Submitted on Friday 17th March 2017
Rejected on Friday 24th March 2017
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
George Osborne should resign as MP over appointment as editor of LES
If George Osborne wants to take up his position as editor of the London Evening Standard he should resign as MP for Tatton
- It is inappropriate for him to be the editor of a London paper while being MP for Tatton, Cheshire
- Constituents would be under represented
- He shouldn't get an MP salary
- The London Evening Standard has appointed George Osborne as their editor.
- This salary is unknown.
- George Osborne is the MP for Tatton
- He has said he will continue as MP for Tatton, which he gets a salary of almost £75,000 for
News article is:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-39304944
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