Government Minister Sacked

[FatticusInch]

Over misconduct claims.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-63177669

Must be pretty serious if he’s unceremoniously ditched, not even suspended?
Seems to have a bit of previous too?
At least they’ve addressed it immediately, be interesting to see what come out in the wash though.

[jno]

something about a man and a bar, according to the Mirror. But it shows Truss has learnt something from Boris's behaviour: don't just shrug and leave things to fester. (The 45p tax rate issue was dealt with in the same way: when something's gone wrong, act.)

[drmorgans]

Man walks into a bar, ouch, it was an iron bar (soz).

[Canary42]

Full marks to Liz.

[gulliver1]

He is a Tory MP, so he thinks the law doesn't apply to him.

[Paigntonian]

Agree with other sentiments. If someone's x-up show them the door.

[Peter Pedant]

First one was Pincher
and this one is Liquor, is it?
hur hur hur

It is OK to have wandering hands so long as it is over a leddy - no?

[Peter Pedant]

yeah the er 'injured' ( I will not be a victim) MP sniffed
"I hope their investigation and exoneration of me, will be as rapid"

yikes! well he knows it should be innocent before guilty - but hey what does that matter?

[Peter Pedant]

In a string of tweets Mr Burns said he was not given any information about the complaint, "nor was I asked to provide any information".

he sniffed again

In todays world, suspension is decided on the allegations alone, and not on their troot - suspension being a neutral act see?
(I used to be works rep)

[FatticusInch]

They’re obviously twitchy after the Pincher scandal.
It’s starting to look like Johnson’s tenure too though, constantly fire-fighting stories that reflect badly on government and the Tory party.

[FatticusInch]

Peter Pedant
//In a string of tweets Mr Burns said he was not given any information about the complaint, "nor was I asked to provide any information". //

There’s probably very strong video and pictorial evidence for them to sack him instantly with such haste?

[jno]

it does give Truss the opportunity to sluice out the Augean stables; if she's wise she'll take it

[Peter Pedant]

Hi fatts
MM v GMC decided 7 oct 2022 purely by chance.
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"The court is not expressing any view on the merits of the case against the medical practitioner. In those circumstances, the function of the court is to ascertain whether the allegations made against the medical practitioner, rather than their truth or falsity, justify the prolongation of the suspension. In general, it need not look beyond the allegations"

[davebro]

he probably called someone a twonk!

[Peter Pedant]

oh god sozza MM v NMC ( nursing)
who have a draconian system of suspension before hearing ( two to three years later) quoting a well known
Hiew v GMC ( as quoted )

The GMC triumphantly told the House of Commons that there were now only "very rare" cases that had lasted more than ten years

[wolf63]

He looks like Mr Angry in the photo of him with the pointy finger. At the very least he could be an arrogant bully.

That said I understand Cats and Dogs much more than I understand Humans.

[davebro]

you didn't expect him to look like Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz did you?

[ichkeria]

He’s a gentle soul Conor Burns. I feel sorry for him.

[Peter Pedant]

answer removed?
we can pretty much say what we like as the chance of prejudicing a parliamentary inquiry by comments, I wd put as high as NIL.

(Ref no 2 AG - R v BBC 2001 - complaint of prejudicial reporting by the Beeb of a GMC case and the judge said, "so what, there is no jury and it is not a ct of record.") - I point this out regularly to the beeb who get as coy as pussy cats over various things