Bob Spink

Wordsworth · 22-04-2008, 11:46 AM

How will he respond to the usual requests to resign and seek a fresh mandate as a UKIP MP seeing as he was elected as a Tory by a large minority?

Anthony Butcher · 22-04-2008, 11:47 AM

I imagine he will say "I didn't leave the Tory party, the Tory party left me".

Britannist · 22-04-2008, 11:50 AM

Which is exactly what the man seen by many as the Father of the anti-EU movement in the Commons, The Late Enoch Powell, said after he quit the Conservatives in February 1974.

Britannist · 22-04-2008, 11:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Wordsworth

How will he respond to the usual requests to resign and seek a fresh mandate as a UKIP MP seeing as he was elected as a Tory by a large minority?

The same way, I should imagine, that Reg Prentice did when he crossed the floor of the House of Commons in the late 1970's from Labour to the Conservative benches.

Mr. Prentice did not resign his seat when he switched to the Conservatives.

Alex McKee · 22-04-2008, 12:09 PM

There are more recent examples to use such as Quentin Davies (Conservative to Labour).

TomPhil · 22-04-2008, 12:15 PM

Under First Past the Post, unlikely Party List, it is the person who is elected, not the party. He therefore has a full mandate to continue to the next election.

Geoffrey Collier · 22-04-2008, 12:23 PM

When Hartley Shawcross left Labour to join the Conservatives, he became known as Hartley Floorcross.

22-04-2008, 11:46 AM	#1 (permalink)
Wordsworth Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Swanscombe Posts: 21	Bob Spink How will he respond to the usual requests to resign and seek a fresh mandate as a UKIP MP seeing as he was elected as a Tory by a large minority?

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Anthony Butcher Administrator Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Long Ashton, Bristol Posts: 10,315 Party: None	I imagine he will say "I didn't leave the Tory party, the Tory party left me". __________________ If you care about what's in your food and where it comes from, then get it labelled! Label My Food - http://www.labelmyfood.org.uk

22-04-2008, 11:50 AM	#3 (permalink)
Britannist Uber Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: London Posts: 23,154	Commons, The Late Enoch Powell, Conservatives Which is exactly what the man seen by many as the Father of the anti-EU movement in the Commons, The Late Enoch Powell, said after he quit the Conservatives in February 1974.

22-04-2008, 12:09 PM	#5 (permalink)
Alex McKee Moderator Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Gloucester Posts: 6,666	There are more recent examples to use such as Quentin Davies (Conservative to Labour). __________________ Anything I post on this web forum is my personal opinion only. Users on Ignore list: None.

22-04-2008, 12:15 PM	#6 (permalink)
TomPhil Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Stockport Posts: 498 Party: UKIP	Under First Past the Post, unlikely Party List, it is the person who is elected, not the party. He therefore has a full mandate to continue to the next election. __________________ "A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government." In Labour we trusted and now we are busted... again. It's the economy, stupid.

22-04-2008, 12:23 PM	#7 (permalink)
Geoffrey Collier Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 1,323	When Hartley Shawcross left Labour to join the Conservatives, he became known as Hartley Floorcross.

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