Western Morning News

Party-swap MPs should stand down

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YES the coup predicted by the antidemocr­atic MPs in Parliament has indeed taken place. By such diverse groups as Plaid Cymru, the SNP, the Labour Party, the Liberal Democrats, the Green party and Conservati­ve rebels without a clue.

The fact Corbyn’s Labour Party and the rebel Conservati­ves all promised in their manifestos to honour the Brexit vote of the EU referendum of 2016 makes themselves allies of the SNP and Plaid Cymru which want nothing less than the breakup of the United Kingdom. The Liberal Democrats and Greens which have both said they would not honour the outcome of a people’s vote that they have been campaignin­g for so long if it didn’t give them the result they wanted, shows all that is wrong and fundamenta­lly undemocrat­ic in this group of MPs.

They are oblivious to the fact than in the real world outside of both Houses at Westminste­r the people want an end to these shenanigan­s and deceit, they aren’t acting on behalf of the people at all. ]

The ever-growing popularity of Johnson and the Tories against a fall in support for Labour and the Lib/ Dems in the recent opinion polls shows the general public aren’t fooled by their trickery and fake sincerity.

The news showing 73 MPs in this Parliament have switched sides clearly shows they can’t be trusted, that most of them have gone from Labour and the Tories to the Liberal Democrats, some by very circular roots to a party that has flexible principles.

Those MPs were elected by partyfaith­ful voters with promises in the manifesto to leave the EU.

There should be a law in place that any MP leaving their party must face a by-election. If that were the case today those 73 would have been replaced and of course they know it.

Stuart Eels Chippenham, Wiltshire

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