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General Category => Politics & Current Affairs => Topic started by: Nearly Sane on May 22, 2023, 10:32:43 PM

Title: Dominic Raab to stand down as an MP at next general election
Post by: Nearly Sane on May 22, 2023, 10:32:43 PM
What a loss!


https://www.itv.com/news/2023-05-22/dominic-raab-to-stand-down-as-an-mp-at-the-next-general-election
Title: Re: Dominic Raab to stand down as an MP at next general election
Post by: Aruntraveller on May 22, 2023, 10:51:07 PM
Tears being shed as I read this.

Tears of laughter and joy (dare I use that word in this context?)
Title: Re: Dominic Raab to stand down as an MP at next general election
Post by: Nearly Sane on May 22, 2023, 11:20:57 PM
Quote from: Aruntraveller on May 22, 2023, 10:51:07 PM
Tears being shed as I read this.

Tears of laughter and joy (dare I use that word in this context?)
It does mean there won't be a Raab moment to match thrle Portillo one.
Title: Re: Dominic Raab to stand down as an MP at next general election
Post by: jeremyp on May 23, 2023, 12:03:21 PM
Quote from: Nearly Sane on May 22, 2023, 11:20:57 PM
It does mean there won't be a Raab moment to match thrle Portillo one.

I'm hopeful that there will be many MPs standing down involuntarily at the next election. Surely one of them at least will be high profile. At one point in the Liz Truss interlude it looked like almost all of the Tories would be standing down.