Anne Marie Morris MP (Conservative) - Stay or Go?

SteakAndCake

I mean, sure, we could forgive her; but she's a Tory, and you're really killing my Tory pitchfork and outrage party man.

Rasczak

Absolutely. And if we are using the example of a reservist on full time reserve service, such an individual would receive a Service Penalty after being convicted by the court. This would almost certainly be discharged 'Services No Longer Required'. A dishonourable discharge.

Cliff

Guys get real. No actual crime has been committed. This is nothing like a professional driver being caught drink driving.

Sonic67

Very soon the crime of offence will be on the statute books.

Sonic67

You can Google how many taxi drivers have still carried on being allowed to drive.

Birmingham taxi driver scandal: 114 cabbies with criminal pasts granted council licences

Bl4ckGryph0n

Nope. I know an MTWO with a past drink driving offence. You will be surprised what some people have and how they were "allowed one mistake."

Every case is different.

RiceRocket

Yup where I used to work it would have been instant dismissal, even though I don't even had a company car or required to drive...It had all to do with being a good upstanding citizen and representative...

Bl4ckGryph0n

Think it would be strange to sack someone for stating an old-fashioned metaphor but then again she is in a very public job position & looks untenable. I think her status will be determined by her past conduct which journalists are obviously scouring.

RiceRocket

Don't you think the hear and now is appropriate by itself?

I think referring to that phrase as an old-fashioned metaphor is actually rather disgusting, as it comes across like giving it validity and credit...

Jezza99

Not giving it a positive validity/credit. I've never heard this expression before yesterday but I've gathered that some decades ago it was part of the common vernacular.