In recognition of the Prime Minister's objection to the use of the term "bonk ban," it should henceforth be known as "Unique measures communicated to male L/NP MPs to ask them not to sexually harass their female staff, not that there's anything wrong with that." /1

It is extraordinary that this is even a subject of discussion in 2020. There have been laws about this affecting every other workplace in the land for more than 30 years. /2

I'm currently not even a manager, but I understand authority gradients, and I know that if I was at a work function and I behaved inappropriately towards someone more junior than me, I'd be sacked. There wouldn't even be a conversation about it. /3

But our erstwhile political class, which includes the journalists who cover them, carry on as if it's no big deal, that everyone's being unreasonable by expecting serious consequences for behavior which amounts to sexual assault. /4

But as well as not being a manager, I'm also not a sociopath, so I don't need that law (or bespoke "bonk bans" implemented by Prime Ministerial decree) to stop me from harassing people. I want to help my colleagues succeed, I don't want them to feel unsafe around me! /5

I could ask, "What the fuck is wrong with these reprobates who not only behave like this, but excuse and defend themselves afterwards?" But I don't need to, because we know: They're not like us. The people we elect are not wired right. /6

Consequences affecting the conduct of MPs should be stricter than laws affecting the conduct of normal people, because MPs have a steep authority gradient, and because we already know they're deviant sociopaths and should treat them accordingly. /7

If that extra scrutiny makes fewer people want to be politicians: GOOD. The people who want to be politicians right now are damaged goods, they're fundamentally broken. We should have fewer of them. We should only attract politicians who behave like normal people. /8

Clear the fuckers out. Sack them, humiliate them, drive them onto JobSeeker. Get rid of the lot of them. And start with the moralistic holier-than-thou serial philanderers like Porter and Tudge who have built careers out of telling other people how to behave. /end