Rishi Sunak has sacked Paul Bristow as a Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) at the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology. Just hours ago, Bristow wrote a letter calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, claiming “It is difficult to understand how this makes Israel more secure or indeed makes anything better.” He’s been shown the door for breaking collective responsibility:
“Paul Bristow has been asked to leave his post in government following comments that were not consistent with the principles of collective responsibility.”
Tory MP Paul Bristow shouted “Vote Labour” when Starmer said “l’ll show you what uncontrolled immigration looks like.” That got him a red card. Lindsay has spoken…
Tory MP Paul Bristow just made a point of order in the Commons rightly condemning the behaviour of Lloyd Russell-Moyle on the green benches last week. While Russell-Moyle has already apologised for failing to control his “passion” during his screed at Miriam Cates last week, his decision to then sit directly next to her on the Tory benches has also sparked outrage. Surely just a coincidence…
I’m so glad this creepy weird behaviour has been called out today. Not content with screaming abuse at my friend Miriam Cates after her speech on Wednesday, @lloyd_rm plonked himself onto the Conservative benches to intimidate her pic.twitter.com/cI7kFCRhI1
— Laura Farris MP (@Laura__Farris) January 20, 2023
Deputy Speaker Dame Rosie Winterton also responded, although hedged her bets a bit by claiming “it is very difficult for me to know what was in the honourable gentleman’s [Russell-Moyle’s] mind” when he sat a yard away from the woman he’d just screamed at. Doesn’t seem that difficult to Guido…
This morning, Lloyd tweeted:
It is not uncommon at the end of a debate for people to sit at different seats while waiting to enter the chamber or the lobbies.
I had no concept that this was making any member feel awkward and would never do anything to deliberately intimidate anyone in or out of the chamber.
Guido will let observers decide whether Russell-Moyle’s seating decision was a mere coincidence…
Paul Bristow, MP for Peterborough, has been given a 28-day driving ban after admitting to speeding. The MP took his punishment after, to his credit, having asked to be banned to avoid “hypocrisy”. Bristow was caught doing 76 mph in a 50 zone, and admitted to the incident in his Peterborough Telegraph column, saying he had to do so in order to retain credibility. It was Bristow’s third offence in two years, and along with the ban was ordered to pay £667, a victim surcharge of £68, and £110 costs. What is it about Peterborough’s MPs and speed limits?
MPs led by Paul Bristow have secured victory after parliamentary authorities finally enabled their televisions to receive GB News – two weeks after it launched. In his letter to the House Authorities last week, Bristow explained it was “somewhat disappointing that no provision has yet been made for this important entrant to UK News broadcasting”. While Al Jazeera and Russia Today were…
Bristow’s finally confirmed the good news:
Success! @GBNEWS is now available on the annunciators for MPs and staff, channel 211. pic.twitter.com/kRaZiyYbqP
— Paul Bristow MP #stayalert (@paulbristow79) June 29, 2021
Guido hears some civil servants are facing similar restrictions…
UPDATE: While GB News is now available in Parliament, it’s currently labelled as “China CTV” which is currently scheduled as showing adult nightly bundle
Sky News also had to interrupt and apologise. Their voiceover lady was clearly told to keep her finger on the button after Cummings got away with a “sh*t” and a “f*ck” earlier…
