Revolting SW1

By Douglas Carswell (Con) • on February 8, 2010, 12:50 pm

When an opposition spokesman, Damian Green, exposed the government's incompetence over immigration, he was arrested.  If ever Parliamentary privilege, as set out in the 1689 Bill of Rights should apply, surely it ought to have protected Green from an overbearing, bullying executive? As we all know, those running our rotten, indolent Commons lacked the character to ensure that members of the legislature could do their job unhindered.  Now we see Parliamentary privilege apparently invoked by MPs seeking immunity from corruption charges. It is not just the government we need to change. We must transform the way we are governed. The need to make government accountable to Parliament, and Parliament answer to the people, has become urgent ….. ...

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