No Flying Chairs Yet
Proceedings in the National Assembly, just like proceedings at Westminster, and in Parliament throughout most of the Commonwealth, are generally good natured affairs, free of personal attack and vitriol. Long may that be the case. Heated exchanges between any members would be a matter for concern but between senior and respected members are even more alarming. Yesterday’s exchange between our Presiding Officer and the Deputy Presiding Officer have rightly caused concerns across the Assembly.
We can all remember, and recently too, flying chairs and flying fists in Parliament in South Korea and Taiwan. We wouldn’t want that would we?
Glyn Davies said on November 17th, 2006 at 9:07 pm:
Why not? It would be less embarrassing than what happened on Wednesday. Since Blair promised that Brown would deliver a ‘Knockout Blow’ to David Cameron, perhaps this is the way politics is going