Comments on: Hypocritical Cameron voted against proposals to reform parliamentary privilege

By: Look Left – The Week in Fast Forward | Left Foot Forward

Look Left – The Week in Fast Forward | Left Foot Forward — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 18:15:25 +0000

[...] of his speech? Reform, new politics, change etc. ect… The reality? As Left Foot Forward revealed on Monday, last year his MPs voted against proposals to reform parliamentary privilege, and on [...]

By: Callum McIntosh

Callum McIntosh — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 17:15:13 +0000

RT @davecameroon: Look here chaps, it's not hypocritical to be against something before you were in favour of it, surely! http://is.gd/7WvGG

By: Tom

Tom — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:44:50 +0000

“Except that’s not what the Tories blocked – they voted against a proposal to remove the entire concept of parl’y privilege from IPSA referrals”

Yes. But if Cameron believe privilege should not apply to expenses, why should parliamentary privilege have any role in IPSA referrals?

By: Kasch Wilder

Kasch Wilder — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:44:34 +0000

RT @mydavidcameron: RT @leftfootfwd Hypocritical Cameron voted against proposals to reform parliamentary privilege: http://is.gd/7WvGG

By: Tim J

Tim J — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:06:34 +0000

“But that’s not what the Leader of the Opposition has said – he has gone further, said that it should be legally removed as a defence, AND attacked the government for not already doing so – despite his blocking an attempt to do just that.”

Except that’s not what the Tories blocked – they voted against a proposal to remove the entire concept of parl’y privilege from IPSA referrals – and the Tories believe that privilege has a perfectly legitimate role in protecting the freedom of MPs from prosecution for what they say in Parliament. It’s a reasonably compelling argument – a former Labour Home Secretary and a former Labour Foreign Secretary agreed after all.

I note you seem to have rowed back on your preposterous argument that Cameron ought to be legally prohibited from voicing an opinion on this matter. Good stuff.

By: Politics Summary: Tuesday, February 9th | Left Foot Forward

Politics Summary: Tuesday, February 9th | Left Foot Forward — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:06:39 +0000

[...] comes as the row over the MPs’ attempts to use a defence of parliamentary privilege, which Left Foot Forward reported [...]

By: Margaret Young

Margaret Young — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:13:31 +0000

It says more about weak Cameron than anything else. Policy Wobbles with the Tory poll lead falling and Shallow Cam looks for a cheap headline, what a spineless leader the Cons have in Cam.

By: Eddy Anderson

Eddy Anderson — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:59:17 +0000

Cameron: Hypocritical on parliamentary privilege? http://tiny.cc/cteOg (@leftfootfwd)

By: Roy Bailey

Roy Bailey — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:42:25 +0000

RT @bristolwestpaul Cameron opportunist and hypocrite voted against changes to Parliamentary Privilege http://ow.ly/1530b

By: David Cox

David Cox — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:57:07 +0000

2 ids same tweet @TeeMarketing @websitenewsman Cameron knows about due process in suspensions "dithering"=dishonest http://ow.ly/1530b,