@cllrjameshunt @UKParliament @CommonsSpeaker It doesn't. The law only requires that you recite the words, it doesn't prohibit prefixing a statement (she isn't the first by any means), and it doesn't say that you have to mean it
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This needs to be retaken. As we know it voids the oath @UKParliament @CommonsSpeaker
Peter Heaton-Jones@PHeatonJones
Utterly disgraceful & disrespectful behaviour from the new SNP MP for Arbroath & Broughty Ferry. She added a preamble to the loyal oath indicating she didn’t accept it, then read the actual words holding up crossed fingers, presumably to signify she didn’t believe it. Awful.
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@BjCruickshank If it's broken then it was built broken, since this has always been the case in the UK (including pre-union scotland where instead of a cabinet you had a privy council and instead of a pm you had a chancellor)
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It looks as though 25,000 people in England have chosen the next Prime Minister of the UK. Let that sink in Scotland, British democracy is truly broken. Scottish independence is crucially important if we are to save our country from English fascism.
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@ScotNational More performative legislation from the SNP designed to fail and waste everyone's time in the process.
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BREAKING: The SNP will introduce a bill in Westminster to devolve independence referendum powers to Holyrood.
🗣️ 'It's time we take the power out of the hands of Westminster politicians and put it into the hands of a Scottish Parliament.'
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@jimnarlene Her male critics all seem to criticise the way she took the oath, while her female detractors all seem offended by her outfit.
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Little Englanders aplenty...
Oldspeak Bookshop 📚@oldspeak_books
Tattoos on show Knee high boots Mini skirt Childish nail polish. Costume jewellery Such an embarrassment
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I think that this triumphalism will soon seem to have been misjudged.
Politics UK@PolitlcsUK
🚨 PICTURED: Andy Burnham takes a selfie with Labour MPs
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@J4m35c4mpb3ll It's the rumoured opinion of an unnamed MP shared by a biased news outlet. Try not to take it too seriously.
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What a ridiculous statement.
''Man that stays in another country understands Scotland, as he’s from England!'' 😳
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@warriorbadger Try not to get too angry about the rumoured opinion of an unnamed MP, shared by a biased news outlet.
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Fuck off. Arrogant prick. I remember this twat seething when Scotland had the 'audacity' to stop tourists from Manchester heading North through Covid.
Another gormless Anglo-state wanker. A champagne socialist cut fae the same cloth as every other Labour drone foisted on us tae sell a demonstrably false 'union'.
The National@ScotNational
NEW: Andy Burnham 'understands Scotland deeply' as he's from the north of England, a Labour MP has claimed
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@UpTheWorkers Is it a celebration? He has announced his candidacy and has taken a photo with the MPs that support him. It's a campaign photo.
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Given the utter nonsense that's been going on in British politics
Who fucking celebrates like we've actually won something ffs
...where are the serious adults saying 'this isn't appropriate at this moment'
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@Grouse_Beater She did then also recite the secular version of the oath.
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WESTMINSTER
Who cares about Scotland most?
New SNP MP Lara Bird (pictured) said, sworn in to England's parliament: "I take this oath only so that I can serve the people of Arbroath and Broughty Ferry. My first allegiance is, and always will be, to the sovereign people of Scotland".
On the other hand, new Tory MP, Douglas Lumsden said: “I swear by almighty God that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to his Majesty King Charles, his heirs and successors, according to law, so help me God.”
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And they wonder why 🏴,🏴& the North of 🇮🇪 want independence. 🤨
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Stop The Bollocks with Mirabel@MirabelTweets1
Who do they keep dressing like this? Is it a mental illness?
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@Ali_900r @LindsayHoyle_MP She didnt break any rules (being a lawyer i expect she knows them), and didn't do anything unprecedented. Banning her would be to subvert the democratic will of the people, and why? Because she doesnt respect an anachronistic oath?
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This is offensive to the British people and parliament. It throws parliament into disrepute. Make her apologise and take it again. If she refuses, ban her from the house. @LindsayHoyle_MP
Peter Heaton-Jones@PHeatonJones
Utterly disgraceful & disrespectful behaviour from the new SNP MP for Arbroath & Broughty Ferry. She added a preamble to the loyal oath indicating she didn’t accept it, then read the actual words holding up crossed fingers, presumably to signify she didn’t believe it. Awful.
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@Alexarmstrong Its because the rules date back to the days when parliament was all male, and so the rules for male attire became quite specific. When women entered parliament no equivalent rules were set out, and female attire was guided by the vague principle of "business-like".
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Why is there such a ridiculous disparity in the parliamentary dress code for men and women?
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Another SNP MSP without Public standards...🤷🏼♂️🤷🏼♂️
Arbroath and Broughty Ferry deserve her and everything that comes with her, which will be a sum total of nothing.....🤷🏼♂️🙄🤦🏼♂️😤😤
The Tortoise Returns 💎🐢🐢🐢🐢🐢🐢🐢🐢🐢@BBCbreakingNewt
And…@larabirdsnp it was your first day as an MP, not a pole dancer. Embarrassing
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@nairnquine39267 @SuzJamieson I'm not so sure. From her background she's clearly a very intelligent and educated person (qualified lawyer, current PhD student), and could probably earn more than the 98k she'll get as an mp if money was her sole motivation.
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Replies turned off, quelle surprise.
Rats in a sack.
Lucy Powell MP@LucyMPowell
Great to welcome the newest member of the PLP, my friend Andy Burnham, to Parliament. He'll be a brilliant representative for the people of Makerfield, and I am sure he will quickly make his mark in this place!
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@polecat_the @CommonsSpeaker It doesnr set any precedent. Its not uncommon for republican minded MPs to add a preface like hers before their oath. The precedent was set years ago.
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She is a disgrace. The weak and pathetic @CommonsSpeaker should have made her go back and redo it without any preamble.
What kind of example and precedent does this set.
Harekrishna #AbolishHolyrood@DownWithTheSNP
🇵🇸 SNP “Palestine” activist lawyer Lara Bird makes a mockery of her oath🤞
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@DanielChelsea20 She looks like she could bend you like a pretzel
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The state of this new SNP mp in parliament today
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The Speaker probably thought a strippergram had arrived.
The National@ScotNational
The SNP's newest MP Lara Bird has been sworn in to the House of Commons Ahead of formally taking her seat, Bird pledged she would 'stand up for families in the face of Westminster chaos'
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