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he had been advised not to hold in-person surgeries by the Speaker’s Office
Apparently this is false. From PA Media:
"The Speaker’s Office and Parliament’s security team have no recollection of telling Nigel Farage that he should not hold in-person surgeries in his constituency, the PA news agency understands."
a "surgery" in British politics is like a town hall meeting, but one person at a time.
A political surgery is a series of one-to-one meetings that a Member of Parliament or other political officeholder may have with their constituents
I can’t believe Nige isn’t even going to pretend to do his job. Shocked.
I find it's endemic among Nigels
It's just an excuse to not do his job. Too much like work.
That's good news really. Who wants to see him and smell his fag and beer breath close up?
Given the fact that both MPs that have been murdered in the UK have been committed by hard right lunatics, I'd have thought he was the safest of all MPs.