No consequences for Dorries

So having a quick read she lied that a family she stayed with o a reality tv show were actually paid actors. What I’m confused by and can’t find any details is why that would be investigated by the privileges committee. Or is it another lie she’s told that the guy is talking about?
 
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FatCat said:
So having a quick read she lied that a family she stayed with o a reality tv show were actually paid actors. What I’m confused by and can’t find any details is why that would be investigated by the privileges committee. Or is it another lie she’s told that the guy is talking about?
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Under parliamentary privilege she told a deliberate lie designed to discredit an organisation, Channel 4, whilst she was leading the efforts to privatise said organisation.
 
chickenrunner said:
Under parliamentary privilege she told a deliberate lie designed to discredit an organisation, Channel 4, whilst she was leading the efforts to privatise said organisation.
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Bear with me.so if she had told that lie under any other circumstances it woul still be a lie, what I don’t understand is why they were discussing her appearance on a reality show 12 years ago - what relevance does that have to anything?
 
FatCat said:
Bear with me.so if she had told that lie under any other circumstances it woul still be a lie, what I don’t understand is why they were discussing her appearance on a reality show 12 years ago - what relevance does that have to anything?
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Forget about what the subject matter is and when it happened

And focus on the bit that is a lie under parliamentary privilege
 
GazC_MFC said:
Forget about what the subject matter is and when it happened

And focus on the bit that is a lie under parliamentary privilege
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Methinks FatCat is being deliberately obtuse. Dorries was trying to make the case to privatise C4 so she lied about them to smear their reputation and to portray them as woke, tofu eating, lefty degenerates. This is how low the tories have reduced politics in this country.
 
ThePrisoner said:
Methinks FatCat is being deliberately obtuse. Dorries was trying to make the case to privatise C4 so she lied about them to smear their reputation and to portray them as woke, tofu eating, lefty degenerates. This is how low the tories have reduced politics in this country.
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I was just trying to work out the relevance of her being on a reality tv show 12 years ago and then lieing about it.

So she was making the case at a hearing to privatise channel 4 and made this accusation that they use actors instead of real people to undermine the value of channel 4?
 
FatCat said:
I was just trying to work out the relevance of her being on a reality tv show 12 years ago and then lieing about it.

So she was making the case at a hearing to privatise channel 4 and made this accusation that they use actors instead of real people to undermine the value of channel 4?
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More or less. Not C4's financial value, rather it's integrity as a public service broadcaster.

She also lied when she asserted that C4 is publicly funded. It is not. It gets its funds from ad revenue.

In summary, Dorries is a disgrace to the political environment, if not the human race in general.
 
FatCat said:
Bear with me.so if she had told that lie under any other circumstances it woul still be a lie, what I don’t understand is why they were discussing her appearance on a reality show 12 years ago - what relevance does that have to anything?
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No one mentioned it until you did. It matters not what the lie was about merely that it was told and to a select committee to try to influence them.
 
Muttley said:
No one mentioned it until you did. It matters not what the lie was about merely that it was told and to a select committee to try to influence them.
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Well that’s the crux of the point though - the op video doesn’t mention it so it’s a bit hard to judge when there is such little detail. Anyway it’s all cleared up now thanks.
 
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