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Wrinkled_giga_brain t1_iumzbzj wrote

Reply to comment by Jonah_the_Whale in Matt Hancock suspended as Tory MP for joining I'm a Celeb cast by ItsZippy23

I think the requirement for Im a Celeb means that he could be away for months depending on how long he lasts before being voted out. Which would mean potentially months of his constituents not being represented.

I've never followed it either so no idea how long it runs for, but its essentially "just you and other celebs out in a remote location with no knowledge on what is happening in the rest of the world until you are the least popular that week and voted out."

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degggendorf t1_iun28ay wrote

Thanks for the background, I was a bit confused too...I was just assuming it was a show like, idk, Jeopardy where it's one day of filming that then gets edited into a bunch of weekly shows.

Being Survival-style makes more sense.

If you're taking followup questions - who is the suspending authority? The article says it's the guy in charge of Tory MP discipline; is that someone who is also an MP that the party has decided should be the majority leader like US congress does, or are they someone in the party but outside the government who only does intra-party stuff?

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Jonah_the_Whale t1_iun9ypa wrote

Simon Hart is the "Chief Whip" of the Conservative Party. This is a colourful term which means he is the disciplinarian of the parliamentary Conservative Party. He is an MP, in fact I think the role is only open to MPs, but not the Party chairman or leader.

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Talrey t1_iun99ln wrote

Wow. "Completely out of touch" plus "being an elected official"... is this dude really that clueless or is he admitting an unspoken truth?

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