. @UnlockDemocracy : "The rules are completely inadequate. If an MP rarely bothers to turn up for work, that’s fine apparently"

UD made their complaint about Dorries on the basis of the following rule: "Members shall never undertake any action which would cause significant damage to the reputation and integrity of the House of Commons as a whole, or of its Members generally"

The Commissioner felt that Dorries’ behaviour didn't damage the House’s reputation. "We don’t agree and will be challenging that assessment" @UnlockDemocracy says

Unlock Democracy's Tom Brake: "I can’t think of any other job where there’s no specific ‘service standard’ or job description, or minimum hours of attendance required. It really is one rule for MPs and another for the rest of us"

UD: "As part of our campaign to clean up politics, we’re calling for the MPs’ code of conduct to be changed. A requirement to turn up to Parliament on a regular basis seems to be the bare minimum"

@josiahmortimer It's really smart letting MPs police themselves, isn't it?

@josiahmortimer @EuropeanPowell Farcical. Could constituents take out a private motion of fraud against her? C/o salary & claiming EXPENSES whilst having no intention of doing her job? It's rumoured that she may not even be in the country at the moment. Is she in S Africa perhaps?

@josiahmortimer Thus proving that the MPs code of conduct isn’t fit for purpose…

@josiahmortimer While walking the dog in the pouring rain this morning a thought came to me. What is the connection between Nadine and a skeleton? She knows where they are all buried and she even knows which cupboard each one is in !! Nadine is like a pension, she is ring fenced and…

@josiahmortimer Then the code of conduct is not fit for purpose

@josiahmortimer This would not have happened under Kathryn Stone, the commissioner up to December '22. The new one seems to have no sense or integrity @LordRennard @RhonddaBryant

@petelebas52 @josiahmortimer @RhonddaBryant Kathryn Stone appeared to be doing a very good job.

@josiahmortimer Honest to God, what’s the point anymore.

@josiahmortimer 😱😱😱 @mrjamesob

@josiahmortimer Well, they need to amend the code.

@josiahmortimer It's not what her Constituents in Flitwick think.

@josiahmortimer @JayneHowarth They probably thought she did more good by staying away.

@josiahmortimer So, you get £86,584 a year for refusing to work now? I'm not sure anyone's told the DWP about this new rule!

@josiahmortimer @BibiLynch Can I have a job paid at 3 x the national average and doesn’t require me to actually do the job?

@josiahmortimer We are completely lost as a country! Priorities all wrong!