I would love to give the government a lambasting over this tightening of media laws surrounding the reporting of parliament. However it would appear to be supported by all factions of the house and so the whole lot of them deserve a good smacking. Totalitarian regimes of all flavours put in place measures to clamp down on criticism of themselves very early in the piece. Political satire has been a healthy part of a vibrant democracy since the days of the Empire being run by the Whigs (and probably long before that). Stopping it is stupid and dangerous. The obvious point that if MPs want to be shown up in a better light they should behave better is just that - obvious. If you don't want to be seen knitting, sleeping, telling people to indulge in sex and travel or giving the finger whilst working then don't do it. If you do and it is then demonstrated to your paymasters that this is the way you behave at work then fair enough. If I was seen to be knitting at work I think it would quite rightly be seen in a very dim light.
I'm still scanning the horizon for little green men.
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