Reasoning Required

[Poll #1160784]

I ask because the recent outcry over free votes on the embryology bill has me feeling conflicted. On the one hand, I want people to stand up for their opinions at all times, but on the other hand, I have _no_ idea who my local MP or MSP is, and voted entirely based on the stated principles of the party they represent. This goes even further with list MSPs, who were voted in purely on party votes, and thus surely represent some kind of platonic ideal of the party, rather than any acknowledgement of their personal morals.

Oh, and...

Woke up with my Eastercon cold in its dying throes this morning and made a decision to stay off rather than going in, prolonging it and infecting my workmates.

Feeling a fair bit better now, but still producing the odd tissue full of horrible gunk.

Mmmmm, gunk.

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