(not satire – it’s the Tories!)
Tory MP for Croydon South Richard Ottaway called the police when a group of 11 pensioners turned up at his surgery to deliver a petition.
He claimed he was worried about being “murdered” by his constituents.
No, I promise you this is not satire. Here’s the full story:
Croydon South MP Sir Richard Ottaway calls police over constituents delivering petition
Interestingly, Ottaway was knighted in the New Year’s Honours list for ‘services to politics’ – which even the the Daily Mail described as an example of “Cronyism and low-level corruption”.
Even more bizarrely, Ottaway has now threatened to call the police again if more than 10 of his constituents turn up at one of his surgeries:
“If I discover more than 10 unknown people are to descend on my surgery, I will be notifying the police in the future.”
Why on earth aren’t…
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