Timeline for Would paying a candidate to defect to your party be bribery or break some other rule?
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| Mar 20, 2024 at 9:55 | vote | accept | ScottishTapWater | ||
| Mar 14, 2024 at 11:25 | answer | added | Stuart | timeline score: 7 | |
| Mar 14, 2024 at 10:18 | history | edited | ScottishTapWater | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Mar 14, 2024 at 10:18 | comment | added | ScottishTapWater | Huh, I didn't know that, I'll remove that from my question then | |
| Mar 14, 2024 at 9:52 | comment | added | Steve Melnikoff | @ScottishTapWater The Leader of the Opposition and up to 3 opposition whips are indeed paid extra - but from funds supplied by parliament, not by their party. Government whips are also paid in the same way (though for historical and administrative reasons, their formal titles suggest they work either for the Treasury or His Majesty's Household). See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministerial_and_other_Salaries_Act_1975 | |
| Mar 13, 2024 at 23:14 | comment | added | ScottishTapWater | @SteveMelnikoff - I thought they got paid if they held additional roles beyond just being an MP for work they do for their parties? Like whips and stuff... I could be wrong though | |
| Mar 13, 2024 at 20:38 | comment | added | Pete W | Well it's not like one can just hand their MP a sack full of banknotes. One has to be a little more graceful than that. A benefit received in the future, by complete coincidence, is the usual method. | |
| Mar 13, 2024 at 16:33 | comment | added | Henry | The rumour started with Lee Anderson himself before he defected as reported by the Sunday Times: thetimes.co.uk/article/… though Reform UK denied it and described the claim as libellous. | |
| Mar 13, 2024 at 16:00 | comment | added | Steve Melnikoff | "parties obviously pay their MPs": no they don't. Parliament (including MPs' salaries and expenses) is funded by the state. | |
| Mar 13, 2024 at 15:58 | history | edited | Steve Melnikoff | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Typo.
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| Mar 13, 2024 at 15:49 | history | asked | ScottishTapWater | CC BY-SA 4.0 |