Margaret Ferrier continues to cling to office but she is Scotland’s most disgraceful MP.
She endangered the lives of others by jumping on a train when she knew she had Covid. She even attended church in Glasgow while infected with coronavirus.
Despite breaking the law, she refuses to do the right thing by standing down from Westminster. Mercifully, events in the Commons mean this decision may be taken out of her hands.
Her appeal against a 30-day Commons ban was rejected and a by-election in her Rutherglen and Hamilton West seat is likely.
In a brutal report, an independent panel accused her of acting with deliberate dishonesty and of being reckless and selfish.
It was a conclusion few right-thinking people could disagree with. MPs are all but certain to endorse the punishment and a “recall” petition seems inevitable.
A by-election would be a cathartic moment by giving voters the chance to pass judgment on this sorry episode.
Local voters are furious Ferrier ignored Covid rules while they abided by them diligently. Any decent person would read the room and quit but the suspicion is she is hanging on to retain her handsome salary.
She has put voters in her constituency through enough embarrassment and must recognise her presence at
Westminster damages politics.
Ferrier should take responsibility for her actions and fast track the by-election process by standing down as soon as possible.
The fast straw...
Suella Braverman proved herself unfit to be Home Secretary long ago.
Her contemptible plan to deport refugees from the UK to captivity in Rwanda has been rightly condemned across the political spectrum.
Even her fellow Conservatives have criticised Braverman’s desperate attempt to turn every issue into a culture war soundbite.
She appears to only be interested in appealing to hardcore members of her own party and no one else.
But it’s difficult to shout about law and order if you’re suspected of bending the rules yourself.
The speeding Home Secretary reportedly asked the Civil Service for advice on arranging a private course.
It would mean she would avoid having three points on her licence or having to join a public course.
Braverman has denied wrongdoing. But if she’s found to have broken the ministerial code, it should be curtains for her frontbench career.
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