Thread: Owen Paterson: Anger as Tory MP avoids suspension in rule shake-up
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Old 08-11-2021, 09:22   #132
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Re: Owen Paterson: Anger as Tory MP avoids suspension in rule shake-up
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Originally Posted by BenMcr View Post
However it is a difficult situation - I'm not convinced having more people become career politicians is a good thing either. Without real world experiences of situations they affect, they become detached from the impact of the votes and bills.

We already have a set of MPs going straight into politics from University so they don't know anything other that the Westminster world.
Banning an MP from holding other jobs doesn't prevent them from gaining real world experience before they become an MP, it just means they can't do it at the same time as they are an MP. I'm not sure how else you could draw the line.
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