I'm the dehumanizing master, you better start your talking 'cos I get what I go after

[venta]

So, last night a controversial bill passed its third reading. This isn't obvious: even the BBC carries only a mashed-over story covering people's comment on what would happen if the bill were passed, with a sentence buried a couple of paragraphs in mentioning that it was passed last night by a majority of 142. Is there a rule about not reporting such stories until the Queen's corgi has formally licked it or something ?

As far as I can tell, via a friendly Guardian blog, the only people who showed up to the actual debate part were those who were against and Stephen Timms, the fantastically-titled Minister for Digital Britain; everyone else just trundled in at the end to vote with the Whips.

Can anyone tell me how to deduce which way my MP voted ? Public Whip doesn't seem to be having April yet.

Comments

[stegzy.livejournal.com]

This has handy features such as which way your MP voted and thing that notifies you via email whenever your MP speaks in parliament - http://www.theyworkforyou.com/

I found it really interesting when I discovered the only two questions my Liverpool MP raised were about chickens and a housing development near Solihull. Surprising when you consider his constituency is in a fairly built up area 200 miles away from the midlands.

[venta.livejournal.com]

Yup, I waffled about theyworkforyou.com yesterday (http://venta.livejournal.com/330009.html). It gets its voting data from Public Whip, though, so also isn't up to date at present. It's a really useful resource, though, I approve.

[stegzy.livejournal.com]

Ah I've been naughty and have been doing my last 2 weeks of degree work instead of reading LJ :-( I've got about 2 weeks of back flist reading to do

[venta.livejournal.com]

Bah. Work instead of LJ ? What kind of an ethic is that, man! Have a sense of priorities!

(Good luck with getting the degree neatly sewn up, though.)