UK: MP convicted of lying to police compares herself to Jesus, refuses to resign

[smurfy]

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/dec/20/labour-mp-fiona-onasanya-likens-her-conviction-to-that-of-biblical-figures

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-46703806

She'll be sentenced in January - if the sentence exceeds one year in prison, she'll be autokicked from Parliament

[Saint Furrybutt]

And it will be 255 MPs left for Labour Party after she forcefully resigns.

[StrawberryClock]

Why not an autokick for ANY prison sentence?

[Shotz]

Wow what the fuck I had no idea this nutjob was my local MP what the fuckkkkkkkkkkk

[smurfy]

There'll be a by-election but it's a very close seat

[Sableye]

because you could sentence a MP for any petty crime to get them removed.

[StrawberryClock]

What kind of petty crime could even be used arbitrarily against an MP for that to even happen at all?

[Burro]

How about you take the points, pay the fine, and stop driving like a cunt. Like the rest of us have to.

[Shirt.]

oh I dunno building real estate between london and westminster which nearly got Nicholas Barbon thrown in prison.

[Secrios]

Well she always had a god complex.

[EmperorScorpious]

Jaywalking

[Coffee]

That's not a thing over here.

[EmperorScorpious]

Point is, there are plenty of petty little offenses that could be used.