Hancock's Off

[Canary42]

https://uk.yahoo.com/news/matt-hancock-stand-down-mp-133232327.html

[tomus42]

The reason he did the show in the first place and took 400k for it was because he knew he would be out of a job come election time.

It's not a decision he's made in the last few days.

[jno]

he'll stay on an an independent, andy. Like others who fall out with their parties it was he, not the party, who was elected to Parliament.

[jno]

the Tories have lost another MP, I see

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/dec/07/conservatives-remove-whip-from-mp-julian-knight-after-complaint-to-met

[Gromit]

Jno,
And Labour have suspended an MP today too.

[Gromit]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-63896445

[THECORBYLOON]

Matt Hancock sent a letter to Sunak telling him he wouldn't be standing at the next election and wouldn't need the whip restored.

That means the local party's decision doesn't affect him.

[Gromit]

TCL,
// That means the local party's decision doesn't affect him. //

Chicken or Egg.
Last week Hancock said he was going back to being a Tory MP, and standing at the election.
His Constituency Party have being trying to disown him and this week said they want to de-select him.
Today Hancock refuses the whip and says he is staying as an independent. Of course the local party’s has affected his decision.

[THECORBYLOON]

I read that the Officers of the local party have no authority to do what they did and it has to be its Executive making that decision.

[jno]

I assumed he was just "reading the room", TCL, though I have seen some suggestion that ordinary local party members want him to stay. Always keep ahold of nurse for fear of finding something worse, I suppose.