That Bloke In The Big Smoke

Priceless. And to be fair, that's precisely what's been happening here. The MP who started the debate is a Tory, though perhaps he is becoming better known for his illiberal views on the burqa. And as the MPs mentioned it themselves, the situation has spiralled out of control because backbenchers of the parties in power are also finding out about their government's policy from the TV and radio's most popular news programmes first! 24-hour rolling news is part of the problem but that's something that's here to stay. The pressure of the media is admittedly immense and the situation is not helped by the fact the members don't start proceedings in the House until 2pm. And they don't debate on weekends, leaving the ministers open to attack by ambitious Sunday editors. So I eagerly await the Committee's recommendations, but for now I cannot see how anything other than tougher sanctions will work.