Jail MPs for lying

[duhawkz]

https://metro.co.uk/2019/12/11/mps-jailed-lying-public-new-law-11751567/

[Polarbear]

But the problem being, as you say, why would they vote it in when the only people it's going to curtail is themselves.
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[Sister Sledge]

Was there not a recent court case over just this subject and politicians won and are allowed to lie as much as they want?

It could still be gotten around if made a law anyway. They just need to say things such as 'I believe that we will be giving money to the NHS' and so on. If caught they could add 'I'm sorry. I made a mistake' and nothing would touch them.

Politics is a messy place. The fact that it's messy tells us all that it does need fixing. If I made errors like politicians do in my job then I'd be out the door with a minutes notice. I can't think of a workplace where so much slack is given to employees. Heck even if they are sacked they remain on a small income and return to politics a year later as if nothing ever happened.

(rant mode activated...)
I know a woman who works as a civil servant. She went on the sick - she actually caught whooping cough. Serious stuff. When she returned to work she had to attend a meeting and she was warned that it was not acceptable taking time off!! That's the civil f*cking service FFS! Yeah and who heads those departments? Top people are politicians but it's OK for them eh?

Best we can do with politicians currently is vote them out after 4 years of frustration but like the outgoing one, a new one will have plenty of time to wreck lives (even murder them). Nothing will change methinks.
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[chickenstrip]

If politicians weren't allowed to lie, Parliament would be silent.
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[Sister Sledge]

This one is the top of the pile but I'm sure there are older similar cases about lies and politics. (my Google Fu is worn out today)

https://www.politicshome.com/news/uk/political-parties/conservative-party/boris-johnson/news/104410/high-court-throws-out-%C2%A3350m
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[yen_powell]

Even if actually jailed they'll just get released early and start running up and down London Bridge telling even bigger whoppers (until taken out by SO19).
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