Reply to post: Re: The issue I have with this

Re: The issue I have with this

So even if there was an AUP applicable to parliamentary computer assets (surprise, surprise, there is not), it cannot be applied. Catch 22.

You, me, the proles will be fired. An MP - not a chance. Because - he actually cannot be fired. He can (in theory) be prosecuted. However, as the police has noted many times around this story - this was LEGAL pornography. Straight one too. So no grounds to do that either.

Yes... and no.

Indeed you cannot fire an MP - that is a job for their constituents at the next GE.

However, a Party who considers that the MP has brought them into disrepute can of course take a plethora of action, including:

1. Removal from (Shadow) Cabinet or Ministerial Posts and relegation back to the back benches

2. Suspension from the Party/Withdrawal of the Whip

3. Expulsion from the Party and deselection at the next GE.

Moreover, if you DO have an AUP, breaches would make it possible to withdraw ICT privileges for the MP or reclaim their issued IT equipment. They are entitled to sit in Parliament, but their privileges on the IT infrastructure could be restricted consummate with the level of threat they pose to the network's integrity.