No boys and girls you are not still MPs…

Earlier on today I was looking up old fight mates Kerry McCarthy and Nadine Twitter streams for the first time in a while, when I discovered both had changed their accounts from their names followed by MP, to 4MP. Kerry’s old account exists but in abeyance.

Ivor has spotted three of our ex MPs still tweeting as though they were still MPs: Conor Murphy, Nigel Dodds and Michelle Gildernew.

And beleive it or not that is actually against the law to describe yourself as a MP when technically you are the former MP for such and such a place until such times as you are lucky enough to get re-elected. Nice work Ivor!

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