Submitted on Sunday 19th March 2017
Rejected on Wednesday 29th March 2017
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
GEORGE OSBORNE should choose whether to be an MP or Edit the Evening Standard.
George Osborne has just accepted a job as editor of the Evening Standard but he’s already got a full-time job as an MP, representing tens of thousands of people who live in his constituency, Tatton in Dorset.
Tatton is around 135 miles and 2.3/4 hours from the Evening Standard office in Kensington.
How can he possibly run a constituency while at the same time having a full-time job at a newspaper.
There is also the conflict of interest of Editing a newspaper whilst being a member of parliament, there will always be suspicions of bias of reporting and promoting the government's, and his own interests. This really is not appropriate.
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