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How MPs took country for ride on tax vote

The conditions for divorce in this country include adultery, fraud, cruelty and absconding of duties. I regret to inform you that our parliamentarians have met all of these requirements and we as a nation need to consider a divorce from them.

The fraud that happened at the floor of Parliament in the loud acclamation of nay, and the subsequent failure of all of them to log into the system and do a headcount was an obvious show that they were not genuine. The shout was a nod to the masses who, unaware of the House Standing Orders, would assume the MPs stood with them. But the truth is that they did all that only to appear to care when they didn’t, not in the least.

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