On 09/04/10 17:06, jim.came...@buhlersortex.com wrote: > Andy: >> 189 MPs voted Yes (Aye), 47 voted No (Noe). > > The majority of whom weren't present at the debate. You might very well think > the bill was railroaded through by whatever MPs the whips could round up and > herd into the chamber to vote the party line without even hearing it; I > couldn't possibly comment. > >> There are 646 MPs so most of them couldn't even be bothered to vote. >
Sounds like a right shambles. I contacted my local MP who I see on the list didn't vote at all, kinda makes me wonder if there is any point in MP's if they don't listen to the constituents. > And some 20,000 letters and emails in opposition, according to 38degrees. On > average, that's more than 30 each. Surely there's only so many times you can > send out a form letter full of platitudes before you start to think, maybe > people /don't want/ this thing to pass? > Yep, I dare say any normal person would think... hang on a minute, maybe they have a point, but these are MP's. > So what can we do now? Donate to the Pirate Party (unfortunately, there is no > pirate candidate in my constituency), donate to the Open Rights Group, email > our candidates, buttonhole them when they come round canvassing ... anything > else? I'll certainly look at mentioning it to the candidates in my constituency, I wonder if it's worth contacting the local press for instance mentioning that I contacted my local MP but they didn't vote (either they couldn't be bothered or they had good reason not to vote, I'd certainly like to know either way). > I was somewhat heartened to see that the front page article in today's Metro > was strongly critical (in so far as a newspaper article can be in these days > of journalistic "balance") both of the bill and the appallingly undemocratic > way it was rammed through Parliament. It's a shame that I can't get the Metro newspaper down here, at least I haven't seen it (last time I saw it was when I was working in Sheffield). Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
