It seems to me...
... that the unprecedented vitriol of the attacks on Speaker Martin are a shameful effort by MPs to shift media focus from themselves.

Proof, if proof were needed, that MPs are the last people who should be in charge.
( lion-cake Bad lion-cake, bad., Tue 19 May 2009, 9:59, archived)

Who would you like to see 'in charge'?

( WormuIus, Tue 19 May 2009, 10:02, archived)

the civil service of course!

( spacefish bong!, Tue 19 May 2009, 10:06, archived)

Rubbish
what we need is a hereditary peerage.
( Flapjack I spay a little mare for you, Tue 19 May 2009, 10:07, archived)

Me
obviously.
( Blue Star was working part time at the 5 and Dime, Tue 19 May 2009, 10:06, archived)

*votes*

(likeajackhammer, Tue 19 May 2009, 10:17, archived)

The Army
*goosesteps*
( wotofco pissing in your swimming pool, Tue 19 May 2009, 10:08, archived)

rge ins
( Gooch Is neither here nor there, Tue 19 May 2009, 10:08, archived)

the speaker that tried to keep out the financial details of the MP scum for 3 yrs?
first of all the tory's won't want it to happen as it'll mean a labour replacement
labour won't be happy because it shows them up

i don't see your point
(rigby happened on (and with added toothache), Tue 19 May 2009, 10:05, archived)

Have you seen my winky?

( wotofco pissing in your swimming pool, Tue 19 May 2009, 10:05, archived)

Let us elect a conch shell to be in charge.
Oooh great Conch Shell! What be thy bidding?

...

He says I can fuck your girlfriend.
( Edd: The Unfunny Try-Hard Edgelord, Tue 19 May 2009, 10:08, archived)

big cats for all
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 19 May 2009, 10:11, archived)

I quite like Martin Spencer's book "Spin".
He was a political person.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Tue 19 May 2009, 10:09, archived)

I propose...
... A system of national and local plebicites, using the phone voting system as used in 'The X Factor'. Mistakes of the sort which left California with power cuts WILL be made at first.
( lion-cake Bad lion-cake, bad., Tue 19 May 2009, 10:11, archived)

"at first?"
you do understand why California ended up with no power, right?

cede control to local authorities and within 12 months we'd be living in caves eating moss and burning money to stay warm.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 19 May 2009, 10:23, archived)

...but in the end...
... people will learn that stupid decisions ('lets lower electricity prices to the consumer') have consequences.
( lion-cake Bad lion-cake, bad., Tue 19 May 2009, 10:17, archived)

No, people never learn anything.
This should be one of the first things that people learn, but as I've just mentioned, they never do.
(MooCow_Byter, Tue 19 May 2009, 10:28, archived)