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

[rabbit1080.livejournal.com]

I've been meaning to ask - what's the significance of green ink in letter-writing?

[venta.livejournal.com]

It's supposed to be significant of being a nutter - nice normal people write to newspapers, etc, in sensible black or blue ink. If the letter's in green ink, you've got a genuine nutter.

Hmm. Is this a common thing, or peculiar to my family? Ah, no... it's a common thing, Wikipedia has an article about it and everything (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_ink) :)