MPs could face crackdown on paid media appearances under new rules

[@trousersnake1980]

They are rattled. Good

[@DavidDougan-j1m]

The fear Farage.

[@romevo100]

I love HOW SCARED Labour are of reform. Censorship fascists

[@TruthBot1984]

It was fine until Farage came along....vote Reform....

[@kjhfds98231]

Yvette Cooper certainly didn't mind when she was getting interviewed on TV by her husband, Ed Balls

[@manindersingh8385]

How about taking away the subsided canteen and bar in Parliament or is that too extreme. Get them to use the Tesco opposite, meal deals are what the rest of us use.

[@davidhooper1767]

What does that have to do with having second jobs?

[@manindersingh8385]

@@davidhooper1767 absolutely nothing apart from they don't need the perk as they are paid from multiple sources.

[@davidhooper1767]

@@manindersingh8385 Yes most people know that.Having a second job especially involving media outlets is a very dodgy practice.I think the canteen is way down the list.

[@Bungle-UK]

I bet the didn’t complain about Lammy having a job at LBC 🤷‍♂️

[@PreciousWexford]

Go Nigel go reform all the way to no ten get starmer the criminal out

[@martinsigley3957]

Anything to stop Farage.

[@Njcustardchops]

Why?

[@nervesconcord]

Exactly, the governments never had a problem with this until it was beneficial to a politician outside the mainstream political clique.

[@georgehutley]

Bollocks. It shouldn't be a thing for an PM for any 2nd job. But stopping them being paid by the media is a start. It wrong for farrage, wrong for Lammy. They just stopped lammy from doing it already before the rules change becuase its the right thing to do.

[@johnrobinson3310]

@@nervesconcord No, the previous Govt didnt do anything becuase most of the MPs doing this were conservative

[@oltech512]

That's right! Silence the dissenting voices! It always works in China.

[@thomascorley8232]

Nigels one of the only ones with balls enough to take the questions, I think all MPs follow Nigels example.

[@joprocter4573]

Only to shut reform and torys down

[@lynclarke6184]

Next thing they’ll stop Nigel having a pint and smoking. Big brother at work! Nigel is in GB NNews in the evening and still dealing with the politics of the country. The MP’s invited on to the programme to give their tuppence worth are paid handsomely as well. That’s why they always start by thanking Nigel for having them on the show. We need Nigel and his like in public view because he will be our next PM.

[@johnrobinson3310]

He will never be PM

[@timg1246]

ThThey are already working on the smoking thing.

[@stevealdridge9720]

🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣

[@richardjames3022]

Being an MP is their job, of course they shouldn't have ANY other jobs

[@gameofender4463]

Rubbish. If an MP wants to be a tv/radio presenter. That’s absolutely fine as it’s not like they’re getting paid for nothing.

[@hannacook859]

The PM is getting two salaries because he is doing 2 jobs

[@joprocter4573]

Yes but reform are not in power and scared of them

[@gaurav_mishra4857]

What about home secretary husband? Mr Cooper in Good morning britian ? Is it allowed.

[@mdfardaustalokdar]

Jjllmllllllllllllllklllllllkljllkllljjjjjjjjjlpn V6 bhp JH​@@hannacook859

[@stephenbelcher1935]

More jealousy from the Liebour party

[@lynclarke6184]

Nigel terrifies them.

[@melanierhianna]

He's terrifyingly stupid!

[@davidmcculloch8490]

By appealing to idiots and being out-debated in the House.

[@pennymcneela7095]

That's what it all boils down to..

[@gullygullible9774]

Nigel is terrifying the pied piper who is destroying everything in his way 😊

[@woz7379]

Nigel for P.M.🍺🚬🎉

[@smith9808]

Only starts being a problem as soon as Nigel gets a seat.

[@romevo100]

Reform are second in 100 Labour Party constituencies remember

[@mattnield5178]

Ban heating expenses while your at it

[@chris-vn6sw]

Control the media Control the people 🤔

[@ianlarman]

Exactly

[@blazzz13]

Like Barclay brothers, Murdoch, Desmond et al?

[@davidhooper1767]

The Tories already do that.

[@Deeejjj64]

All done to stop nigel. Not corrupt at all 😂

[@Pugwash-0]

Who gives a flying duck what SKY LIES says?

[@themrs410]

👍

[@pistonburner6448]

Watch out, the illegals might eat that duck

[@LeslieRawstron-lf2cb]

stopping nigel and reform from speaking

[@georgehutley]

It really isn't though is it. He can still go on tv. He should just do they job we are laying him two without a second job.

[@stanionman8178]

True, but if that happens I think Ben Abib would be a great replacement !

[@melanierhianna]

No. He can speak as much as he like. Just not be paid for it.

[@RobONeill-b5e]

@LeslieRawstron-lf2cb nothing can shut that fog horn up. But at least he won't be paid for spreading his poison. He still has a voice in parliament- but his flimsy arguments don't wash with most of the politically astute in that environment. Which is why he wants to be heard endlessly on TV and radio and other publicist platforms where a lot of people just believe what they hear without looking at it from all sides

[@stanionman8178]

@@RobONeill-b5e Poison ????? What poison would that be ?

[@PreciousWexford]

Why don’t starmer go and live with davros he likes his so much

[@CJones-99]

Why dont MPs take a pay cut?

[@Sam.o.29]

Why should they for the sake of a few measly thousands saved for the treasury? Less pay means MPs are more likely to seek additional income...

[@robertharrison4485]

Love to know how much heating allowance they claim, bet its more than £300.

[@CJones-99]

​@@Sam.o.29why should they? Why not? Everyone else has to suffer when the country makes cuts, but the MPs keep claiming every single penny they can AND get a payrise every year without fail.

[@MathieuConner]

What next, stopping Miliband getting paid by wind companies? 😂

[@michaelillingworth6433]

So long as a 2nd job doesn't interfere with the role as a MP I don't see what the problem is.

[@Dazzc2011]

Maybe they should stop the likes of David Miliband being paid £20,000 a month by the Rausing family????

[@timg1246]

Exceptions will always be made....

[@Jessjoe1956]

Or stop Lord Bamford who bought Johnson’s house for him and funds him to the tune of £millions, or the other Tory Lord who paid for all the refurbishment of his flat, or all the lobbying groups that have spent £millions paying Tory MP’s for services rendered.

[@FranzBieberkopf]

David Miliband isn't an MP.

[@leehenry5764]

​@@FranzBieberkopfHe was an MP when he was chairman of Sunderland football club

[@melanierhianna]

@@leehenry5764 Yes but that's called the past. For the current Labour MPs none of them are allowed to do that sort of thing.

[@eddiefeaver7145]

How about MPs being paid by companies to get laws through parliament oh that's different

[@jessmccarthy9217]

They are the MP’s calling out this useless government

[@Njcustardchops]

All about Farage. They don’t want the UK people to have a voice.

[@melanierhianna]

What like the election we just had? Numpty! 🤣

[@FranzBieberkopf]

Farage is the UK people?

[@wraithneon]

@@melanierhianna We had an election, and just look at what happened... 1/3 turnout, Labour in power with 1/5 of the total voting age population. Reform getting enough votes for four times as many seats as they actually got, but for the ridiculous FPTP system we have. Labour claim they had a landslide, they have a mandate from the British public. The figures tell a different story. And now Labour trying to shut down vocal opposition, when it is actually part of an MPs job to speak to and engage with the electorate.

[@johnrobinson3310]

@@wraithneon What a load of rubbish, nobody is shutting down vocal opinion, where have MPs been banned from appearing on TV or radio?, and Labour do have a mandate as they won, thats how the system works

[@stefanpietrzyk8079]

Don’t stop MPs airing their views on media ! Just stop them getting paid for it this may cut down their heavy work load and maybe and this is a big “ maybe “. Give them a chance to visit their constituency ?????

[@FranzBieberkopf]

I don't think anybody's suggested a ban on MP's media appearances, just that they can't get paid for them.

[@pistonburner6448]

@@FranzBieberkopf Why shouldn't they be paid for them?

[@FranzBieberkopf]

@@pistonburner6448 Because the voters in their constituencies vote for members of Parliament, not media pundits. The H of C where MPs' salaries come from,. We don't have freelance or part time MPs.

[@pistonburner6448]

@@FranzBieberkopf That's up to the voters to decide, not for the opposition party to decide. If the voters want someone who is also working in media...in other words presenting his policies and debating openly with people all the time, then that's who they want.

[@splodge561]

Definitely voting Reform next time now

[@T5Zplayer]

Go on do tell. Labour MP's will still take back handers from the trade unions. What a load of tripe.

[@hannacook859]

Also stop the prime minister getting a double salary: for an mp plus as a pm plus all expenses paid for without tax on that massive benefit.

[@darrylsimpson4744]

Don’t be stupid

[@FranzBieberkopf]

Pr!ck.

[@ancietman]

Starmer doesn't want Farage talking about things like two tier policing on TV. Look what happened yesterday when Farage mentioned it in parliament Labour MPs were heckling him even though what he said was true.

[@RobONeill-b5e]

It wasn't true - which is why people with party political agendas shouldn't be allowed to spin their lies on so called "news" programmes

[@b62boom1]

Putinbot has entered the chat...

[@hg82met]

There's no two-tier policing. Just because Farage and his ilk keep repeating it doesn't make it 'true'.

[@adam7802]

​@@b62boom1 If Farage is so wrong, why do people deflect instead of debunk? Just sayin'...

[@JustAUsername-i5l]

Appearing on news is fine. Stations like GB News where active MPs have an entire station they use as a non stop party political broadcast isnt.

[@petemarchetto4998]

I'm all for this. I'm also all for government ministers not being interviewed on TV by their husbands. Not that anything like that could ever happen under Labour I'm sure. Way too obviously stupid.

[@clivewalker5465]

At least being in Media shows what they are getting paid for , unlike all the Other jobs they may have .

[@leehenry5764]

Does that mean Cooper balls wont be interviewing Cooper balls anymore

[@mrmeldrew693]

Can't have the opposition MPs talking out of turn to large numbers of people......... This new Labour lot are absolutely awful.

[@bumblebeetuna72]

Farage do it for free !!! Big player reform is taking over and the silencing continues

[@wiseget]

It would be great if Starmer was banned from the media as we’ve had enough of his bull, lies and spin!

[@melanierhianna]

He can do his damn job as a constituency MP. No one will stop him being interviewed. Just being paid for it. ALL MPs should only get their MP salary and that's it.

[@LeeGreen-ke7iu]

Scared of farage

[@daves8718]

MPs should only have one job and that's the job they signed up for and that's being an MP. No government contracts should be given to know associates to any party unless the contract was handled by a fully independent comity whom have to affiliation with any party or company being offered a contract.

[@romevo100]

If Farage can take the Government to Court, and make a big deal out if this, that will be great exposure and make Labour look like censorship fascists to voters

[@JustAUsername-i5l]

Tell everyone how Farage and the rest of reform voted in the WFP vote in parliament

[@unlikeable8619]

Labour don't need to to be made to look like fascists...it's plain to see already.

[@MathieuConner]

Wasn't an issue before Farage became an MP so this is fascism. Companies and government working in tandem against individuals

[@melanierhianna]

Nothing is stopping him speaking. Just being paid for it.

[@tt-vu3oz]

This is about farage

[@johnhaytack8590]

they should not be on boards of companies ,they do not own,

[@lucastaylor2321]

I'd have a strict uniform policy for the whole thing.... No second jobs WHATSSOEVER... including media, consultancy, business, even public services like working part time in the NHS. MPs should commit all their time to serving their constituents.

[@timg1246]

No one should decide how an MP should do their job. Maintaining a proper job is a reality check that most MPs would benefit from. Your way will lead to a complete, exceptionless, take over by the PPE graduate, intern political researcher middle class.

[@FranzBieberkopf]

Some jobs( doctors, nurses, dentists amongst others) require a minimum number of practice hours to maintain registration. I have no problem with that . The rest of the second jobs (especially lawyers) can go.

[@ArizonaSedona-v8h]

Also when they get thrown out at the end of a term as an MP they have to fall back on something so I think it’s important to have other things going on besides just being an MP… I’m sure they will devout the majority of their time to being an MP - but here we go again whose business is it what anyone does as long as they do a good job!

[@woz7379]

Nigel for P.M.🍺🚬🎉

[@rgsnr8702]

after all these years labour now decide it is bad now reform have MP'S WHAT A JOKE

[@colbr6733]

Will this cover all forms of income for MPs?

[@carolegill2456]

NIGEL FOR PM

[@steveholloway1963]

It's just an attack on farage they are shitting themselves

[@gavinbissell8847]

Lammy/rayner off lbc and coopers husband off itv...result

[@lokischildren8714]

MPs should not have second jobs

[@garysmith1291]

Every MP in parliament has a second job Including Starmer it's just in other people's names .he's worth about 10 million No MP I know makes that out of parliament

[@joprocter4573]

Why not carers have to.all have outside interest declared unlike Blair gang

[@David-fj5lz]

It should all be declared

[@toxicsausage302]

Sadickl kahnt says released prosoners can jump queue on free housing!!!!

[@MissBrit2137]

Ed Balls shouldn't be on good morning Britain!!!!!!!

[@ravens-crypt]

He’s not a mp tho his wife is so in the spirit of a unbiased interviewing he shouldn’t be on whilst she’s being interviewed they should have put another presenter on instead because the interview is mostly arranged beforehand

[@FranzBieberkopf]

@@ravens-crypt Agree-that was a really dumb choice.

[@MissBrit2137]

@@ravens-crypt regardless of his wife, yvette, I just don't like him anyway.

[@ravens-crypt]

@@MissBrit2137 fair enough

[@avus-kw2f213]

Labour should focus on when politicians are out of office But that would actually stop corruption

[@KeepTheDoubleSpace]

It's about time MPs were held to the same standard as the rest of the population, particularly when they're using their paid platform to incite violence, which is something that needs to be addressed as a seperate issue.

[@unlikeable8619]

Incite violent...!? 😂 Get back in your bubble 🫧

[@secretyoutubers5510]

MPs should not be paid for media appearances and definitely not Anchors of tv or radio.

[@dftfire]

As long as it's applied fairly and affects all MPs from all parties then seems fair to me. Sitting MPs can be guests on shows, sure, but shouldn't be spending time hosting them when their main job is to their constituents

[@DrRobert7898]

Dan Norris Labour for Hanham has a second job what about him

[@sukishahi3671]

No MP should be on tv channels,or radio,all your energy and time into being a MP or resign,I have tried to see my MP,and getting a appointment is a bloody joke worse that trying to get a GP appointment.

[@PurpleMonkeyDishwasher-69]

Funny how this only becomes an issue when it applies to those who criticise the narrative.

[@mrwookie72]

Any MP that has enough time to spare for a second job are obviously not doing enough for their constituents!

[@ipohtennischannel5482]

The public have been so concerned by this in recent years x - prime minister Sunak was forced to promote a member of parliament to a specially created, and totally pointless ministerial role... 'The Minister for Common Sense'. He was forced to do this simply to prevent the MP in question from raking it in via her moonlighting activities, while her constituents wondered why she wasn't busy doing her full-time job as a highly-paid member of parliament.

[@jeanwharton5857]

About time this was shown and shamed

[@RebekkaHay]

👏 It’s 👏 about 👏 damn 👏 time 👏

[@yamyam2987]

So, the ruling party is afraid of...him?

[@MathieuConner]

Text book fascism

[@HomeGrownVeg]

Somebody said Nigel's mad! I thought we all knew that?

[@alanpotter3146]

Even thinking,that this will stop him,shows how thick they really are,and how fariad of whats to come,will they stop nurses having second jobs? or any person for that matter.

[@Soundboy817]

Blatant targeting of farage and others 🤨

[@rbb5072]

Yeah the hate him having a large audience!

[@b62boom1]

Stuck it up and cope.

[@hg82met]

Poor Farage. Should we set up a GoFundMe?

[@FranzBieberkopf]

@@rbb5072 GB News-large audience?!?! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@robertharrison4485]

More anti farage as per

[@photoisca7386]

Starmer just wants to control everything. He doesn't like any mention of dissent.

[@johnrobinson3310]

Thats not true, this doesnt stop anyone voicing their opinions

[@unlikeable8619]

Sounds like fascism to me....

[@johnrobinson3310]

@@unlikeable8619 Its not fascism at all

[@adriaanluijk3562]

EVERYBODY IS PAID TO TALK A CERTAIN AGENDA!!!

[@martinh9540]

Let's see how many Labour mps have second jobs

[@undesignated3491]

Won't work money will just be transferred outside UK. Asia.will be the place to be next few decades won't make anything here too many laws it's collapsing, there is more pressing issues than this, makes no odds to me if Starmer, Farage or Rayner make 1 million from Advertising I couldn't care less.

[@FranzBieberkopf]

Meaningless word salad

[@centurionguards3819]

The wicked love to make evil laws to target the honest man. Isaiah 10:1 Woe to those who decree iniquitous decrees, and the writers who keep writing oppression,

[@KevinTravis-kw1rr]

🇿🇦 unfairly deported back to South Africa. Was in Britain. Don't drink alcohol, Dont take drugs. Trade's man. Homeless Cape Town. Is a sponsor put me in back Packers few nights for shower. No benefits. No food banks.

[@Trendycosmetics-os6gh]

Like Farage who has other jobs whilst he is an unelected Clacton mp

[@justbecausenootherreason]

It's all BS, why are they then allowed to have seat on the board of companies. If they want to stop them in media then they ae not allowed to be on any board of companies.

[@andrewflitton4721]

MP's are not answerable to the ruling party or othe MP's, for the use of their time, they are answerable to their own electorate and constituency. If their constituents are ok with them having functions outside of their political office then thats what should matter.

[@RichardGilbey]

MP's should be allowed to talk to the Press, and if the press pay them and the MP pays income tax then that should be allowed

[@HumanBeingsRThinkingBeings]

Mind Begs the Question: ▪︎Hitler diverted blame for Govts Failures/Corruption on Immigrants ▪︎If Politicians divert blame for Govts Failures/Corruption on Immigrants/Muslims ▪︎Hitlers strategies reuse,no?

[@timg1246]

The one thing the Labour Party will never allow, it is communicating with the voters.

[@christopherblackburn6811]

He could communicate with voters without presenting a TV show. He could just be interviewed on the same TV show.

[@timg1246]

​@@christopherblackburn6811The government should have no hand at all in limiting how opposition MPs choose to communicate anything to anybody. What the government is currently doing is acting to suppress ANY communication they dis-approve of. This is just another step on that extremely slippery slope.

[@melanierhianna]

Farage is on bloody question time so damn often. Parties with more MPs don't get on as often. One thing the boozy boomer doesn't have is a problem being heard. No one's stopping him speaking anyway, he can get up on his soap box on speakers corner and do it for free.

[@christopherblackburn6811]

@@timg1246 they can still communicate however they want they just wouldn’t be able to get paid for it. So your slippery slope argument seems overblown.

[@timg1246]

​@@christopherblackburn6811There is nothing at all wrong with them being paid. This is aimed directly at Nigel Farage. The establishment hate loathe and detest that he knows how to communicate with the population. They are open now in not wanting politicians to communicate. They want to take orders from Brussrks and be left I peace and quiet to get on with the job. The hypocrisy is now not even concealed. That is also why they want Germany to be free to act against immigration whilst finibg Hungary and Poland for doing the same thing. Open, un-concealed, hypocrisy.

[@WilliamHunt-jf4bm]

Maybe nigel should do free gb news appearances and receive large donations too reform uk

[@TheNewMonkey1990]

Or do the job your paid to do

[@WilliamHunt-jf4bm]

@@TheNewMonkey1990 his job is too win the next election for the people of clacton. Doing Regular demolition jobs on bad Government policys does that hense why labour a targeting media jobs and not all 2nd jobs they dont want scrutiny and accountability

[@freddiefreeman4119]

In other words censorship

[@VincenzoAccornero-y5t]

Michael River

[@stanionman8178]

Labour . . . . The new Nasty party !

[@hollies5841]

About time. They need to do the job they campaigned for.

[@unlikeable8619]

Like Labour....😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@ElliottSpencer-hn9qg]

Another form of censorship, silence the opposition.

[@unlikeable8619]

It's called fascism

[@Fenrir6543]

Yes. Seems self-explanatory, people should take the job/role of being an MP to SERVE the local community. Not to prove themselves with a means to improve their own standard of living, nor to promote themselves as a 'brand'. Being in a position of journalism which often goes without contest, and being able to vote on legislation, should, to anyone, seem a conflict of interest immediately My 2 cents

[@alanpercival840]

They cant do one job never mind two

[@TrevorEden]

About time

[@stephen_ne8406]

ALL MPS SHOULD BE BANNED FROM MAKING ANY SIDE MONEY WHATSOEVER

[@KIIXI]

👏👏

[@beatlebrian4404]

Has Nigel been back to the town of Clacton since the election?

[@DavidJames-p9f]

Yes, he was there last weekend.

[@beatlebrian4404]

@@DavidJames-p9f has he mentioned the town in the House of Commons yet?

[@DavidJames-p9f]

@@beatlebrian4404 Yes, he mentioned Clacton on 4 September 2024, in relation to Still Births.

[@beatlebrian4404]

@@DavidJames-p9f wow that must have come has a shock to the people of Clacton! Let's see how many times he mentions the town again in the next 12 months.