12 Mar House Speaker cracks down – smartly
In my years of watching and working at the House of Commons, this is the toughest the Speaker has ever been. MP’s will calm down for a few days; the key is can he keep them calm?
(h/t to one of the most objective journalists on the Hill Aaron Wherry)
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Fagstein » A lack of decorum in the House of Commons (March 17th, 2009 at 1:04am)
[...] Ian Capstick points out this Macleans post which points to this video of House of Commons speaker Peter Milliken reminding members of Parliament that they shouldn’t be attacking each other personally in the House. [...]
C’était passé temps; I can’t believe some of the things some people (most from a certain party…) feel entitled to say during members’ statements. I hope the Speaker is actually planning to enforce this, not just reiterate it.
(I think he could also have benefited from some drama classes during his formative years; one of the things we learned was how to read a speech from paper while looking at the audience.)