alnya Excellent, a bill proposed by the unelected, debated by the ignorant and voted on by the absent. #debill
Sums it all. Really. A controversial bill debated in the house and slightly more than two handfuls of MPs can be bothered to be present. A few Labour backbenchers and a surprising lone conservative:
- Tom Watson (Lab, West Bromwich East) - 'Luke Skywalker'
- Austin Mitchell (Lab, Great Grimsby)
- Fiona McTaggart (Lab, Slough)
- Neil Gerrard (Lab, Walthamstow)
- John Redwood (Con, Wokingham)
take a principled stand against rushing through controversial bad texts, but are kind of ignored. The conservatives generally bitch about the rush, but say they will support the bill. LibDems are not there. Sorry, the one that is just agrees with the honourable members of the opposition.
A farce, a disappointment and random light entertainment in the form of references to Star Wars - Peter Mandelson is apparently Darth Vader - and this coming from an ex-minister. Overall - pathetic.
