An example of a real Parliamentary session: Brown vs. Cameron during Queen’s Speech debate

Contributed by Commonsense with thanks:

“If you compare UK parliamentary sessions to the lifeless and boring sessions of ours whereby MPs are absent and sometimes fall asleep, I think the readers can decide for themselves the value of a lively debate and genuine opposition. Short of grapping each others throats, these debates serves to ensure all views are represented and held accountable to the public. We inherited this system of government from the british and yet we have evolved into this sorry state.”

Prologue:

Closing remarks of Prime Minister Gordon Brown during the 2007 Queen’s Speech debate with Leader of the Opposition David Cameron.

 

EDITORS’ NOTE: As part of our continued efforts to educate our fellow citizens and to increase their political awareness and maturity, we will be setting up a section to house Parliamentary debates from the United Kingdom, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Taiwan and elsewhere to show our readers how a real opposition should perform in Parliament and vigorous debates can be “constructive” instead of being “destructive”.