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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
If the Opposition is so concerned about second jobs, when are they going to put forward proposals to stop the practice? Why did they not do it when in office?
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Classic whataboutery.
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This is all politicking designed to wrong-foot the Conservatives, but actually most of the public don’t care. At the election booths, most people make their decisions on the basis of which party is most likely to benefit them and which party is going to achieve the best solutions for the problems in the country and for the economy.
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A sizeable proportion of the public do care, and as you well know elections are won in lost in the marginal constituencies. If enough people care about Tory corruption that’s could be enough for many Tory MPs to get their P45.
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Labour would do well to start shaping its own proposals for levelling up the country to win back the red wall seats they lost last time. Fat chance. Labour MPs come out with stuff like ‘What does levelling up even mean?”
Well the red wall constituents know. Labour would do well to read up on it and to understand what those people want.
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From the man who called Boris Johnson off topic.
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The current Westminster hysteria about second jobs is nothing but hot air and it’s totally irrelevant to most people. If the Opposition really wanted to tackle it and stop the practice, they should cease ‘outing’ Conservative MPs and come up with a solution, before MPs on their own side are caught out. The MP with the largest number of outside commitments was Labour’s David Lammy, with 24 entries. What goes around comes around.
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I’m not sure the Daily Mail or Daily Express count as the Opposition. Often it’s a matter of public record who is trousering thousands to represent corporate interests against the interests of the electorate at large. It needs no input from the Labour Party or anyone else.