New MP Mike Thornton arrives in Westminster (From Daily Echo)
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New MP Mike Thornton arrives in Westminster
7:01am Tuesday 5th March 2013 in News
New MP Mike Thornton arrives in Westminster
EASTLEIGH’S new MP Mike Thornton has been welcomed to Westminster by Nick Clegg as he arrived to take his Commons seat.
The Liberal Democrat was expected to be sworn in formally yesterday after holding on last week to the seat vacated by disgraced ex-Cabinet minister Chris Huhne.
“It’s fantastic to see you here after that superb victory in Eastleigh,” Mr Clegg told him on the steps of the Palace of Westminster.
“All of us were out there campaigning for you and so all of us are now looking forward to you helping us back at this place.”
Mr Thornton joked that he was seeking a satnav device to help him find his way around and that he was already being trained in the ways of party discipline by the whips.
“I’ve got the scars to show for it,” he joked
southy says...
11:51am Tue 5 Mar 13
He told 2 off Unison rank and file members to shut the f*** up thinking they was Socialist party members when they was not.
Read for your self 2 articals on the right of there news letter. 2nd and 3rd down.
http://www.soton-uni
son-office.org.uk/ne
wsletters.htm
I know that they was Union members, knew that at the time, up in the gallery that day (I know I was there also) the Socialist party sat above the speaker while to the left of them was Students, streight across over the entrance to the council chamber was Tucker and co, while to the right was Unite and Unison Union members it was this lot that Tucker told to shut up, only found out it was Unison members that Tucker spoke to about a week ago, when a Unite member told who it was.
What was it Tucker wrote about last year, Unison supports Don and Keith and now he turned right against them.
Think Unison should get rid of Tucker before he do any more damage to the Union repretation and he sells it members down the river.