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Peter Bone’s constituents have triggered a by-election and it reminded people of this John Bercow/Beethoven mash-up

Oonagh Keating. Updated December 20th, 2023

After he was suspended because Parliament’s behaviour watchdog upheld allegations of bullying and sexual misconduct against him, Peter Bone’s Wellingborough constituents have triggered a by-election by meeting the 10 per cent threshhold for a recall petition.

Bone, who strenuously denies the allegations, posted this response.

Recall Petition Statement by Peter Bone The result of the Wellingborough Parliamentary Recall Petition has been announced 10,505 people signed the petition which is equivalent to 13.2% of the electorate. 68,897 people chose not to sign the petition which represents 86.8% of the electorate. As the number of people signing the petition exceeds 10% of the electorate, there will be a parliamentary by-election early next year. This seems bizarre as 86.8% of the electorate did not want to remove me from office, nor for there to be a by-election, and yet we are still to have one. I would like to thank all those people who have contacted me to offer their support from across the political spectrum. It has been most kind of so many people to have taken the time to contact me. The recall petition came about as a result of an inquiry into alleged bullying and misconduct towards an ex-employee which was alleged to have occurred more than 10 years ago. These allegations are totally untrue and without foundation. I will have more to say on these matters in the new year. May I wish you and your family a Merry Christmas and a peaceful New Year. Tuesday 19th December 2023

X users added notes.

The Independent Expert Panel of the UK Parliament concluded that Mr. Bone “committed many varied acts of bullying and one act of sexual misconduct”, including the use of violence.

We haven’t seen any sympathy for the former Tory bigwig, but we did see these.

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Conductor and author Lev Parikian reminded us of something.

Once again, we’re grateful to the very talented Rhodri Marsden for creating this brief but beauutiful masterpiece.

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