Playground bullying westminster stylee

[Kizzy]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-21263704

"Occasionally there have been school groups visiting who have been taken aback." Some of the teachers "thought it wasn't a great example for their pupils",

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2013/feb/09/michael-gove-bullying-claims-payout1?INTCMP=SRCH

The Observer can reveal that a senior civil servant in the education secretary's department has received a secret payoff of about £25,000 out of public funds, after a lengthy grievance procedure involving members of Gove's team, including his special adviser, Dominic Cummings, and the department's former head of communications, James Frayne

[Shaun]

it is quite uncivilised a lot of the time, whenever I watch BBC Parliament. Really don't understand the point, but then they're politicians, so...

[arista]

it is quite uncivilised a lot of the time, whenever I watch BBC Parliament. Really don't understand the point, but then they're politicians, so...


Yes
been like that for 100's of years

[Livia]

Does anyone think other parliaments are different?

[arista]

Does anyone think other parliaments are different?


Some are Far Worse

[MTVN]

Least we don't get punch ups like they've had in the Italian and Ukranian parliaments quite recently

[Livia]

let's face it, most MPs haven't got a good punch in 'em.

[Kizzy]

I think our local conservative MP would beg to differ haha