@SangitaMyska@mehdirhasan This looks like a photo for a local comedy night, I'd imagine it would be just as funny too. I certainly laughed when you described these people as journalists. ๐๐๐
@MayuranSenthil@reformparty_uk I had to unfollow @PCBarnes123 because I was bored of his mad rants about Reform. He got in a similar argument on Plank of the Week, he just can't help himself.
@LexiBeaChorlton@StephenHul57225 Yep, Restore supporters are so Lowe I.Q that they just generate weird A.I. images to answer everything, they're genuinely retarded.
Is anyone else sick of ministers not answering questions in Parliament? By allowing them to make irrelevant statements in response to questions, the Speaker risks making Parliament itself redundant - if ministers are not required to answer questions asked in the House then one of the main functions of Parliament is lost
So today I have written to @CommonsSpeaker to express my concerns, referencing Energy questions last week
@ClaireCoutinho asked @Ed_Miliband who is responsible if there is a blackout in the UK and what would happen to them if there was one
He accused her of scaremongering, expressed sorrow that she no longer supports net zero and made some totally unconnected comment about green jobs
What he did not do is answer any part of her question and the Speaker said nothing. No requirement to answer the question. No reprimand for talking irrelevant waffle. Nothing
Week in and week out we see the same at PMQs - @KemiBadenoch asks a question and @Keir_Starmer lurches through some pre-prepared answer often on another topic, or complaining about the record of the previous government or Liz Truss or whatever his pet peeve of the day is
So what's the point? If ministers and the PM are allowed to simply say any old rubbish when asked a question and not even pretend to answer it, why bother with the whole charade? Why bother with Parliament? Why not just have a few committees drafting legislation and taking evidence from third parties?
By allowing this, the Speaker's Office is reducing the House of Commons into meaningless spectacle. It's simple theatre without substance and without purpose
If Sir Lindsay Hoyle wants to play a supporting role on the stage, London's West End has plenty of opportunities for this. The Palace of Westminster is not one of them
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@RupertLowe10 Restore haven't won any seats in Great Yarmouth.
You were elected as a Reform MP and all the councillors were elected as Great Yarmouth First under a different mandate.