26-02-2023, 10:24 PM
(26-02-2023, 10:18 PM)London Lite Wrote: I thought every MP has a substitute who can vote on their behalf if they can't attend?
You mean there are arrangements in place so he can do his work without going into his place of work?
There is usually pairing of votes, so you partner up with someone voting the opposite way and effectively cancel out each others votes by not voting. This is the problem though with any MP presenting an evening show - we've seen so many of these crucial votes, often Brexit related, play out in the evenings over the last few years.
It's one thing an MP not being there to cast their vote in person, but quite another to have someone who is so publicly associated with one side of the argument presenting the coverage of such votes on a news channel - and that is where the current broadcast regulations are failing the viewers when it comes to impartiality.