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Parliament.
Posted: Tue May 25, 2010 10:40 am
by Digit
Today was the official opening of parliament.
One MP has made a name for himself by saying how pleased he was to see so many new faces in the House as he, believed that MPs, like nappies (diapers) should be changed regularly....
and for the same reason!
Roy.
Re: Parliament.
Posted: Tue May 25, 2010 1:54 pm
by Minimalist
Just don't fall for any of this "term limits" crap.
Re: Parliament.
Posted: Tue May 25, 2010 2:17 pm
by Digit
The late, unlamented, Mayor of London once stated that 'if voting ever changed anything they'd outlaw it!'
Roy.
Re: Parliament.
Posted: Tue May 25, 2010 4:23 pm
by Minimalist
In 1994 Newt Gingrich led the so-called Republican revolution ( if turning back the clock 100 years can ever be a revolution) and proposed term limits.
Oddly, (or perhaps not-so-oddly) when the Republicans who won ran up against "term limits" they decided they were not such a hot idea after all.
The mayor may have had a point!
Re: Parliament.
Posted: Tue May 25, 2010 4:38 pm
by Digit
Billy Connolly, a comedian in the vein of George Carlin, once stated that any man who expressed a desire to be an MP should be immediately disqualified from ever becoming one!
Roy.
Re: Parliament.
Posted: Tue May 25, 2010 6:49 pm
by uniface
Ditto policemen and prison guards.