Sinn Fein members elected to Westminster

[Ihavenojob]

How often have the Sinn Fein MP's turned up to vote?

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[carmanmemoranda]

I think it is a labour MP who has dug out an old Parliamentary rule from1802? (I think) which would enable her to be kicked out, but if enforcing the rule to kick her out, they would also have to kick out Sinn Fein MPs.

By kicking them out, would it result in a local by election?

Fairly sure the Sinn Fein MP's would get voted in again. Their voters know what they are voting for.

Would Dorries be re elected ?

 

[blup]

How often have the Sinn Fein MP's turned up to vote?

Pretty sure their votes would have got Mays Brexit deal through at one stage. Appreciate the basis on which they were elected is not to participate in a foreign powers democracy but struggle to understand why they sit in the NI assembly

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[transam]

How often have the Sinn Fein MP's turned up to vote?

good point

 

[Roy Bloom]

How often have the Sinn Fein MP's turned up to vote?

Sinn Fein were elected on that mandate.
I'm pretty sure the electors (the ones that voted for Dorries, and the ones that didn't) expected her to turn up for parliament meetings.

 

[transam]

Do Sinn Fein Mps draw an MPs salary ???

No

 

[carmanmemoranda]

Do Sinn Fein Mps draw an MPs salary ???

No

Do you understand any of the relevant reasons behind all this ?

 

[Roy Bloom]

Do Sinn Fein Mps draw an MPs salary ???

No

"Sinn Féin MPs do not take our seats at Westminster but we represent our constituents every single day of the week on social and economic matters and in relation to the peace process.

We do so in Ireland and in London. In order to represent our constituents we employ a number of staff. We also have office facilities and accommodation in London.

And in the interests of full disclosure we are publishing the full breakdown of staff costs, travel, administration and accommodation allowances. Other parties should do the same.

The British government refuses to pay Sinn Féin MPs our salaries and other grants which all other Westminster MPs receive. Over the last five years this has amounted to almost £2 million.

There are also a number of allowances, which we do not claim."

Sinn Féin Westminster Expenses

www.sinnfein.ie

 

[Vinty]

Sinn Fein were elected on that mandate.
I'm pretty sure the electors (the ones that voted for Dorries, and the ones that didn't) expected her to turn up for parliament meetings.

Substantial numbers of people who didn't vote for Sinn Fein are effectively disenfranchised because of Sinn Feins policy of abstentionism.

 

[blup]

Not like Dorries at all.
She will eventually get the sack or walk away , Sinn Fein have been refusing to represent their constituents for years and been allowed to get away with it.

Not hard to understand, by participating in the assembly they can subvert N. Ireland from within.
Their aim is to remove all traces of Britishness from N.Ireland by demanding legislation for Irish language, public inquiries into the actions of the Police and Army but no inquiries into the activities of the IRA of course.

The northern irish catholics i know are as british as they are Irish, they want to get on with their lives and businesses.

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[blup]

Their aim is to remove all traces of Britishness from N.Ireland by demanding legislation for Irish language, public inquiries into the actions of the Police and Army but no inquiries into the activities of the IRA of course.

Pretty sure major un punished ira crimes can still be pursued as can the loyalist side.

Very few speak irish as day to day first language in either the republic or tne north, aside from gaeltscht regions, its no more a threat to britishness than welsh road signs or max boyce

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[Vinty]

The northern irish catholics i know are as british as they are Irish, they want to get on with their lives and businesses

Why then do they vote for a party that wants to destroy N. Ireland and hates anything British.
Granted, there is a significant number Roman Catholics that don't support Sinn Fein.

 

[Vinty]

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Pretty sure major un punished ira crimes can still be pursued as can the loyalist side

Tony Blair gave the IRA a get out jail free card in return for the Belfast agreement.
Meanwhile ex British soldiers who served in N.I. are being tried for alleged offences decades ago.

 

[carmanmemoranda]

Why then do they vote for a party that wants to destroy N. Ireland and hates anything British.
Granted, there is a significant number Roman Catholics that don't support Sinn Fein.

Why does anybody vote for any political party, or person?

It's what they think they believe or are being told

 

[Vinty]

Very few speak irish as day to day first language in either the republic or tne north, aside from gaeltscht regions, its no more a threat to britishness than welsh road signs or max boyce

Not really comparable, Sinn Fein have weaponised the language in order to undermine Unionist identity.
There is no objection to the language being used in areas where it is wanted but Sinn want impose it on the entire population.
They want to make it compulsory for all schoolchildren regardless of religion or identity.
If they get their way, you won't get a government job in N.I.without a qualification in Gaelic.
This was the device used to exclude Protestants in the Irish Republic from state employment after Partition.