I have a letter signed by none other than the great Mr Blair terminating my membership of the Labour Party for a disciplinary offence, which was running for an office that was not actually reserved for any political party but was supposedly open to all. Mr Blair decided that I was to be forbidden from running for that office. I had won the election fairly easily because it gave people an excuse; they were voting not for Balfe but against the Iraq war, which was a bit odd because the job I was standing for was administrator of the European Parliament pension fund.
Elections Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Balfe
(Conservative)
in the House of Lords on Thursday, 17 March 2022.
It occurred during Committee of the Whole House (HL)
and
Debate on bills on Elections Bill.
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