Mhairi Black's already broken protocol on the first day

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She sat directly behind Harperson, which is a breach of protocol.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/11612224/...

They're off to a good start then...

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This will be great fun to watch...

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/londoners-diary/lon...

I think it's a little out of line to be disrespectful to the institution you've just been elected to. Car crash stuff...

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marshal_alan said:

here is Mhairi's 1st week diary thanks to bbc scotlandshire, should either give you a laugh or a heart attack

http://bbc.scotlandshire.co.uk/index.php/city-news...

That can't be genuine? HAS to be a parody...?

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Dogwatch said:

I care not for the SNP but an influx of sufficient numbers of people prepared to question existing Westminster practices can't always be a bad thing.

I don't think it's borne of some higher morality to question the status quo, more boorish ignorance and a lack of decorum.

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eharding said:

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marshal_alan said:

here is Mhairi's 1st week diary thanks to bbc scotlandshire, should either give you a laugh or a heart attack

http://bbc.scotlandshire.co.uk/index.php/city-news...

That can't be genuine? HAS to be a parody...?

What! Not a genuine BBC Scotlandshire article?

Ah, I completely skipped that and went straight to reading the article!

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desolate said:

Yep.

20 yrs old - got off her arse and made an effort.

I've got no idea how good she will end up as an MP, but if she was a princess or a or a tory Tarquin half the posters on here would be spaffing themselves.

Would she ever have been selected as a viable candidate for either Labour or Tories?

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"Socialists want to make everyone equal. Equally poor."

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NicD said:

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"Socialists want to make everyone equal. Equally poor."

not including themselves, perhaps

Naturally.

Thatcher summed it up well enough; eventually socialists run out of other peoples' money.

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/SNP/11624...

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Gecko1978 said:

Funny the SNP have plans they feel are best for scotland and expect the views of scotland to come before the views of the UK as a whole. Which got me thinking Scotland has a population of circa 5m where as another area of the UK has a population of 9.7m (Greater London) Then the next two Largest Areas (West Midlands and Greater Manchester) combined come in at 5m.

So if we are talking about democratic mandates etc surely the will of 15m is more important than the will of 5m An I use thoe numbers because whoile 2m voted SNP 5m got the SNP and same can be said in rest of country etc. So to be blunt who cares what the SNP policys are they are in the minority in terms of MP's and people the represent in the UK. Unless one part of the UK is more worthy than the other (course its not) then the minority have to suck it up.

The Scots do seem to feel that they're entitled to more representation than they really are. Their views should be taken into account but the requirement of the other 55m takes precedence when it comes to UK-wide issues.

They seem to have forgotten very quickly that less than a decade ago the whole UK was being run by a couple of Scots!

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csd19 said:

Funk said:

Gecko1978 said:

Funny the SNP have plans they feel are best for scotland and expect the views of scotland to come before the views of the UK as a whole. Which got me thinking Scotland has a population of circa 5m where as another area of the UK has a population of 9.7m (Greater London) Then the next two Largest Areas (West Midlands and Greater Manchester) combined come in at 5m.

So if we are talking about democratic mandates etc surely the will of 15m is more important than the will of 5m An I use thoe numbers because whoile 2m voted SNP 5m got the SNP and same can be said in rest of country etc. So to be blunt who cares what the SNP policys are they are in the minority in terms of MP's and people the represent in the UK. Unless one part of the UK is more worthy than the other (course its not) then the minority have to suck it up.

The SNP do seem to feel that they're entitled to more representation than they really are. Their views should be taken into account but the requirement of the other 55m takes precedence when it comes to UK-wide issues.

They seem to have forgotten very quickly that less than a decade ago the whole UK was being run by a couple of Scots!

FTFY

They'll also ignore the rest of Scotland who didn't vote for them.

Sorry, I know they don't speak for you per se but 'technically' they do as they're your representatives in the HoC.

If I were Scottish I'd be angry, ashamed and embarrassed at the SNP clusterfk.

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Pan Pan Pan said:

Gecko1978 said:

Yeah and I want soils gold toilet but as I can't afford one and am not the PM what I want is irrelevant. The SNP have to think nationwide as MP's and then more locally as MSPs. Hard I know but if you don't I fear they will go round in circles and just waste there opportunity. Think about it moan all day or try an work the system for benefit of all

The problem is that the SNP do not want to work for the benefit of all, only for the benefit of Scotland, who already receive more government spending per capita than citizens in the other parts of the UK.

Absolutely this.

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Bercow has to tell the SNP to '...respect the long-established traditions of the House..'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEsbdAddTa0

Ouch. You'd have thought someone would've told them some of the etiquette basics on day 1....!