July 2024 UK General Election Result
The plight of job hunting ex-Tory MPs ‘they don’t want me’
Politico has published an interesting piece on Tory MPs who lost their seat at the July 2024 Election (link below)
Former MP for High Wycombe and Brexiteer Steve Baker claims that employers don’t want him.
Of course the many thousands who lose their jobs each year often face similar experiences but the Tory Party continues to show little interest, opposing the Government’s Employment Rights legislation in the Commons
“What I don’t need is: Here’s how to apply for a mid-ranking job in a corporate,” said Baker, a prominent figure in the party’s Brexit wars of the 2010s. “As soon as I apply, they know who I am, they do the Googling and they don’t want me.”
https://www.politico.eu/article/britain-uk-defeated-tory-mps-struggle-adjust-civilian-life/
perhaps Mr Baker should apply for a “middle-ranking” job with an insolvency practitioner? After all, he’s done more than most to drum up business for them…