Tories accused of hypocrisy for secrecy about how many days MPs clock in

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  1. > An unimpressed Conservative MP said that “the man who wants to know which civil servants are in the office doesn’t want people to know which MPs are”.

  2. What terrible arguments.

    “However, those who supported blocking the release of such information said it was wrong to endanger their safety, given it could be used by would-be attackers and harassers to target particular MPs.”

    It shouldn’t be the case that you never know where your MP is. Their role is to represent their constituency in parliament so on most days I’d expect them to be present.

    “Rees-Mogg derided the “lefty freedom of information request” and said MPs had “an absolute and ancient right of access” to parliament.”

    None of this is about preventing access but the public’s right to know if they are doing their job by representing us.

  3. and while everyone is so concerned about what the Tories do and don’t do \Starma has been caught with his hand in the till enriching his Socialist ideals with other peoples money .. .

  4. We don’t need a live tracker of each hour every day. Just a periodic update. Once every 3 months or 6 months would work. Once a year would be a minimum acceptable. This means it is safe data as it doesn’t tell you what days and cannot be tracked through it so safety is a non issue.

    If being tracked that they’re at work makes them feel they cannot access Parliament then they either don’t understand how normal jobs work or have something to hide.

    MPs should really be required to provide evidence of work every few weeks like they’re on JSA/UC. Sanctions if they fail to prove they did work.

  5. I don’t think I’ve ever been able to spot my Tory MP on the benches before in PMQs.

    Maybe he’s so unimportant he gets hidden in the crowd at the edge.

  6. Physically being in the Palace of Westminster is actually a relatively minor component of MPs activities, to be fair. They are mostly in their constituencies dealing with local issues, or attending meetings and events, etc.

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