tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7466643334422987322.post4758645053058631611..comments2024-03-06T14:39:11.053+00:00Comments on Calum Cashley: Whoosh!Anseohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09107667224537870586noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7466643334422987322.post-28297645378378366342008-05-07T16:26:00.000+01:002008-05-07T16:26:00.000+01:00I think Brian (who's OK apart from being a support...I think Brian (who's OK apart from being a supporter of the team on the wrong side of the street) was referring to rule 9.14 in the Standing Orders which means that a Member's Bill proposal cannot proceed without Ministerial approval if the Government intends to legislate on the topic in this session (sub-rules 11 to 14).<BR/><BR/>Interestingly, sub-rule 15 means that you can't bring a Member's Bill forward any later than six months before dissolution. This nine months to pass a Bill ...<BR/><BR/>I'm not in favour of jokes referring to mental health issues, though, and I think that Wendy is under some considerable strain, so perhaps it would be best not to allude to this. While I have no time for Ms Alexander's political views and despise the damage that her party has done to my country, I'm not sure we add anything to the debate by attacking her in that way. <BR/><BR/>I will quite happily attack her politics, her performance, her vaulting ego, her ridiculous challenges, her shroud-waving and scaremongering, and the ridiculous idea that she is a great thinker, but I won't cast doubt on her health, mental or otherwise. I would say that she appears to be under a great deal of stress - although some of that comes with the territory - and that her friends should be questioning her decision to soldier on in the face of all that has come her way, but that's not my call to make.<BR/><BR/>Right then, must have a song...Calum Cashleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01059728094634130387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7466643334422987322.post-80187101301110413532008-05-07T14:12:00.000+01:002008-05-07T14:12:00.000+01:00it seems to be squeeky bum time over at slab hq lo...it seems to be squeeky bum time over at slab hq lol, now remind me how many signatures do you need to section someone?? I nice wee vacay in a padded room will do wendy the world of good.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7466643334422987322.post-50457593679294824902008-05-07T13:27:00.000+01:002008-05-07T13:27:00.000+01:00Just incredible isn't it. I think this line of you...Just incredible isn't it. I think this line of yours sums it up best:<BR/><BR/>" handing Labour's votes over to the SNP Government with nothing in return "<BR/><BR/>And if she can't raise her own Member's Bill because the SNP already have 'dibs' on it (as suggested by Brian Taylor himself), then she truly has handed everything to the SNP. She has to sit patiently for the Nationalists bill to come before her and if Labour don't sign it then they will get an almighty kicking at the election.<BR/><BR/>Unbelievable...Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01485196287282298695noreply@blogger.com