Comment on SNP MP Lisa Cameron quits and joins Tories over ‘toxic’ treatment

• Oneeightnine@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Could be wrong here but if she was to become an independent wouldn’t she basically have to front all of her own costs when it comes to running for re-election and what not?

  Personally I find all this stuff really distasteful. I don’t understand how you become an MP of a party and then so quickly dissolve yourself of all the party stands for to then go play for the opposing team. Unless of course, you weren’t all that bothered in the first place and merely used it as a jumping off point to earn £80k a year and have access to everything that comes with being an MP.

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  • Z3k3@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    You may be right on the costs front.

    IMHO there should be rules that force a bielection the second you lose/resign from the whip as you are no longer standing under the promises you were elected to promote

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  • mannycalavera@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I don’t understand how you become an MP of a party and then so quickly dissolve yourself of all the party stands for to then go play for the opposing team.

    I imagine they agreed with some of what their party stood for but not everything. If the SNP treated her like shit she has less incentive to stick around.

    But also, I don’t understand why she didn’t go independent or green who are closer ideologically than the Conservatives. 🤷

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    • Oneeightnine@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Jesse J wrote a song about this. It’s all about that sweet moolah; it can’t be easy being an independent MP, especially given there’s an election looming in the next year. That said, I don’t think I can square-away this sort of flip-flopping.

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