Labour MP quits over whips and UFO enthusiast McKinnon

Labour MP Andrew MacKinlay has decided that he will quit Westminster... and part of his reason for doing so is his disgust at the whip system.

The catalyst for his decision was disillusionment over the case of UFO enthusiast Gary McKinnon who is still fighting extradition to the US.

Andrew McKinlay tells the Daily Mail: "I believe it's the role of backbenchers to probe and criticise. In instances like the McKinnon case, which relate to people's rights and liberties as well as common sense, you should just spurn the diktats and the Whips... when the crunch came, they just went tribal and followed the diktats of the party".

Abs-a-bloody-lutely.

In a democracy, Members of Parliament are meant to represent the views of their CONSTITUENTS, not some bully pulling the strings of their party behind the scenes. Think writing to your MP does any good? No. Because no matter what you write and say, they won't vote according to what YOU think, they vote according to what their whips make them vote.

Now, you could argue that they publish a manifesto and so we know what we're getting.

Oh really? And just how many manifesto pledges have ZaNuLiebour stuck to?

When is that referendum on giving up British sovereignty to the EU exactly? And where in their manifesto did it promise to turn Britain into a fascist police state?

And this is why Labour are going to face an absolute mauling when we all get the chance to do as the people of Norwich North did yesterday - kick Labour OUT!

So, congratulations for making your stand Mr. MacKinlay. Shame you didn't do it when your colleagues committed a treasonable act against the sovereignty of the nation.