So you've won your seat in the House of Commons...
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I notice when I watch TV scenes from the British Commons a large number of deputies standing. Is it a case that there are not enough actual seats for everyone wins one? Or is this phenomonon just to get a head-start on the rush to the bar afterwards?
Ger
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They are probably suffering from hemorrhoids :-\
I thought MP's were hemorrhoids? THey are certainly a PITA ... :laugh:
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I notice when I watch TV scenes from the British Commons a large number of deputies standing. Is it a case that there are not enough actual seats for everyone wins one? Or is this phenomonon just to get a head-start on the rush to the bar afterwards?
Ger
The number of MPs has grown over time, while the size of the meeting chamber has not, so it is possible that this is the case. There are also arcane rules regarding MPs who enter the chamber in the middle of a debate. IIRC, They must wait near the entrance until given permission by the Speaker to take their seats.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows. -- 6079 Smith W.
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I thought MP's were hemorrhoids? THey are certainly a PITA ... :laugh:
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Hear, hear, mumble, mumble :thumbsup:
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I notice when I watch TV scenes from the British Commons a large number of deputies standing. Is it a case that there are not enough actual seats for everyone wins one? Or is this phenomonon just to get a head-start on the rush to the bar afterwards?
Ger
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Hear, hear, mumble, mumble :thumbsup:
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The number of MPs has grown over time, while the size of the meeting chamber has not, so it is possible that this is the case. There are also arcane rules regarding MPs who enter the chamber in the middle of a debate. IIRC, They must wait near the entrance until given permission by the Speaker to take their seats.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows. -- 6079 Smith W.
Arcane, or just good manners? (Not that being late is good manners anyway, but then disturbing the debate whilst making your way to a seat compounds the insult). There is not enough space for everyone (around 427 seats for 650 MPs, and it was even rebuilt this way after war damage), but: 1. It's pretty rare for everyone to be present anyway, except maybe for state occasions or really important and close-run debates 2. There are more MPs than when the Chamber was originally designed... 3. ... and people have got bigger since then, too. (For one thing, there are now many many female MPs who tend to have wider hips) However it's not unusual to see them really crammed in, especially on the front benches; one can't help but think that the crush must both distract from concentrating on the issues at hand, and also hurry things along to some extent. It's not unusual for MPs to spend debate time in other locations, and only attend when the division bell is rung. This is why there is a "repeater" bell in several nearby pubs - so long as they're within an 8-minute dash. I did laugh at the OP's terminology of "deputies". Technically of course they are deputised to represent their constituents, but most of them would never consider themselves to be deputy to anyone!! :laugh:
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ORDERRRRRR
Ger
Two pints of lager, and a packet of crisps, please.
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Head-start for the loo mayhap?
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I notice when I watch TV scenes from the British Commons a large number of deputies standing. Is it a case that there are not enough actual seats for everyone wins one? Or is this phenomonon just to get a head-start on the rush to the bar afterwards?
Ger
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Arcane, or just good manners? (Not that being late is good manners anyway, but then disturbing the debate whilst making your way to a seat compounds the insult). There is not enough space for everyone (around 427 seats for 650 MPs, and it was even rebuilt this way after war damage), but: 1. It's pretty rare for everyone to be present anyway, except maybe for state occasions or really important and close-run debates 2. There are more MPs than when the Chamber was originally designed... 3. ... and people have got bigger since then, too. (For one thing, there are now many many female MPs who tend to have wider hips) However it's not unusual to see them really crammed in, especially on the front benches; one can't help but think that the crush must both distract from concentrating on the issues at hand, and also hurry things along to some extent. It's not unusual for MPs to spend debate time in other locations, and only attend when the division bell is rung. This is why there is a "repeater" bell in several nearby pubs - so long as they're within an 8-minute dash. I did laugh at the OP's terminology of "deputies". Technically of course they are deputised to represent their constituents, but most of them would never consider themselves to be deputy to anyone!! :laugh:
Deputy is the Irish coming out in me. It's an alternative term for our members of parliament, officially a Teachta Daila or TD. We would use it where the British might use Right Honourable or Honourable Gentleman - not sure which, perhaps both
Ger
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Arcane, or just good manners? (Not that being late is good manners anyway, but then disturbing the debate whilst making your way to a seat compounds the insult). There is not enough space for everyone (around 427 seats for 650 MPs, and it was even rebuilt this way after war damage), but: 1. It's pretty rare for everyone to be present anyway, except maybe for state occasions or really important and close-run debates 2. There are more MPs than when the Chamber was originally designed... 3. ... and people have got bigger since then, too. (For one thing, there are now many many female MPs who tend to have wider hips) However it's not unusual to see them really crammed in, especially on the front benches; one can't help but think that the crush must both distract from concentrating on the issues at hand, and also hurry things along to some extent. It's not unusual for MPs to spend debate time in other locations, and only attend when the division bell is rung. This is why there is a "repeater" bell in several nearby pubs - so long as they're within an 8-minute dash. I did laugh at the OP's terminology of "deputies". Technically of course they are deputised to represent their constituents, but most of them would never consider themselves to be deputy to anyone!! :laugh:
DerekT-P wrote: ... and people have got bigger since then, too. (For one thing, there are now many many female MPs who tend to have wider hips) Her underwear looked like a dress for someone with two waists? CQ de W5ALT
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