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This infantile stunt shows how much of a joke the Lib Dems have become

By on Tuesday 26th February 2008 18:49 / 4 comments

 

A lot can be said about the local Liberal Democrats: some good, some bad. However, when it comes to their Parliamentary counterparts, they appear to be mature, compliant angels.

My comment comes after disgusting scenes in the House of Commons today, in which a Lib Dem MP was thrown out for refusing to recognise the authority of the Deputy Speaker Sir Michael Lord.

Pettily, immaturely, revoltingly, obnoxiously, repulsively, monstrously, even outrageously Edward Davey refused to shut up and sit down, instead arguing with Sir Michael, wasting valuable time on an issue completely irrelevant to the business of the House at that time.

He was given adequate warning, but ignored them all, which led to him being thrown out. Then, as a ghastly stunt, his colleagues on the Lib Dem benches proceeded to vacate the House of Commons, rather immaturely, bowing out of the debate at the time.

Thankfully, it achieved nothing. Well, except for evidence of how Nick Clegg has “shuttled from the sublime to the ridiculous at supersonic speed” and how laughable an “alternative” the Lib Dems are nationally.

So Andy (Stamp, that is), do yourself a favour. Don’t waste your talents trying to associate yourself with that lot. Stay in Medway Council where you belong, fighting for local issues of local importance.

At least locally, here in Medway, the Lib Dems still have some respect!

 

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4 Comments

  1. Tom Hatton says:
    Tuesday 26th February 2008 at 22:20

    Hear! Hear! I agree totally with what your saying Alan. The Lib Dems have completely showed themselves up and have no chance whatsoever of becoming a credible opposition anytime soon!

  2. Cllr John Ward says:
    Wednesday 27th February 2008 at 10:25

    Alan

    You wrote: “At least locally, here in Medway, the Lib Dems still have some respect!”

    As it happens, a few months before Andy Stamp was elected to Medway Council, the LibDem councillors at the time walked out of a Council meeting (as did the Labour Group) while a Portfolio Holder (Cllr Les Wicks) was addressing the meeting.

    This was one example of the bad behaviour of Opposition Members that prompted the Standards Committee to call in the Group Leaders a few months ago and give them a strong talking-to.

    I believe that this Committee might soon have the power to suspend badly-behaved Members for limited periods, so I think it is high time that certain of our local politicians also learned appropriate behaviour.

  3. Alan Collins says:
    Wednesday 27th February 2008 at 13:09

    Hmm, well I wasn’t aware of this fact, John. It was obviously before I got heavily interested in local politics (which was, in itself, just a few months before the local elections).

    I don’t believe that it changes my conclusion much, though. I’d still rather the Lib Dem Parliamentary Party were full of the Cracks, Kearneys, Smiths and Stamps than the lot currently being ridiculed in the House of Commons.

  4. Cllr John Ward says:
    Wednesday 27th February 2008 at 23:03

    Yup, Alan, I surmised as such: hence the “As it happens” rather than (say) “Have you forgotten that…?” :-)

    As for our local LibDems, by and large they aren’t all that bad, and I get on with all of them — something I cannot say about the Labour Group(!)

 
 

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