Polite rebuke

[webofevil]

The House of Lords encourages elegance and politeness, which I can’t help but enjoy.

Lord Tordoff (LD): My Lords, I hope that the noble Lord will forgive me if I draw his attention to the Companion. Paragraph 4.44 states:

In debates where there are no formal time limits, members opening or winding up, from either side, are expected to keep within 20 minutes. Other speakers are expected to keep within 15 minutes.

I fear that the noble Lord has now been speaking for 23 minutes and a number of us who are in support of him will find ourselves less so than when he started.

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[(Anonymous)]

Apropos of nothing, you'll like this: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7276754.stm

[webofevil.livejournal.com]

You're right, although to anyone just joining us I should point out that this is not because of the story itself but the award-winningly optimistic defence (http://webofevil.livejournal.com/tag/rubbish+defence) employed by the bastard in the dock.

[webofevil.livejournal.com]

It now has a post of its own. Thank you, masked man.

[strictlytrue.livejournal.com]

This place encourages elegance and politeness, which I can’t help but enjoy.

Indeed. Compare and contrast with:

Mr. Davidson: I fail to understand how the Government could be frightened by the Liberal Democrats who are abstaining. If they want to start persuading the Government about anything, threatening them with an abstention is not the best way to send shivers down their backs—“Oooooh! The Liberal Democrats are going to abstain! Oh my God!”