Filibustering (verb) 'To act in an obstructive manner in a legislature, especially by speaking at inordinate length". What a sad day on Friday when SFM was introduced to the ludicrous practice of filibustering. Food campaigners were watching from the public gallery or on Parliament TV in anticipation of the second reading of the Sustainable Livestock Bill and the Public Bodies Sustainable Food Bill. Expecting lively constructive debate, we got Jacob Rees-Mogg MP reciting poetry and slowly listing the vegetables he disliked. After five long hours of this nonsense, the session was adjourned and both Bills failed to get a second reading. What a shameful display by Rees-Mogg and what a ridiculous waste of tax payers money!
Monday, 15 November 2010
Filibustering (verb)
Filibustering (verb) 'To act in an obstructive manner in a legislature, especially by speaking at inordinate length". What a sad day on Friday when SFM was introduced to the ludicrous practice of filibustering. Food campaigners were watching from the public gallery or on Parliament TV in anticipation of the second reading of the Sustainable Livestock Bill and the Public Bodies Sustainable Food Bill. Expecting lively constructive debate, we got Jacob Rees-Mogg MP reciting poetry and slowly listing the vegetables he disliked. After five long hours of this nonsense, the session was adjourned and both Bills failed to get a second reading. What a shameful display by Rees-Mogg and what a ridiculous waste of tax payers money!
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