What follows is a letter recived in the post from my MP today regarding the Digital Economy Bill.
DIGITAL ECONOMY BILL
As you are probably aware, the above Bill was passed in Parliament on Tuesday, 6th April. Despite protestations from all sides of the House the Bill was rushed through with only a few hours of debate.
Personally, I was not happy with the way the voting went, so I refused to join the ‘Aye’ (yes) lobby/vote, and abstained to register my disgust at the way this ill-thought through and flawed Bill was rushed through Parliament without correct and proper scrutiny.
Locally, I have been supported by those of differing political views because I am prepared to put common sense before party politics. I hope that my refusal to join the ‘Yes’ lobby on Tuesday has once again underlined my independence of mind on behalf of those issues that really affect the lives and liberties of my constituents.
In my view, the Bill will do immense damage and is fundamentally flawed.
Yours sincerely,
Mark Pritchard MP
In Mark’s view, the bill will do immense damage and is fundamentally flawed, but to show his ‘disgust’ in the way the bill was rushed through Mark abstained from voting?
He hopes that this shows his independence of mind, seriously? He thinks a bill is flawed and will cause damage but he wont vote against it? He choses to abstain. He might as well have voted yes.
This is also interesting:
http://petedotnu.tumblr.com/post/506152026/john-redwood
Phwoarr, this fence looks reight comfortable. Think I’ll sit on it.
Oh yes. That gets my vote. Twat.
and yet if you were to abstain from from voting at the GE through disgust at the lack of genuine choice between parties it would be because you were apathetic.
I’m wit Brendon, an awful bit of bloody fence sitting that, what a moral coward.