Last Tuesday the House was sitting late after 3.a.m. dealing with the Second Reading of the Finance Bill. Yours truly was excused the late night sittings because I will Chair the Bill through its committee stages as the Coalitions’ Emergence Budget is put into law. Unfortunately the history of late night sittings is littered with examples of inebriated politicians who let themselves and their constituents down, with their lack of moderation and control of their drinking. Thankfully they are very small in number but the journalists who are prowling the bars on these occasions, some of whom showing the same lack of restraint are always keen to report on the transgressions of others and get applauded by their editors for their, “Got them” reports.
Reports that a new novice Tory MP was so drunk that he was rolling on the bar floor and missed voting for the Coalition’s Finance Bill did not endear him to his new bosses or the Tory Whips. The incident was made all the more bizarre when we were told that the offending MP’s name was “Reckless”. The new MP is Reckless by name and was reckless with his conduct. He rightly made a grovelling apology to his constituents, who will be disappointed but will forgive his dalliance as a first offence, but his name is less forgiving and will not be forgotten by the diary columnists.
Reckless
Reckless
Last Tuesday the House was sitting late after 3.a.m. dealing with the Second Reading of the Finance Bill. Yours truly was excused the late night sittings because I will Chair the Bill through its committee stages as the Coalitions’ Emergence Budget is put into law. Unfortunately the history of late night sittings is littered with examples of inebriated politicians who let themselves and their constituents down, with their lack of moderation and control of their drinking. Thankfully they are very small in number but the journalists who are prowling the bars on these occasions, some of whom showing the same lack of restraint are always keen to report on the transgressions of others and get applauded by their editors for their, “Got them” reports.
Reports that a new novice Tory MP was so drunk that he was rolling on the bar floor and missed voting for the Coalition’s Finance Bill did not endear him to his new bosses or the Tory Whips. The incident was made all the more bizarre when we were told that the offending MP’s name was “Reckless”. The new MP is Reckless by name and was reckless with his conduct. He rightly made a grovelling apology to his constituents, who will be disappointed but will forgive his dalliance as a first offence, but his name is less forgiving and will not be forgotten by the diary columnists.