Reform

Quite. But they appease the simple minded innumerate though.

No Trymer, that's not what I am saying. But ask yourself, who has gained most in the last 14 years.
Has any migrant you know brought down a European country, interfered in a political election, obtained billions in deals through their connections with the Conservative party, supported Brexit and then moved billions abroad to tax havens, etc.

I am not envious of billionaires and I am not a communist because as you have eluded to it is just another way for the people at the top to suppress those at the bottom and gain massively.
Look at the oligarchs and how they gained their money.
But I do believe each of us has a responsibility to our fellow man, however poor or however wealthy we are.
It doesn't make someone a communist just because they care for their fellow humans.
Take the billionaires. If you were a billionaire would you a) spend money going into space, b) buy a social media company and then trash it just to support a dysfunctional man who wants to be president or c) give a $billion to a university so poor medical students could study and have all of their fees paid and then  go on to benefit their fellow human beings. When I cast off this mortal coil, I want to be remembered as someone who gave a sh!t about my fellow man, not a narcissist or self centred egotist. 

What is so wrong in wanting the earth's bounty shared amongst all human beings and not just benefitting a lucky few while a vast amount of humanity live in poverty?

‘Nigel Farage Must Resist!’ Ann Widdecombe warns of ‘second-rate Parliament’ if Labour impose GB News ban...by Ben Chapman

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Reform UK immigration spokesperson and former Tory minister Ann Widdecombe is concerned that Labour’s proposed crackdown on MPs having second jobs will lead to a “second-rate” parliament.

It emerged yesterday that the Modernisation Committee had been established, tasked with reforming House of Commons procedures.

An early priority for MPs in the group is to look into outside paid engagements such as media appearances.

Such a clampdown would concern the likes of Reform MPs Lee Anderson and Nigel Farage, who both host shows on GB News.

Speaking on The People’s Channel, Widdecombe questioned where the line is drawn.

“I think if you look at the whole argument around MPs’ second jobs, you have to make so many exceptions”, she said.

“At the end of it, what you’re really doing is choosing who you’re going to prevent from doing second jobs.

“That’s what seems to be happening here. They’ve said it’s paid media appearances, but where does it stop? They’ve got to decide exactly what they’re going to ban.

“Are one off articles in newspapers on subjects of expertise going to be banned? What are they going to do? They haven’t actually told us.”

Patrick Christys suggested that some people subscribe to the theory that MPs should be solely focused on their task of representing their constituents.

But according to Widdecombe, such an intervention would only do more to disengage MPs from those they are meant to be representing.

“I can’t imaging anything worse than a parliament full of people who have no connection with the outside world beyond the job they actually do”, she aid.

“Then you start on the exceptions. You have doctors, dentists.”

Asked how Nigel Farage should act in response, Widdecombe said the Reform UK leader will seek to ensure such laws do not come into place.

Committees are usually chaired by backbench MPs but this one is chaired by Lucy Powell, the leader of the House of Commons.

She said: "It is a great privilege to serve constituents as a member of parliament, but this privilege requires us to embody the very highest standards.

"As we turn the page in this parliament following the events of the last, the Modernisation Committee will find ways to do things better."

She said the committee will "set out to drive up standards, improve the culture and working practices and reform procedures to make the House of Commons more open and accessible to people from all walks of life".

About time.

The Modernisation Committee is a cross-party committee of MPs that considers reforms to House of Commons procedures, standards, and working practices. Its membership consists of a mix of Labour, Conservative and Liberal Democrats, the largest parties in the Commons.
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There should be a Reform member on it.
More votes at the GE than Libs.

Well they should get some modernising done and get Reform on it.

Have the Modernisation gang made any official decisions yet?

What do you mean?

You said there should be modernising done by getting Reform MPs onto the Committee but appear to not want change by opposing MPs from having second jobs.