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Originally Posted by cashman
Twas a little shuffle, G.J. did ok to me, shame many MPs dont seem to regard this as a problem,otherwise they would be present? perhaps those absent see fiddling as second nature?
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I think he did do OK. That's what I previously wrote. It's a shame the shuffle was caught on film - that was just unlucky - and maybe he was not aware of it, but that still does not justify his rant on here. He needs to calm down a little and accept the fun of the cut and thrust of civilised debate.
I suspect that the reason for the empty benches - despite all the recent media coverage on metal theft may be due to the fact that it was 1pm and some of his colleagues, being thirsty bunnies, needed to go down the pub.
GJ may be on another planet when it comes to public opinion on the EU, but he is perfectly right in what he is doing on metal theft (oh, and his work on the Toddy Curve, for that matter). The real question now is will the government give him & his colleagues sufficient parliamentary time through the second reading (20th January), through the committee stage and on to it's final reading? I don't know - I hope so. If there is sufficient cross-bench support then it should happen.