UK TREND : Nadhim Zahawi sacked as Tory Chairman

30 January 2023

After an ethics investigation into the management of his tax affairs revealed a “serious breach” of the ministerial code, Nadhim Zahawi was sacked as the chairman of the Tory party. Following the findings, Mr. Sunak informed Mr. Zahawi in writing that he had made the decision to have him removed from office.

Nadhim Zahawi sacked as Tory Chairman

*Prime Minister opens investigation about Zahawi’s taxes*

Politicians and members of the general public have expressed their opinions about Zahawi “finally” (in the public’s eyes) being fired on twitter. People have been using the hashtag #Zahawi to express their joy that the prime minister has acted, but they are still perplexed as to why “Zahawi is still a member of parliament after he was found of serious breach of the ministerial code.”

How is #Zahawi still an MP?

— sue#NHSLove💙💙💙#FBNHS #GeneralElectionNow (@SueSuezep) January 29, 2023

BREAKING: ⁦@nadhimzahawi⁩ gives ⁦@RishiSunak⁩ permission to sack him for forgetting to declare and pay tax on a multimillion capital gain, lying about it and threatening to sue anybody that asked questions around it. 🤷🏼‍♂️ https://t.co/Ef5hrU4DIh

— Karl Turner MP (@KarlTurnerMP) January 29, 2023

The Liberal Democrats have now called for Mr Zahawi to step down from his role as an MP after saying he is “unfit to serve the people of Stratford-on-Avon”. Member of Parliament Daisy Cooper tweeted the news and said, “ given this was a serious breach of the ministerial code, Nadhim Zahawi must do the right thing and resign as an MP”.

Given this was a serious breach of the ministerial code, Nadhim Zahawi must do the right thing and resign as an MP.

He has shown he is unfit to serve in Cabinet and unfit to serve the people of Stratford-on-Avon. #Zahawi https://t.co/ROda6MqBH0

— Daisy Cooper MP 🔶 (@libdemdaisy) January 29, 2023

“Zahawi should be placed in front of a judge!”

Some individuals were not too pleased with Rishi Sunak , as they believe that “ he only held ministers to account if journalists and the public call them out”. They highlighted that “ if the public hadn’t placed pressure on the Prime Minster , he would’ve done nothing”.

Ok @RishiSunak I get it now, you only hold ministers to account if journalists & the public call them out first. If the public hadn’t put the pressure on you would have done NOTHING. #Zahawi

— Claire #EnoughIsEnough 💙 (@clairebubblepop) January 29, 2023

Some people were sharing how “ Zahawi being sacked is not enough and he should face criminal charges. As if it was a normal citizen , they would have been put in prison. Zahawi fully knew what he was doing with avoiding taxes”.

Users were advocating for “ Zahawi to be placed in front of a judge and put in jail”.

Zahawi finally sacked, now get him in front of a judge and put him in jail. #ToryTaxEvasion #ToryCorruption #Zahawi

— Mike Pevitt (@Redpev) January 29, 2023

Members of the public were also tweeting using the hashtag #General Election and stating that, “ it cannot come soon enough”. They said it “ was good that he was sacked as Chairman of the Conservative party, but it is not good enough that he is still a member of Parliament”.

#Zahawi is sacked as Chairman of The Conservative Party – good. #Zahawi is still an MP – not good.

When do we get to boot these chancers out for good? #GeneralElection can’t come soon enough.

— RDGray💙 (@RDGray) January 29, 2023

Twitter user Pete commented that “ It’s not good enough that corrupt and dishonest people such as Zahawi are only sacked from cabinet. The cheat should resign his parliamentary seat. Corrupt people should not be able to sit as members of Parliament”.

It's not good enough that the #corrupt and dishonest #Zahawi has been sacked from the cabinet. The cheat should resign his parliamentary seat. #Corrupt people should not be able to sit as MP's.

— Pete 🌹💙 (@chalkypj) January 29, 2023

Individuals highlighted that it is “ terrible for a Tory criminal to be allowed to continue as a member of parliament and still receive £85 thousand per year of taxpayer’s money. This money should be withheld due to the tax money he has stolen over the years.”

This is terrible!! #Tory criminal #Zahawi sacked as minister but allowed to continue to be an MP and still get £85 per year of tax payers money. Shouldn't this money be with held due to the tax ££ he has stolen over the years. @Conservatives @HouseofCommons https://t.co/3alKCYsK7z

— #SolidarityRMT #ToryCriminalsNotFitForOffice (@JulieBJewellery) January 29, 2023