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**Nikolai Rostov** · 24-05-2012, 12:10

Originally Posted by slipperman

Not everyone is "fortunate" enough to be able to attend a Select Committee session or two.

That's the thing though most of them are televised on BBC parliament, ergo my comment about people spouting misinformed crap. At least on tele you haven't actually got to sit behind Eric Pickles...was not a pleasant experience!

I take your point about Tom Watson but he has been working on phone hacking for absolute years. Perhaps a better better example would be John Battle (former MP Leeds West) who fought for compensation for workplace asbestos victims).

As I said PMQ's doesn't provide the best account of Westminster but I'd like to think people on here had a bit more sense to dig a little deeper than the 10 o'clock news and actually look at the work of parliament before slagging it off! Youthful naivety I suppose.

And you can't be be a Daily Mail reader...they don't use smileys at the end of sentences haha.

**heard_it_all_before** · 24-05-2012, 12:32

Balls, Cooper and Milliband are just a bunch of fucktards.

**BPS666** · 24-05-2012, 12:47

'All MP's (not just Balls, Cooper and Milliband) are just a bunch of fucktards and deserve a kick in the cunt.'

Fixed!

**PBUH** · 24-05-2012, 12:58

Originally Posted by Jimmy_Green

Which one was that then?

He went to Crossdale Primary, Keyworth so he should have gone on to South Wolds Comprehensive. It was a decent enough school in my day. No idea what its like now

**menacingboots** · 24-05-2012, 13:45

Replace the lot with mongs. At least we'd all get ice creams cheaper.

**slipperman** · 24-05-2012, 14:22

Originally Posted by Nikolai Rostov

At least on tele you haven't actually got to sit behind Eric Pickles...was not a pleasant experience!

You have my sympathy. I bet he was exhaling hot air throughout proceedings, from both ends. I've never been convinced by his "I'm a poor, downtrodden Northerner and we're all in this together" routine.
In my opinion, he's the Tory equivalent of John Prescott*, who I detest with a passion.

*I will never call him Lord, the hippocritical (intentional spelling) waste of space.

**elovabloke** · 24-05-2012, 14:28

Originally Posted by Nikolai Rostov

As I said PMQ's doesn't provide the best account of Westminster but I'd like to think people on here had a bit more sense to dig a little deeper than the 10 o'clock news and actually look at the work of parliament before slagging it off! Youthful naivety I suppose..

Unfortunately the public face of Parliament is one of a bunch of scrounging workshy individuals who will do anything for a fast buck in is and has 250 more members than it most probaly requires. That unfortunately is due to the acts of a significant minority so its self inflicted.
The work of some select committees ispart of Parliament that many do not see but unfortunately as it has no real power in much of what it does which is proven by the Government of the day rejecting many of the select committees recommendations and may give some the idea that they are a wasted resource. The screaming and shouting of Tom Watson on what his committee will do to the Murdoch’s is a case in point. They/he has no power and they could stick two fingers up at Parliament if they wanted to and then where would all the hangers on go for their evening drinks.

**Nikolai Rostov** · 24-05-2012, 15:18

[QUOTE=elovabloke;4418886]Unfortunately the public face of Parliament is one of a bunch of scrounging workshy individuals who will do anything for a fast buck in is and has 250 more members than it most probaly requires. That unfortunately is due to the acts of a significant minority so its self inflicted.
The work of some select committees ispart of Parliament that many do not see but unfortunately as it has no real power in much of what it does which is proven by the Government of the day rejecting many of the select committees recommendations and may give some the idea that they are a wasted resource. The screaming and shouting of Tom Watson on what his committee will do to the Murdoch

**rgjbloke** · 24-05-2012, 15:22

Originally Posted by elovabloke

and has 250 more members than it most probaly requires

You not really into this democracy thing then?

**CaptainPlume** · 24-05-2012, 15:33

Originally Posted by rgjbloke

Did he mean me!

I'm mortified!!!

P.S. What channel is the news on?

OK then, anyone who is cognisant of any current affairs beyond who is in which team in The Biggest Strictly Come X Factor With The Stars On Ice's Got Talent & still voted Labour is either ESN, a criminal, a traitor or any permutation of these