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Farage will not hold face-to-face surgeries (www.bbc.co.uk)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk to c/uk_politics@feddit.uk

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Following Mr Farage's claim that he had been advised not to hold in-person surgeries by the Speaker's Office, the Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle said he would advise MPs to take advice from parliament's security team and "do so safely" if they asked him for advice on holding surgeries.

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[–] teft@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago (4 children)

I'm not British but if this guy is so scared of his constituents stabbing him, why not just wear an anti-stab vest? You could be relatively safe and still able to talk face to face. Also just put some metal detectors up.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

They probably want to stab him on his stupid face.

[–] SturgiesYrFase@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 months ago

On, in or around most likely.

[–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 3 points 2 months ago

Or just use a polycarbonate screen like banks do.

[–] Jackthelad@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

MPs having to wear stab vests is not a good thing.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

They don't have to wear stab vests. Literally no MPS use a vest. He's just a disingenuous twat who has thought of an excuse which isn't very clever and is easily disprovable, but he is sticking with it because his tiny mind can't come up with another idea.

[–] mindlesscrollyparrot@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 month ago

He isn't scared of being stabbed. He just doesn't want to go to Clacton.