a friend has been reposting material from claudia webbe MP
claudia webbe was a labour MP but then there was an allegation she had harrassed a love rival (including an accusation she had threatened to throw acid in the love rival's face). she was charged in september 2020.
on 4 november 2021, she was sentenced to 10 weeks imprisonment, suspended for two years, and 200 hours of unpaid work. the labour party called on her to resign from parliament at the time of her conviction, and she was expelled from the party on the day she was sentenced.
further she was at risk of losing her parliamentary seat following a recall petition from her constituents (as a result of the prison sentence, suspended or no).
but first an appeal. webbe appealed against the conviction and the appeal hearing commenced on 19 may 2022. her appeal was dismissed on 26 may 2022, but her sentence was reduced to eighty hours of community service, and compensation to the victim reduced from £1,000 to £50 (the acid throwing threat accusation was not believed this time). the reduced sentence means that webbe will now not be at risk of losing her seat.
will this decision be appealed?
interesting. so will she be re-instated into the parliamentary labour party? or will she continue out until the next election as an independent. horsemouth guesses that she will retire at the next election.
even if she is not re-instated (as surely she should be as the allegation has been found to be if not to be untrue at least considerably more minor). the question is will the labour party stick by their candidate and run her as their candidate, or will she run in leicester as an independent against the labour candidate.
now of course, it is fairly lucrative being an MP. even being made to resign is a lucrative business (there is generous severance). in previous years an MP might have resigned to spare the party embarrassment (but not this generation labour or conservative). having been an MP grants a generous MPs pension. this is really what draws horsemouth's ire about the whole parliamentary standards debate unlike TV licence fee avoiders or people fined on the spot for covid infractions by over-zealous cops (where people are fined and carted off to jail) it takes forever to obtain justice against malfeasant MPs (and during this time they are paid in full and have full expenses).
this in turn makes horsemouth doubt their sincerity (you say you want social justice well you know...) when they make radical statements.
outside the sun is shining through the mist (horsemouth's parent's valley is sort of like an olafur eliasson installation). the bbc weather is showing it as overcast all day (but it's looking pretty good out there). today his brother's youngest daughter's a-level results (she's a winner anyway - she got her grade 8 music - horsemouth is pleased that someone else in the family shows an interest in music).
plus - bush house recording session monitor mix (1991-2?) 3 songs cia, soundsystem, run from this.
we are moving into the era of retirement diaries. something like one million brits downed tools during and after covid and decided to retreat into personal life - they seem to be doing well (at least the guardian reader section of them). horsemouth has two small ones on the go right now (little A6 ones).
soon breakfast. horsemouth will go for a wander and (probably) read some of the ethics of life writing. he will make some notes on it in one of his diaries (probably the TG notebook).
tomorrow the journey down to frome (floods permitting) and the meet up with his brother's family. after that a few days back at his folks and then back to london to return the laptop.
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