Comments on: When Ministers don't know http://lordsoftheblog.net/2008/05/23/when-ministers-dont-know/ Life and Work in the House of Lords Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:38:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Malty http://lordsoftheblog.net/2008/05/23/when-ministers-dont-know/comment-page-1/#comment-835 Malty Sun, 25 May 2008 18:39:30 +0000 http://lordsoftheblog.wordpress.com/?p=344#comment-835 baronessmurphy, I do agree that lawyers are very good entertainers, even whilst helping set free criminals who should be incarcerated, however, because of their mainly isolated lives, are they fit to represent the views of the normal person in the street, many of them seem remote, unworldly, some of them, well, I will not litter your excellent blog with the detritus of C.Blair. baronessmurphy, I do agree that lawyers are very good entertainers, even whilst helping set free criminals who should be incarcerated, however, because of their mainly isolated lives, are they fit to represent the views of the normal person in the street, many of them seem remote, unworldly, some of them, well, I will not litter your excellent blog with the detritus of C.Blair.

]]> By: Senex http://lordsoftheblog.net/2008/05/23/when-ministers-dont-know/comment-page-1/#comment-834 Senex Sun, 25 May 2008 12:00:00 +0000 http://lordsoftheblog.wordpress.com/?p=344#comment-834 Question Time in both Houses is the theatre of democracy and demonstrates accountability - it needs some artistic license to appreciate this. Not everything has to be serious in politics and we certainly get to see the drama queens in action during such sessions. Irrelevant, perhaps, but the media love it. Its also a time of networking because most people are on the premises. Question Time in both Houses is the theatre of democracy and demonstrates accountability – it needs some artistic license to appreciate this.

Not everything has to be serious in politics and we certainly get to see the drama queens in action during such sessions. Irrelevant, perhaps, but the media love it.

Its also a time of networking because most people are on the premises.

]]> By: baronessmurphy http://lordsoftheblog.net/2008/05/23/when-ministers-dont-know/comment-page-1/#comment-833 baronessmurphy Sat, 24 May 2008 11:13:09 +0000 http://lordsoftheblog.wordpress.com/?p=344#comment-833 Oh dear, Malty, sorry for the typos....I share your irritation at badly presented work of any kind. Not sure I agree with you about lawyers though. while I could name a few pedantic and long-winded lawyers in our House,we would miss some really great orators and amusing speakers if we banned them. And in their defence, they do tend to understand the nuances in the legislation we are scrutinising, useful for the rest of us. Oh dear, Malty, sorry for the typos….I share your irritation at badly presented work of any kind. Not sure I agree with you about lawyers though. while I could name a few pedantic and long-winded lawyers in our House,we would miss some really great orators and amusing speakers if we banned them. And in their defence, they do tend to understand the nuances in the legislation we are scrutinising, useful for the rest of us.

]]> By: Malty http://lordsoftheblog.net/2008/05/23/when-ministers-dont-know/comment-page-1/#comment-832 Malty Fri, 23 May 2008 20:54:02 +0000 http://lordsoftheblog.wordpress.com/?p=344#comment-832 There is an answer to the grandstanding problem in parliamentary debate, ban any member of the legal profession from becoming an MP. Radical, maybe. Practical, undoubtedly. Just imagine, no S.Byers or T.Blair. PS, you really should order your cyberwonks to add a spellchecker to your site. There is an answer to the grandstanding problem in parliamentary debate, ban any member of the legal profession from becoming an MP. Radical, maybe. Practical, undoubtedly. Just imagine, no S.Byers or T.Blair.

PS, you really should order your cyberwonks to add a spellchecker to your site.

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