Comments on: Digital Economy Bill: How did Scottish MPs vote? http://jodimullen.co.uk/how-did-scottish-mps-vote-debill/ Technology. Games. Music. Culture. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 02:13:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Downfall: Tom Harris MP « Tim Dobson http://jodimullen.co.uk/how-did-scottish-mps-vote-debill/comment-page-1/#comment-25880 Downfall: Tom Harris MP « Tim Dobson Mon, 16 Jan 2012 19:14:53 +0000 http://jodimullen.co.uk/?p=360#comment-25880 [...] another two times so it’s good to know he doesn’t support the bill. Oh wait, actually he abstained, which is pretty much a green flag of [...] [...] another two times so it’s good to know he doesn’t support the bill. Oh wait, actually he abstained, which is pretty much a green flag of [...]

]]> By: Paddy http://jodimullen.co.uk/how-did-scottish-mps-vote-debill/comment-page-1/#comment-109 Paddy Mon, 12 Apr 2010 11:10:13 +0000 http://jodimullen.co.uk/?p=360#comment-109 A difficult choice, none the less, I think it's important to send labour a message, and to see if the lib dems can actually achieve anything they talk about. A difficult choice, none the less, I think it’s important to send labour a message, and to see if the lib dems can actually achieve anything they talk about.

]]> By: Jodi Mullen http://jodimullen.co.uk/how-did-scottish-mps-vote-debill/comment-page-1/#comment-108 Jodi Mullen Sun, 11 Apr 2010 21:07:33 +0000 http://jodimullen.co.uk/?p=360#comment-108 I find myself in the curious position of having to choose between a Labour MP who has proven time and time again that he will vote against the whip when necessary and an increasingly impotent-looking Lib Dem candidate whose main selling point is the fact that he's neither Labour nor Conservative. And all of this in a constituency where Labour's 2,500 vote majority could easily be eroded. My head tells me to give Labour a bloody nose and send them to lick their wounds for a while in opposition but my guy instinct is actually to vote for the incumbent MP both because of his record in the constituency and his handling of the Digital Economy Bill. While I think a hung parliament is the best possible outcome for democracy in Britain, I do worry that the Lib Dems will prove as ineffective in government as they have in opposition. I would love to be proved wrong but the failure of their Scottish MPs to turn up for a critical vote has shaken my faith in the party. I find myself in the curious position of having to choose between a Labour MP who has proven time and time again that he will vote against the whip when necessary and an increasingly impotent-looking Lib Dem candidate whose main selling point is the fact that he’s neither Labour nor Conservative. And all of this in a constituency where Labour’s 2,500 vote majority could easily be eroded.

My head tells me to give Labour a bloody nose and send them to lick their wounds for a while in opposition but my guy instinct is actually to vote for the incumbent MP both because of his record in the constituency and his handling of the Digital Economy Bill.

While I think a hung parliament is the best possible outcome for democracy in Britain, I do worry that the Lib Dems will prove as ineffective in government as they have in opposition. I would love to be proved wrong but the failure of their Scottish MPs to turn up for a critical vote has shaken my faith in the party.

]]> By: Paddy http://jodimullen.co.uk/how-did-scottish-mps-vote-debill/comment-page-1/#comment-107 Paddy Sun, 11 Apr 2010 20:49:12 +0000 http://jodimullen.co.uk/?p=360#comment-107 Although it was to be expected that the majority of the Labour party would either spinelessly follow the whip or pittifully stay at home, what truly shocks me is the abhorrently poor turn out on behalf of the Lib Dems. Surely a party so clearly against this draconic bill should at least have the collective mental apparatus to figure that actually voting in line with what one says sends a stronger message than sound bites or slogans. If they can't even do this sort of thing right now, I really question why I should bother giving them my protest vote this election when they evidently show just as little care as either the Conservatives or Labour. Although it was to be expected that the majority of the Labour party would either spinelessly follow the whip or pittifully stay at home, what truly shocks me is the abhorrently poor turn out on behalf of the Lib Dems. Surely a party so clearly against this draconic bill should at least have the collective mental apparatus to figure that actually voting in line with what one says sends a stronger message than sound bites or slogans. If they can’t even do this sort of thing right now, I really question why I should bother giving them my protest vote this election when they evidently show just as little care as either the Conservatives or Labour.

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