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Originally Posted by pig
More Mps like that with a bit of passion wouldnt hurt, ashame they werent recording the commons back in the 70s when heseltine went awol and picked up the staff and waved it at the labour bench.
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Originally Posted by Yahwe
somebody who is reading for a degree in politics and law really ought to know that the proceedings of the house of commons are always recorded.
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Originally Posted by pig
I meant TV so we could see what he did. A picture can paint a thousand words dont you know? ;p
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You're both kind of right.
I'm sure Hansard would have recorded the incident as
[Interruption.]
or something similarly interesting.
That said, I think someone reading for a degree in politics and law should at least know that it's called the mace
What surprised me most about today's escapade was that the Speaker had to ask one of his clerks what Dennis Skinner was called! He's virtually a parliamentary institution now, you'd think that he'd know his name...