Jacob Rees Mogg and MPs attendance
Jacob Rees Mogg and MPs attendance
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shed driver

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2,881 posts

183 months

Thursday 16th June 2022
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https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jun/15/t...

Surely JRM would want the electorate to see how many times Members of Parliament were at their desks?

He wants the civil service to be in the office rather than at home but MPs attendance at the office is a "security matter."

SD.

Matthen

1,419 posts

174 months

Thursday 16th June 2022
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How disappointingly predictable.

I can't see how it's a security issue to release this - we don't care about absolute times, we want to see the number of hours they're "in" every week.

Classic cover up by those in power.

biggles330d

2,345 posts

173 months

Thursday 16th June 2022
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JRM is such a pilchard. i can't believe anyone actually takes him seriously. Other than himself.

valiant

13,267 posts

183 months

Thursday 16th June 2022
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I think I’d prefer it if JRM was paid to stay at home.

Preferably in a locked room where he can’t do any damage.

98elise

31,359 posts

184 months

Thursday 16th June 2022
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shed driver said:
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jun/15/t...

Surely JRM would want the electorate to see how many times Members of Parliament were at their desks?

He wants the civil service to be in the office rather than at home but MPs attendance at the office is a "security matter."

SD.
How would that show when they are at their desks?

Civil Servants in the main have one desk, and it's not at home.

Edited to add....

I used to work there, I'm not even sure you needed to use the swipe to get in. Some entrances were visually checked by police. It's been a while though.

Edited by 98elise on Thursday 16th June 14:53

98elise

31,359 posts

184 months

Thursday 16th June 2022
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Matthen said:
How disappointingly predictable.

I can't see how it's a security issue to release this - we don't care about absolute times, we want to see the number of hours they're "in" every week.

Classic cover up by those in power.
How does that work for their constituency office, or department office not on the parliamentary estate? Is say the MP for Tyneside meant to spend their entire working week/year in the House of Commons?

MP's of all colours have multiple offices.

Edited by 98elise on Thursday 16th June 16:47

BigMon

5,867 posts

152 months

Thursday 16th June 2022
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He really is a turd of the highest degree. Odious cretin.

stitched

3,813 posts

196 months

Thursday 16th June 2022
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98elise said:
Matthen said:
How disappointingly predictable.

I can't see how it's a security issue to release this - we don't care about absolute times, we want to see the number of hours they're "in" every week.

Classic cover up by those in power.
How does that work for their constituency office, or department office not on the parliamentary estate? Is say the MP for Tyneside meant to spend their entire working week/year in the House of Commons?

MP's of all colours have multiple offices.

Edited by 98elise on Thursday 16th June 16:47
Mine, Stroud, has an office in Stroud, I've seen her in attendance once.
She basically gave Boris her vote and rarely attends parliament, spends most of her time in Oxford where she lives.
I'd welcome a record of how much time she spends talking to constituents or parliament.
If I send her office, closed, an e-mail asking a question they respond with a demand I prove, to the closed office, in person, that I live in the constituency.
Guy Fawkes, the only person who ever entered parliament with honest intentions.

Al Gorithum

4,935 posts

231 months

Thursday 16th June 2022
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A Tory being a C##t. Quelle surprise.


MC Bodge

27,475 posts

198 months

Thursday 16th June 2022
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BigMon said:
He really is a turd of the highest degree. Odious cretin.
He will return to his long term position, reclining on, and pontificating from, the backbenches when Johnson eventually goes.

And ideally voted out at the next GE.

A smug hypocrite.

MC Bodge

27,475 posts

198 months

Thursday 16th June 2022
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I read a "feature" in the Sunday Times magazine about Rees-Mogg and his family.

It was even worse than I expected.

Nauseating.

98elise

31,359 posts

184 months

Thursday 16th June 2022
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stitched said:
98elise said:
Matthen said:
How disappointingly predictable.

I can't see how it's a security issue to release this - we don't care about absolute times, we want to see the number of hours they're "in" every week.

Classic cover up by those in power.
How does that work for their constituency office, or department office not on the parliamentary estate? Is say the MP for Tyneside meant to spend their entire working week/year in the House of Commons?

MP's of all colours have multiple offices.

Edited by 98elise on Thursday 16th June 16:47
Mine, Stroud, has an office in Stroud, I've seen her in attendance once.
She basically gave Boris her vote and rarely attends parliament, spends most of her time in Oxford where she lives.
I'd welcome a record of how much time she spends talking to constituents or parliament.
If I send her office, closed, an e-mail asking a question they respond with a demand I prove, to the closed office, in person, that I live in the constituency.
Guy Fawkes, the only person who ever entered parliament with honest intentions.
That may be the case, but the OP seems to think that checking data from one place a person sometimes works at, will give some meaningful information.

I would also think that given a couple of MP's have been murdered in recent years, data about their comings and goings in HoP should not be in the public domain

What does an MP's contract say about working hours and place of work vs civil servants?


ATG

22,948 posts

295 months

Thursday 16th June 2022
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JRM is a pillock; that should go without saying, but for the sake of clarity and because it's cathartic, I'm being explicit.

Moving on to the "used their pass" data, it wouldn't tell the public anything useful, so there is no good reason to make it public. Indeed it's more likely to be misused to create an inaccurate picture, so it's in the public interest not to release this stuff.

There is no correlation between using your pass and doing work. They spend half their time in their constituencies, and 99% of what they can do from a desk in Portcullis House, they can do from anywhere. And just because they're inside Parliament or PCH, it doesn't mean they're working. They might be in a bar getting st-faced. They might even be napping in the Commons dreaming about Nanny.

Their participation in debates and their voting record is already in the public domain. That data is accurate and easy to interpret and measures something useful. It'd be nice if one could construct a "lazy bd" index, but you can't.

anonymous-user

77 months

Thursday 16th June 2022
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98elise said:
shed driver said:
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jun/15/t...

Surely JRM would want the electorate to see how many times Members of Parliament were at their desks?

He wants the civil service to be in the office rather than at home but MPs attendance at the office is a "security matter."

SD.
How would that show when they are at their desks?

Civil Servants in the main have one desk, and it's not at home.
roflroflrofl
When were you last in? Before jacking last year they were down to 70% desk space probably even less now.
You could waste 20 minutes each day so over an hour and a half each week just walking round 2 floors to find a 'hot desk' and it's getting worse.

98elise

31,359 posts

184 months

Thursday 16th June 2022
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speedyguy said:
98elise said:
shed driver said:
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jun/15/t...

Surely JRM would want the electorate to see how many times Members of Parliament were at their desks?

He wants the civil service to be in the office rather than at home but MPs attendance at the office is a "security matter."

SD.
How would that show when they are at their desks?

Civil Servants in the main have one desk, and it's not at home.
roflroflrofl
When were you last in? Before jacking last year they were down to 70% desk space probably even less now.
You could waste 20 minutes each day so over an hour and a half each week just walking round 2 floors to find a 'hot desk' and it's getting worse.
Probably 10 years ago. Worked at HoP.

Evanivitch

25,805 posts

145 months

Thursday 16th June 2022
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stitched said:
Mine, Stroud, has an office in Stroud, I've seen her in attendance once.
She basically gave Boris her vote and rarely attends parliament, spends most of her time in Oxford where she lives.
I'd welcome a record of how much time she spends talking to constituents or parliament.
If I send her office, closed, an e-mail asking a question they respond with a demand I prove, to the closed office, in person, that I live in the constituency.
Guy Fawkes, the only person who ever entered parliament with honest intentions.
She seems quite active...

https://www.theyworkforyou.com/search/?pid=25838&a...

98elise

31,359 posts

184 months

Thursday 16th June 2022
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ATG said:
JRM is a pillock; that should go without saying, but for the sake of clarity and because it's cathartic, I'm being explicit.

Moving on to the "used their pass" data, it wouldn't tell the public anything useful, so there is no good reason to make it public. Indeed it's more likely to be misused to create an inaccurate picture, so it's in the public interest not to release this stuff.

There is no correlation between using your pass and doing work. They spend half their time in their constituencies, and 99% of what they can do from a desk in Portcullis House, they can do from anywhere. And just because they're inside Parliament or PCH, it doesn't mean they're working. They might be in a bar getting st-faced. They might even be napping in the Commons dreaming about Nanny.

Their participation in debates and their voting record is already in the public domain. That data is accurate and easy to interpret and measures something useful. It'd be nice if one could construct a "lazy bd" index, but you can't.
Not just PCH. Many MP's have parliamentary offices in other buildings around Westminster, and Ministers have offices in the department they work for (no idea if it's all Ministers though).

Randy Winkman

20,766 posts

212 months

Thursday 16th June 2022
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98elise said:
shed driver said:
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jun/15/t...

Surely JRM would want the electorate to see how many times Members of Parliament were at their desks?

He wants the civil service to be in the office rather than at home but MPs attendance at the office is a "security matter."

SD.
How would that show when they are at their desks?

Civil Servants in the main have one desk, and it's not at home.

Edited to add....

I used to work there, I'm not even sure you needed to use the swipe to get in. Some entrances were visually checked by police. It's been a while though.

Edited by 98elise on Thursday 16th June 14:53
Civil servants don't have a desk. They "hot desk" and they go to meetings and on visits.

Murph7355

40,860 posts

279 months

Thursday 16th June 2022
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ATG said:
JRM is a pillock; that should go without saying, but for the sake of clarity and because it's cathartic, I'm being explicit.

Moving on to the "used their pass" data, it wouldn't tell the public anything useful, so there is no good reason to make it public. Indeed it's more likely to be misused to create an inaccurate picture, so it's in the public interest not to release this stuff.

There is no correlation between using your pass and doing work. They spend half their time in their constituencies, and 99% of what they can do from a desk in Portcullis House, they can do from anywhere. And just because they're inside Parliament or PCH, it doesn't mean they're working. They might be in a bar getting st-faced. They might even be napping in the Commons dreaming about Nanny.

Their participation in debates and their voting record is already in the public domain. That data is accurate and easy to interpret and measures something useful. It'd be nice if one could construct a "lazy bd" index, but you can't.
Well said.

The public they serve also get a clear opportunity, at least every 5yrs, to provide feedback on how well they're doing.

I'd question the motives of those wanting this.

vonuber

17,868 posts

188 months

Friday 17th June 2022
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98elise said:
I used to work there, I'm not even sure you needed to use the swipe to get in. Some entrances were visually checked by police. It's been a while though.

Edited by 98elise on Thursday 16th June 14:53
All entrances are blocked by secure gates with armed police which to get through you either need to swipe a pass + pin, or have a visitor badge and be escorted at all times.