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Why is he doing it then?Except it doesn’t stop the investigations into him, they suspend and resume if/when he is re-elected.
Looks like he didn’t do his research all that well…
Code of Conduct cases
For Code of Conduct investigations, the Procedural Protocol in respect of the Code of Conduct[1] (paragraph 40) states that “if Parliament is dissolved, PCS will suspend their investigation until the Member is re-elected. If the Member is not returned to Parliament, the Commissioner will decide if it is appropriate and proportionate to resume their investigation.”
See also section 4 of this note, ‘Availability of welfare services during the dissolution period’.
During the dissolution period, while the Commissioner does not exercise decision-making powers, publish new investigations or the outcome of investigations, or initiate contact with external parties in ongoing Code of Conduct cases, the internal operational and administrative work of OPCS’s investigations team will continue.
Why is he doing it then?
Haroon Aswat was jailed for 20 years for plotting to form an extremist training camp in 1999 and was linked to the 7/7 London bombings
An Islamist terrorist with links to the 7/7 London bombings has been freed from a secure psychiatric facility - despite warnings that he poses a significant threat to public safety.
He keeps saying it's the "people versus the establishment"
Does he realise as a MP is part of the "establishment"
It's not all that impressive though. Why is he wasting money instead of facing the investigation like a man? If he's a man that is. All this populist rhetoric is just theater.Excellent! How many other parties can claim they've covered the cost of by-elections? I'm guessing Labour did not do so in Makerfield.