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Wednesday, April 06, 2011

Why do MPs lie?

Why do MPs lie?



It's against the rules of the House to use unparliamentary language. For example, they refer to each other as the honourable or right honourable member. It is unparliamentary language to call a member dishonourable, even if that member fiddles his or her expenses out of the taxpayer's purse. We would call that a dishonourable thing to do and say that the member was dishonourable. Another example, is that it is unparliamentary language to call a member a liar. Even if it can be shown, for example, that David Davis has misled Parliament with a Backbench Business Committee motion on prisoners votes. If someone deliberately misleads we call that person a liar.

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