To be fucking furious that a Tory MP just prevented upskirting being made a criminal offence?

[gracielacey]

Tory MP Christopher Chope has just singlehandedly prevented the passing of the private members bill supported by the government that would have made upskirting a sexual offence, by shouting Object.

Can I urge you all to leave a message on his parliamentary office answerphone and email him to ask why he thinks men should be entitled to photograph women's genitalia?

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Just read about him on Wikipedia. He's a total troll.

Just reposting this from a PP...

They can't talk out a petition debate.

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His answerphone is full.

But, please, please email him- he needs to know what we think of his action -. [email protected]

He's busy scoring some tiny little political point of his own, not caring about the outcome for women and girls.

Absolutely gross. And to be honest, he is showing us who he is here. What a wankstain.

he's an eccentric who apparently sleeps on the floor so he can get his own ideas to the top of the queue for private members bills.

I can't see he'll change, despite criticism and contempt from his own party or the citizens of England.

Only his own constituency party, or his local electors, have any power to replace him.

He voted against this because it was being pushed through in a less than half filled chamber on a Friday afternoon without proper debate. I think Upskirting should of course be illegal but there appeared to be less than 10 MPs sitting to vote on a new law. I think any new law should be properly debated. Imagine a less than half full House of Commons voted to do something you completely disagreed with. Would that be democratic? Now the proposal will be properly debated on 6 July and will definitely be passed!

Have signed the Petition and e-mailed my MP who is Conservative

482 sigs so far.

Upskirting should of course be illegal but there appeared to be less than 10 MPs sitting to vote on a new law. I think any new law should be properly debated

The HoC is regularly empty, they couldn’t give a shit half the time. As proven by the underhand tactics used more than once this week.

and they have the nerve to label the SNP childish for making a stand

Lakie that is bloody awesome.

The good news is that EVERYONE on my twitter and FB feeds, even those who aren't part of my cosy leftwing echo chamber, are livid about this. Hopefully it will raise feminist fervour and unmask Chope for the horrible, despicable man that he is.

No it won't, failbydefault. It will be reintroduced as a private members bill and exactly the same process can happen again.

The government may well include it in their own legislative programme, but that will inevitably delay it for 6-12 months (minimum given the brexit related legislation).

Funny how he and his chum Philip Davies filibuster so many bills protecting women, also tenants, the disabled
Just coincidence then ?

It's high time the Conservative Party showed they are a modern party of the right / centre right and got rid of a few talentless misogynist MPs who keep shaming them.

Or maybe they aren't a modern party ?

My local MP is a female minister who was supporting this bill, so I’ll email her with my support to keep pushing it through, for what it’s worth.

He also blocked Finns Law too. Where its an offence to Injure a police dog. I'm disgusted he did both....

YANBU. He has form for being objectionable but what a twat!

There’s a debate to be had about whether it should or should not be illegal to stick a camera up someone’s skirt and take a photograph without consent?!

I said this on another thread, but what is the point of a PMB system, if someone who dislikes the PMB system can stop any PMB from going through limitless times, simply because they don't like the system? It's pointless?

It's high time the Conservative Party showed they are a modern party of the right / centre right and got rid of a few talentless misogynist MPs who keep shaming them

If they disagreed with the actions of the talentless, misogynistic MPs who keep shaming them, they’d do something about it. At best they are complicit.

I don’t believe for a second that these men are anything other than a perfect representation of the Tories and what they stand for. Which is why they are unhindered in their crass and undemocratic behaviour.

He does this to all PMBs apparently - he doesn't believe that legislation should go through on a Friday afternoon with hardly any MPs present?

Signed, emailed and sent the 'Freedom of information' email.
He is a massive twat.

Well if he misuses his power to object to a bill it serves him right if he becomes known as someone who supports upskirting.

But the 6th of July is a Friday too. Won't the same thing just happen again then?

We have civil servants who help draft bills that have government support, we have parliamentary committees, we have a House of Lords that also considers legislation. www.parliament.uk/about/how/laws/passage-bill/lords/lrds-commons-second-reading/

Chope's objection are pants - something he clearly wants more of.

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