tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7647685282789008730.post5875420561539926922..comments2024-03-02T02:56:21.007+00:00Comments on ......SHOT BY BOTH SIDES: FridaysKerryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02377996092374137641noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7647685282789008730.post-3713789792047850412009-06-28T09:03:06.723+01:002009-06-28T09:03:06.723+01:00Modernising appearances is also important (though ...Modernising appearances is also important (though far less so than process). Sometimes appearances help to improve process and certainly understaning for the public - I've always liked the <a href="http://www.btinternet.com/~chief.gnome/gordon25.htm" rel="nofollow">reform</a> at the end of Anthony Wells' <a href="http://www.btinternet.com/~chief.gnome/" rel="nofollow">What if Gordon Banks Had played</a> story.<br /><br />Some of the more bizarre procedures and language really only serve to confuse things - although I guess they provide interest the passing American tourist.David Lovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04116417402551458186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7647685282789008730.post-86524041240584774922009-06-26T23:05:36.262+01:002009-06-26T23:05:36.262+01:00It's only down at that level on a Friday, and ...It's only down at that level on a Friday, and it depends what Bills are up - todays were fairly obscure topics, e.g. re driving instructors who've committed sexual offences, and illegal logging, so not many MPs who regard it as a priority when they've got schools to visit, constituents to meet, surgeries to hold. I'm going to blog about the 'social worker' thing soon... been planning to for a while.<br /><br />Seebag, that's why some of us voted for a reformer on Monday.Kerryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377996092374137641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7647685282789008730.post-39604157252619087622009-06-26T17:26:09.784+01:002009-06-26T17:26:09.784+01:00and this is a good way to run a country is it? No ...and this is a good way to run a country is it? No wonder ordinary peole are alienated from politics.seebaghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14002326418829458395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7647685282789008730.post-29561538044693502172009-06-26T11:54:05.785+01:002009-06-26T11:54:05.785+01:00I knew attendence was low but no idea it's som...I knew attendence was low but no idea it's sometimes that low.<br /><br />I know there is a balance between work in and around parliament and work in the constituency, but I think the balance has shifted too far towards the - if you'll excuse the description - amateur social-worker role.<br /><br />An MP's role is parliament should be more important, as Parliament itself should be more important.Benhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07488606547700008840noreply@blogger.com