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Reform MP was once jailed for attacking ex-girlfriend outside nightclub

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WarriorN · 13/07/2024 08:31

How the ever living fuck is he allowed to be an MP?

From David Challen:

Reform MP was once jailed for attacking ex-girlfriend outside nightclub. James McMurdock pleaded guilty to one charge of assault. He has since likened the attack to a ‘teenage indiscretion’.

Reform confirmed that they KNEW of Murdock’s conviction when selecting him, but disputed the details of the assault.

Murdock launched the attack on his victim outside a nightclub. It was only brought to a halt after two doorman pulled him off her. Murdock denies the horrific details of the attack that left his former girlfriend with both injuries and lasting mental scars.

The mother of the victim said:

‘McMurdock is a monster. He left marks on her body.

'It took two security guards to pull him off her.

'There is no way he should be an MP in the House of Commons representing people.'

Men who beat women and deny the harm they caused do NOT deserve a place in our Parliament.
➡️ dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1…

x.com/david_challen/status/1811997942384881900?s=46&t=A2fpFNgDRyXF2d6ye97wEA

If Labour are serious about vawg they need to start with parliament.

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NoBinturongsHereMate · 13/07/2024 10:14

"Currrently" being the key word. A sitting MP.would lose their seat of given a long enough sentence - but people with convictons are not prevented from standing after release.

RedToothBrush · 13/07/2024 09:52

TheColourOutOfSpace · 13/07/2024 08:54

I thought criminal convictions automatically disbarred someone from being a MP? Or is there nothing to prevent them from doing so?

People who are bankrupt cannot stand to be MPs. The Representation of the People Act 1981 excludes persons who are currently serving a prison sentence of a year or more.

TheColourOutOfSpace · 13/07/2024 09:38

Thanks Feckedupbundle and DancingPhantomsOnTheTerrace.

I think any kind of criminal conviction should prevent someone from holding political office, but given the loopholes, I'm very doubtful any of the political parties, especially Labour or Conservative, will enact meaningful legislation to stop this from happening.

DancingPhantomsOnTheTerrace · 13/07/2024 09:26

TheColourOutOfSpace · 13/07/2024 08:54

I thought criminal convictions automatically disbarred someone from being a MP? Or is there nothing to prevent them from doing so?

No, it doesn't.

If you're convicted while an MP you only automatically lose your seat if sentenced to over a year in prison. If under a year, there's a recall petition but you can keep your seat if that doesn't pass.

Feckedupbundle · 13/07/2024 09:22

A criminal record should disbar a person from being an MP,but it clearly doesn't as in Leicester, the previously Labour MP Claudia Webbe stood as an Independent after being convicted of threatening to throw acid on a woman.
I think it depends on the sentence given,which is wrong.

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WarriorN · 13/07/2024 09:19

TheColourOutOfSpace · 13/07/2024 08:54

I thought criminal convictions automatically disbarred someone from being a MP? Or is there nothing to prevent them from doing so?

That's what I thought.

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SerendipityJane · 13/07/2024 09:15

LizzieSiddal · 13/07/2024 09:08

Bloody hell. Is this all over the news? If not why not.

Farage is a cult ? Mustn't disturb the Great (very) White Hope ?

I would have thought the Tories would be all over this. I can only assume they approve. Maybe he's mates with Stanley Johnson ?

LizzieSiddal · 13/07/2024 09:08

Bloody hell. Is this all over the news? If not why not.

TheColourOutOfSpace · 13/07/2024 08:54

I thought criminal convictions automatically disbarred someone from being a MP? Or is there nothing to prevent them from doing so?

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WarriorN · 13/07/2024 08:33

He doesn't even accept he did it.

Reform UK said the party 'believes strongly that people can change their lives.'

Yet, DON’T accept facts of the case:

'Mr McMurdock absolutely rejects allegations that he either kicked, stamped or punched the victim, though he accepts that he pushed her, she fell and was injured.’

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