Bletchleyite
Veteran Member
Filibustering or, in UK vernacular, "talking out" has been an established part of the private members' bill procedures for some time. It's not very dignified, and doesn't look very good to observers, but there isn't anything unusual about this particular bill in this respect.
No, but to me it shows the filibusterer (?) as being unfit to be in the House as it is a total affront to democracy.
If you oppose a Bill the thing to do is to convince others by rational argument that it is a bad idea, then to vote against it.
A mandatory week in prison for it would soon concentrate minds.