
Why can one MP stop this? Can he not be overruled or the bill put to a vote?
( , Fri 15 Jun 2018, 15:11, Reply)

I don’t understand how PMBs work exactly but I seem to recall Chope being one of the MPs that filibustered out the bill that would have mandated minimum standards for rented properties.
Unsurprisingly Mogg was one of the others.
( , Fri 15 Jun 2018, 15:43, Reply)

Instead we get brexit
( , Fri 15 Jun 2018, 15:48, Reply)

Out of touch and out for themselves. Just so so fucking depressing that so little has really progressed and in fact we are now going backwards
( , Fri 15 Jun 2018, 15:53, Reply)

You know something stinks when MPs mention the register of financial interests before they speak instead of just saying something like “I’m a landlord”. In fairness though, a lot of MPs are landlords because many rent out their constituency homes when they rent in London.
( , Fri 15 Jun 2018, 16:42, Reply)

it's a parliamentary all party agreement / procedural thing that if no-one says 'object' then it goes through to the next phase without debate. If someone like Chope chimes in , it must then be debated....
Of course it will go through eventually. Chope just has a reputation for wanting even no-brainers debated as much as possible and he wants a chat about something that will bang people up for a couple of years.
In this instance, this is mainly because he is a cunt.
( , Fri 15 Jun 2018, 17:29, Reply)