2014-11-12
I think the rules at Westminster might need a little tweaking
Reading about the shambles over the European Arrest Warrant here.
Because an opposition minister moved to delay the vote that meant (a) filibustering while bringing everyone back to the chamber, (b) this then triggered an instant vote on the actual business, rather than them being able to continue the debate.
How on earth is this a sensible system?
Incidentally, I discovered recently that all of the votes at the Scottish Parliament happen together, in the evening. Debates happen earlier in the day on a range of subjects, and they can turn up to whichever ones they have an interest in - but they don't have to basically hang about all day to register their votes, they just have to make sure they're there for all of the votes at the end of the day. A much more efficient use of their time.
Because an opposition minister moved to delay the vote that meant (a) filibustering while bringing everyone back to the chamber, (b) this then triggered an instant vote on the actual business, rather than them being able to continue the debate.
How on earth is this a sensible system?
Incidentally, I discovered recently that all of the votes at the Scottish Parliament happen together, in the evening. Debates happen earlier in the day on a range of subjects, and they can turn up to whichever ones they have an interest in - but they don't have to basically hang about all day to register their votes, they just have to make sure they're there for all of the votes at the end of the day. A much more efficient use of their time.
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Interesting Links for 12-11-2014
- Marijuana's long-term effects on the brain demonstrated
- EU court ruling backs curbs on 'benefit tourism'
- New party Left Unity to hold first annual conference
- Calvin Klein Never Called That Model ‘Plus-Sized’ — Twitter Did
- How to predict relationship success - with 94% accuracy!
- Cop cracks woman's iPad passcode to rescue her after crash
- Women! Don't fancy being raped? Practice your anti-rape face! Apparently!
- Loads Of Huge UK Rock Bands Still Have Day Jobs
- "Scottish News" are trying to start an independent Scottish News service
- What do you give a pig that's sick?
- Edinburgh: Just gorgeous
- City Attorneys train local cops to use "wish lists" for civil forfeiture
- How One Boy With Autism Became BFF With Apple’s Siri - NYTimes.com
- What kills us? The Leading Causes Of Death From 1900-2010
- How Yoga Alters Gene Expression (lowering stress and inflammation)
- Regulators slap $3.4bn fines on five banks in global foreign exchange probe
- Bizarrely, it turns out the Watergate scandal was not about water.
Channel 4's economic editor is sick of the banks - and explains why very clearly
This is basically a must-watch - C4s economics editor completely despairing of the fact that fraud case after fraud case comes up, and still nobody goes to jail: