excuse and is really wanting to avoid the scenes of chaos when the Prime Minister allowed the cabinet to bring in games last year.


“The Home Office were playing Operation, when the Health Department were playing Cluedo, and the Defence department were playing Monopoly while the Treasury were playing Battleships,” they said.


They added the problem could be blamed on a lack of leadership.


"A prime minister should be able to play political chess but this one can barely manage tiddlywinks," they said.


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First published 15 Jul 2022


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