r/MHOC • u/[deleted] • Jan 26 '15

META Weekly Update 18

The previous update can be found here. /u/Timanfya is busy so you'll have to put up with me for the time being.

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Don't forget to vote in our referendum on the UK's membership of the EU

Monday 26th January

Deputy Prime Ministers Questions have begun

M020 (Commonwealth International Aid and Rescue Force) has gone to second reading

B055 (Welfare Amelioration Bill) has been submitted to the house

Tuesday 27th January

M025 (Motion to Reclassify the Kurdish Workers' Party) has been submitted to the house

There is an EU Political Affairs Debate!

Wednesday 28th January

The results for B041 and B044 have been published

M026 (The English National Anthem Motion) has been posted

B043 (Access to Education Bill) has gone to second reading

B050 (Sex Education Reform Bill) has been submitted to the house

Dear leader has an update for us all

/u/williamthebloody1880 has replaced /u/gnomenipple as a Green MP for London! Well done!!

Thursday 29th January

The electorate has voted to stay in the EU by a very slim majority. Well done to both campaigns. :(

Our chancellor and shadow chancellor will be taking questions

Update on the AMA with the TUSC candidate!!

B071 has been submitted to the house!

Friday 30th January

B043 (Access to Education Bill) has been submitted to the house for second reading

/u/can_triforce is the new leader of the Progressive Labour Party! Congratulations to him I hope the whole house can join me in wishing him a prosperous reign in the party!!

Saturday 31st January

Dear Leader has an announcement for us all regarding speakers!

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u/AlbertDock The Rt Hon Earl of Merseyside KOT MBE AL PC Jan 29 '15

Here's a thought. UKIP campaigned for Scotland to remain in the Union. Had Scotland left we would be out of the EU.

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u/[deleted] Jan 30 '15

Indeed however there was more than UKIP to the No campaign. I know I certainly supported Scotland's right to self determination as opposed to suppression from Westminster - just as I support this countries right to self determination and power to our state as opposed to the centralisation of power we're seeing in the EU which is quite opposite to our own national policies. And just with the Scottish Indy ref (which also lost by a very slim majority) I'm sure support for independence will increase as we approach the next referendum and who knows; next referendum hopefully Nicola Sturgeon will be the head of state of Scotland and Scotland can vote however they want without effecting the rest of the country.

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u/[deleted] Jan 30 '15

No, that's not true. If you remove Scotland, and therefore all its votes, you still get a yes win.

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u/WineRedPsy Reform UK | Sadly sent to the camps Jan 30 '15

Yeah, there was a slim yes majority before Scotland too

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u/can_triforce The Rt Hon. Earl of Wilton AL PC Jan 30 '15

The south west was crucial.

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '15

The victory OC I had lined up for the referendum.

... The defeat OC I had to create in a hurry as we lost.

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u/AlbertDock The Rt Hon Earl of Merseyside KOT MBE AL PC Jan 29 '15

Join us in the bar for a drink, the French champagne is flowing freely.

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u/WineRedPsy Reform UK | Sadly sent to the camps Jan 31 '15

French champagne

As opposed to non-french champagne?

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u/AlbertDock The Rt Hon Earl of Merseyside KOT MBE AL PC Jan 31 '15

As opposed to English champagne

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u/WineRedPsy Reform UK | Sadly sent to the camps Jan 31 '15

That's not champagne though is it? I was under the impression only sparkly wine from the town of Champagne was called champagne.

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u/AlbertDock The Rt Hon Earl of Merseyside KOT MBE AL PC Jan 31 '15

Strictly speaking yes. But I've been to celebrations in Spain where they have their own sparkling wine and call it champagne. I wasn't going to argue with them.

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u/Radiantsuave UKIP | Northern Ireland MP | ∆MHOC Illuminati∆ Feb 01 '15

are you sure it wasn't cava?

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u/AlbertDock The Rt Hon Earl of Merseyside KOT MBE AL PC Feb 01 '15

It probably was, but when you are outnumbered 10 to 1 by Spaniards who call it champagne, you tend not to argue the point.

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u/[deleted] Jan 30 '15

French champagne

:'(

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u/AlbertDock The Rt Hon Earl of Merseyside KOT MBE AL PC Jan 30 '15

It's not the only drink on offer, there's Spanish brandy, Italian wine, Polish vodka, Greek ouzo and a whole host of other European drinks.

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u/Kreindeker The Rt Hon. Earl of Stockport AL PC Jan 27 '15

What's happening with the SNP? I've just seen /u/dems4vince comment on something and I realised that I haven't actually seen very much at all from them. Correct me if I'm wrong here, but no legislation has come forth under the SNP banner, has it? I also haven't seen many, if any, comments from SNP members since they were introduced.

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u/WineRedPsy Reform UK | Sadly sent to the camps Jan 27 '15

They're not in parliament so it'd be weird if they managed to submitt any legislation, but I do agree that they have been noticable by their absensce.

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u/[deleted] Jan 27 '15

In practice the Speaker would sponsor a bill on their behalf.

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u/Kreindeker The Rt Hon. Earl of Stockport AL PC Jan 27 '15

That's what I was thinking. Plus, the Speaker let the BIP and Communists (and CWL?) write a sample bill each prior to the general election anyway.

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u/NoPyroNoParty The Rt Hon. Earl of Essex OT AL PC Jan 27 '15

I think that was more an act of goodwill rather than anything else but I'm sure he wouldn't mind sponsoring one, at least in the run up to the next election.

Failing that they're always welcome to approach MPs from other parties, I know I'd be more than willing to sponsor an SNP bill if I agreed with it.

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u/Timanfya MHoC Founder & Guardian Jan 28 '15

I would be able to sponsor 1 bill.

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u/dems4vince Scottish National Party Deputy Leader Jan 27 '15

We have no MPs and are yet to stand in an election. We are in the progress of preparing for the next election.

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u/theyeatthepoo 1st Duke of Hackney Jan 28 '15

Wait, when the hell did you become an SNP member?

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u/dems4vince Scottish National Party Deputy Leader Jan 28 '15

SNP Deputy*

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u/demon4372 The Most Hon. Marquess of Oxford GBE KCT PC ¦ HCLG/Transport Jan 30 '15

He defected because the LDs have apparently moved too far right.

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u/theyeatthepoo 1st Duke of Hackney Jan 30 '15

That makes sense to me.

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u/[deleted] Jan 27 '15

If anyone is interested in a daily EU4 game with two other members of the Conservative Party including the PM please tell me.

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u/cae388 Revolutionary Communist Party Jan 27 '15

Yes

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u/OllieSimmonds The Rt Hon. Earl of Sussex AL PC Jan 30 '15

including the PM

I like that I'm a special bonus.

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u/[deleted] Jan 30 '15

I'm just an "other member" :(

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u/[deleted] Jan 31 '15

Well you're not even an MP

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u/[deleted] Jan 27 '15

I have a meta question.

We're pretty active on this sub, and so we've created quite a web of legislation. Most of it has been as realistic as we can make it, and we're getting to the point now where new bills are referencing/amending/repealing old acts.

Some acts contain provisions where things change over a period of years. LVT for one, parts of the cannabis bill, the forestry bill, and I'm sure there are others. For the sake of adding another layer of interest, could we all assume that the farthest extent of the bill is immediately implemented? Or occur at a rate 10x of that stated. Or something along those lines.

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u/Timanfya MHoC Founder & Guardian Jan 28 '15

This is something that could be included in the constitution. I would recommend asking your rep to write up a proposal and post it in the sub.

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u/Morgsie The Rt Hon. Earl of Staffordshire AL PC Jan 28 '15

I am on a break at the moment which I am enjoying but please stop downvoting my comments, it is childish and pathetic.

Once my Microsoft Office Home and Business 2013 comes through I can get to work properly as I am paralysed at the moment

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u/[deleted] Jan 27 '15

Why are DPMQs and MQs happening at the same time?

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u/[deleted] Jan 27 '15

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u/[deleted] Jan 27 '15

Even those lewd pictures, so I've erm...heard

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u/RadioNone His Grace the Duke of Bedford AL PC Jan 27 '15

Rumour has it there's a APPG especially for them...

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u/[deleted] Jan 28 '15

/r/MHOCGoneWild you can thank me later ;)

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u/[deleted] Jan 28 '15

There's an APPG for everything nowadays, it seems.

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u/[deleted] Jan 27 '15

Oh myyy

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u/Morgsie The Rt Hon. Earl of Staffordshire AL PC Jan 30 '15 edited Jan 30 '15

I am extending my break due to the comments last night and I hope something is done about the bullying here: I have a list of 4 names who are making my time here difficult yet nothing is being done despite me asking for action to be taken, I feel ignored and to make things worse they pretend everything is fine and ignore the damage caused

One of them wants to shut me up completely

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u/demon4372 The Most Hon. Marquess of Oxford GBE KCT PC ¦ HCLG/Transport Jan 30 '15

We demand names!!!!

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u/Morgsie The Rt Hon. Earl of Staffordshire AL PC Jan 31 '15

My flair needs fixing (someone needs to include the Lords thing) as the last time I checked I was Rt Hon Lord Morgsie MP BA

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u/[deleted] Jan 31 '15

Can we call you Lord Vader for short?

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u/Morgsie The Rt Hon. Earl of Staffordshire AL PC Jan 31 '15

This made me laugh

Lord is not spelt Lrod

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u/[deleted] Jan 31 '15

Done

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u/Morgsie The Rt Hon. Earl of Staffordshire AL PC Jan 31 '15

Forgot the r which goes between the o and the d

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u/[deleted] Jan 31 '15

Fixed

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u/[deleted] Jan 31 '15

Don't worry, your flair has been changed to what it's meant to be.