Lammy admits fishing without licence on Vance trip

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• sexy_peach@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Who cares I have done this. This person has done far worse.

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  • Zombie@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    You’re not a government minister setting laws and determining who can be jailed for what. The hypocrisy is the issue, not how minor the infraction.

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    • HumanPenguin@feddit.uk ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      If any attempt to keep his error a secret. You may have a point.

      But he was very open about the error. An easy error that many make every year. And fixed by back dating the new licence.

      So no. A minister accepting he has the same requirements to address his errors as any other law abiding citizen. Really is not a negative.

      PS yes it’s been decades since I fished. But historically yes EA inspectors etc allowed expired licence owners found fishing to renew this way.

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    • TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Seems a bit of an over the top response.

      He wasn’t aware he even needed one, and once he was informed he immediately fessed up about it publicly and referred himself to be looked at.

      The sentencing guidelines state that the normal punishment for a first offence of this violation is a warning, which is probably what he’ll receive.

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• steeznson@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Corruption at the highest levels of government!!

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