• UK Tory MP suspended from party after signing up for I'm a Celebrity
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[img]http://imgkk.com/i/p8g2.jpg[/img] [url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-20217901[/url] [quote=BBC News][B]Nadine Dorries has been suspended by the Conservative Party over her decision to appear on ITV1's I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here.[/B] The Mid-Bedfordshire MP has had the whip withdrawn, a party source said. Ms Dorries will be the first sitting MP to appear on the show, which could see her being away from her job in the Commons for up to a month. The chief whip will meet her when she returns from Australia, when she will be expected to explain herself. The Conservative Party is concerned about Ms Dorries' inability to do parliamentary and constituency business while she is taking part in the programme. Ms Dorries said she wanted to use her appearance on the reality show to raise awareness of issues she is interested in, such as reducing the time limit on abortions from 24 weeks to 20 weeks. [B]'Heated debates'[/B] "I'm doing the show because 16 million people watch it. Rather than MPs talking to other MPs about issues in Parliament, I think MPs should be going to where people go," she [url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2228512/I-m-Celebrity-2012-line-Tory-MP-Nadine-Dorris-heads-jungle.htmltold the Daily Mail[/url]. "I'm not going in there to upset people, but I have opinions. There are certain causes that I'm interested in, one of which is '20 Weeks'. "I will be talking about this issue around the campfire. I hope there will be some lively, heated debates." But she has come in for criticism over her decision to enter the celebrity jungle, with Home Secretary Theresa May saying: "Frankly, I think an MP's job is in their constituency and in the House of Commons." Conservative MP Sarah Wollaston said Ms Dorries should resign, telling the BBC: "I was horrified, frankly. I think it just makes her look ridiculous and it brings politics into disrepute." Paul Duckett, chairman of the Mid-Bedforshire Conservative association, said members may consider sacking Ms Dorries over her appearance on the show, adding that he had only learned about Ms Dorries appearance when media arrived in the constituency on Tuesday morning. The association is holding an emergency meeting on Tuesday evening. Mr Duckett said Ms Dorries was a hard-working MP but the appearance might "detract from the gravitas" of her role. Prime Minister David Cameron - who has publicly clashed with Ms Dorries in the past - earlier refused to be drawn into the row, saying: "Nadine Dorries can speak for herself on this issue." [B]'Z-list celebrity'[/B] Relations between No 10 and Ms Dorries, a former nurse, have been strained since the prime minister made a joke at her expense in the Commons, describing her as "frustrated". He subsequently apologised. Ms Dorries grabbed headlines by describing Mr Cameron and Chancellor George Osborne as "two arrogant posh boys" who were out of touch with the real world. Former Lib Dem MP Lembit Opik, who took part in I'm a Celebrity in 2010 after losing his seat, told the BBC the Conservative leadership was "out of touch with the zeitgeist of the nation". He added: "I'm outraged by the fact that it thinks she's been wrong to do something that can put politics in touch with the public." But former Tory MP Louise Mensch, who recently resigned from the Commons for family reasons and who has had a well-publicised spat with Ms Dorries over her decision, tweeted: "Nothing sadder than a politician, or ex-politician, on any of those shows." In February 2010, Ms Dorries took part in the Channel 4 documentary series Tower Block of Commons, in which MPs moved in with benefit claimants on a deprived council estate. The Taxpayers' Alliance, which lobbies for lower taxes and greater government efficiency, said: "While she is being a Z-list celebrity, her constituents will be without an MP." George Galloway, the only other sitting MP to have taken part in a reality game show that took him away from the Commons, when he spent three weeks on Celebrity Big Brother in 2006, also faced criticism that he was neglecting his constituents.[/quote]
She's not a celebrity anymore.
She seems like a good MP though...
Well it's not like it can decrease the MP attendance rate any further :v:
It was a stupid decision of hers anyway, she would have abandoned the area she represents in parliament.
The show should be redubbed: 'I'm somebody some people might know maybe... get me out of here!'
[QUOTE=MrEndangered;38343449]The show should be redubbed: 'I'm somebody some people might know maybe... get me out of here!'[/QUOTE] I heard that the next season will feature Dave from down the pub and Trevor who sells weed on the corner outside the offie.
[quote]The Mid-Bedfordshire MP [b]has had the whip withdrawn[/b], a party source said. [/quote] Sounds kinky
The only tory that should go on that show is Boris, he'd totally go Ray Mears or Bear Grylls on everyone's asses
retarded party doesn't understand a person needs a break.
[QUOTE=AK'z;38344893]retarded party doesn't understand a person needs a break.[/QUOTE] Yes, a months holiday in Australia where you're paid thousands of pounds when you should be at work. Man, should be mandatory.
[QUOTE=georgeface;38344177]The only tory that should go on that show is Boris, he'd totally go Ray Mears or Bear Grylls on everyone's asses[/QUOTE] Boris is still famous though and his career actually still exists so he doesn't fit the requirements
[QUOTE=AK'z;38344893]retarded party doesn't understand a person needs a break.[/QUOTE] This isn't enough [url]http://www.parliament.uk/about/faqs/house-of-commons-faqs/business-faq-page/recess-dates/[/url]?
[QUOTE=Simples;38343222]She seems like a good MP though...[/QUOTE] She does, but it winds me up when people throw class into an argument. When she called Cameron and Osbourne 'two arrogant posh-boys', the fact she added posh just makes her sound a tad jealous. She would have had a perfectly justified argument, but it was put down by most because of that.
[QUOTE=MrEndangered;38343449]The show should be redubbed: 'I'm somebody some people might know maybe... get me out of here!'[/QUOTE] I met a celebrity once...get me out of here!
good, she's absolutely bloody awful so she belongs with the neurotic nobodies on i'm a celebrity please watch me eat bugs for money
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