Two powerful interventions by Jo Swinson
Liberal Democrat Deputy Leader Jo Swinson made two powerful interventions in Parliament today. One was a speech. The other required no words, but did require the presence of someone else.
"There is nothing honourable about deliberately breaking a pairing. it is cheating, plain and simple."@joswinson argues for a vote on proxy voting, after her paired vote was broken earlier this year by a Conservative MP. pic.twitter.com/ncqsQXtIID
— Liberal Democrats (@LibDems) September 13, 2018
Another piece of progress today in @UKParliament – thank you to @alisonthewliss @HarrietHarman for the encouragement! pic.twitter.com/NBINZqVtEV
— Jo Swinson (@joswinson) September 13, 2018
All of which reminds me that years back Jo Swinson was one of the pioneering campaigners to ensure that footage of Parliament could appear on YouTube, back in the days when the Parliamentary authorities tried to ban this.
Good on you Jo, for your comments yesterday.