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I think Ress-Mogg has a case to answer. Claiming money from the State for being an MP whilst being paid as a newsreader by GB News. He needs to work out where he sits.
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Ofcom has launched a new broadcast standards investigation into an episode of Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg’s GB News show which addressed a court case involving Donald Trump.
The media watchdog has said it received 40 complaints objecting to the MP for North East Somerset acting as a newsreader during his State Of The Nation show on May 9 as politicians are prevented from this role unless it is “editorially justified”.
The investigation will look at whether the GB News programme abided by these guidelines when it reported on a civil trial verdict reached that day on the former US president.
I think Ress-Mogg has a case to answer. Claiming money from the State for being an MP whilst being paid as a newsreader by GB News. He needs to work out where he sits.
as long as he declared his second job then there is no case to answer. lots of MPs have second jobs.
Personally I'd ban MPs from having second jobs
It's not about second jobs it's about democratic accountability. I don't want to limit MPs' connection with the real world but having MPs present and discuss the news in their own programmes is undemocratic. The conflict of interest is huge and more at home in North Korea than Northern Europe.
MPs should be guests on TV programmes where they are held to account for their actions.
It's not about second jobs it's about democratic accountability. I don't want to limit MPs' connection with the real world but having MPs present and discuss the news in their own programmes is undemocratic. The conflict of interest is huge and more at home in North Korea than Northern Europe.
MPs should be guests on TV programmes where they are held to account for their actions.
I'm afraid you lost the room with "North Korea"
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It's not about second jobs it's about democratic accountability. I don't want to limit MPs' connection with the real world but having MPs present and discuss the news in their own programmes is undemocratic. The conflict of interest is huge and more at home in North Korea than Northern Europe.
MPs should be guests on TV programmes where they are held to account for their actions.
"Undemocratic" is not having a fair voting system; suppressing opinions that don't support the ruling party.
"Conflict of interest" is not a valid charge against Rees-Mogg. Where is the conflict? Is he saying one thing on GB News, another in Parliament and yet another to his constituents?
You've got this wrong, Andrew. You might not like politicians having their own programme sloe (including David Lammy on LBC), but you're finding it difficult to place a valid wrongdoing here.
"Undemocratic" is not having a fair voting system; suppressing opinions that don't support the ruling party.
"Conflict of interest" is not a valid charge against Rees-Mogg. Where is the conflict? Is he saying one thing on GB News, another in Parliament and yet another to his constituents?
You've got this wrong, Andrew. You might not like politicians having their own programme sloe (including David Lammy on LBC), but you're finding it difficult to place a valid wrongdoing here.
Undemocratic is several things. A functioning democracy needs an independent media, not one populated by MPs of the ruling party who can be tempted to bury issues where their party is under-performing, not hold Ministers to account and give a fangirl interview to a disgraced former Prime Minister.
Saying different things to different people is not the definition of a conflict of interest.
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Undemocratic is several things. A functioning democracy needs an independent media, not one populated by MPs of the ruling party who can be tempted to bury issues where their party is under-performing, not hold Ministers to account and give a fangirl interview to a disgraced former Prime Minister.
Saying different things to different people is not the definition of a conflict of interest.
Yet again not crediting people with enough intelligence to work out he is a MP.
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Yet again not crediting people with enough intelligence to work out he is a MP.
Eh. Where did you pluck that one from?
If the issue was that people didn't recognise the host was an MP then you could make that clear on the screen. A key issue is how effectively they can hold the ruling party to account if they're an MP in the same party.
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Eh. Where did you pluck that one from?
If the issue was that people didn't recognise the host was an MP then you could make that clear on the screen. A key issue is how effectively they can hold the ruling party to account if they're an MP in the same party.
In Rees-Mogg's case, he is effective on air of holding the ruling party to account.
Apparently as long as you don't read the news out, can demonstrate impartiality and have a safe seat with undemanding constiuents, it's all good.
I suspect Mad Nad's gushing fangirling of Johnson will eventualy lead to a well-deserved review.
40 stupid people reported JRM to Ofcom, when he read out BREAKING news on an issue that had no standing on impartiality on any political aspect in the UK.
Here’s the JRM show in question from 9th May. 23:33 minutes in when he reveals former U.S President Donald Trump, not guilty in his rape trial.
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