MPs
My parents' next-door neighbour used to happily sit on the Commons' back benches for many a year until being ousted by one of "Blair's babes" (bit of a misnomer) in 1997. He was a rich source of the kind of stories that would get national newspapers frothing at their metaphorical mouths these days, as most Parliamentarians of his generation seemed to regard the Palace of Westminster as a heavily-subsidised club (well, it still is). One thing he told me is that, quite apart from the Cabinet, Shadow Cabinet etc., there were as many different cliques and mutual appreciation societies as you'd find in an English public school, which usually had more to do with length of "service" than party politics, with the elder statesmen generally being the more likely to behave badly in debates, shouting down speeches, throwing papers everywhere etc. One group of crusty Old Harrovians were particularly renowned for constantly trying to derail motions by rudely heckling and badgering other MPs heading for the "Aye" door (in complete disregard for the House's etiquette and protocol). They were known as the "Nay boors".
(Vice Admiral Sir Charles Cockbrush KCB MBE DSO, who is finding it increasingly difficult to log into b3ta.com wants to duck your aunt and kick your puppy, Mon 5 Oct 2009, 10:02, 1 reply)

/checks Parliamentary procedures
It's the Ayes and the Noes. Fucksocks.
(Vice Admiral Sir Charles Cockbrush KCB MBE DSO, who is finding it increasingly difficult to log into b3ta.com wants to duck your aunt and kick your puppy, Mon 5 Oct 2009, 11:27, closed)