[JPKC]

(Original post by Morgsie)
The following people have been selected to be Lib Dem MPs:

• Morgsie (Leader)
• Birchington (Deputy Leader)
• Wizardtop
• jsb123
• Mazzini

Um, where's the Father of the House?

(Original post by thunder_chunky)
QFA

[JPKC]

(Original post by CLS94)
Hi there, I have a couple of questions to ask regarding statements made in your election manifesto. The first is that you say 'Patient's care needs will come first' with regards to the NHS - do you believe that the recent Health and Social Care Bill in real life makes profit or the interests of private companies more of a priority in the NHS (and if so whether these now come above patient's care), makes patient's care more of a priority than it was before or has no effect on the priorities within the health service.

Secondly, you say that you'd 'open up the system so that any child can go to University'. Given that, theoretically, anyone who has been resident in the EU for at least three years, does not already possess an undergraduate degree and is accepted by at least one institution can go to uni, albeit with a heavy debt burden, in what way do you intend to make it more accessible so that any child could attend. For example, would you like to remove/reduce tuition fees so no-one is put off by the debt burden, introduce a loans system for international students, postgraduate degrees and/or second undergraduate degrees, or guarantee entry to all who want it regardless of academic achievement? Also, would your solution to this include a greater involvement of the private sector in the provision of university-level education?

Spot on questions. You might be waiting a while for any kind of substantive answer though.

[thunder_chunky]

(Original post by JPKC)
Um, where's the Father of the House?

I said I'd be happy to serve another term as an MP but equally if anyone else wanted a go I'm more than happy to let someone else do so. I've been an MP for three years non stop, and I'm getting a little old for this game now.
I have faith in the leadership and those that have been chosen.

[Morgsie]

(Original post by thunder_chunky)
I said I'd be happy to serve another term as an MP but equally if anyone else wanted a go I'm more than happy to let someone else do so. I've been an MP for three years non stop, and I'm getting a little old for this game now.

TC is a Valuable member of the Lib Dems.

[obi_adorno_kenobi]

(Original post by thunder_chunky)
I said I'd be happy to serve another term as an MP but equally if anyone else wanted a go I'm more than happy to let someone else do so. I've been an MP for three years non stop, and I'm getting a little old for this game now.
I have faith in the leadership and those that have been chosen.

S'what David Miliband said...

[JPKC]

(Original post by thunder_chunky)
I said I'd be happy to serve another term as an MP but equally if anyone else wanted a go I'm more than happy to let someone else do so. I've been an MP for three years non stop, and I'm getting a little old for this game now.
I have faith in the leadership and those that have been chosen.

Fair enough.

Someone's going have to consult Birchington's chart for a successor. Unless it's Birchington himself now.

[JPKC]

(Original post by Morgsie)
TC is a Valuable member of the Lib Dems.

Top Cat!
The most effectual Top Cat!
Who's intellectual close friends get to call him T.C.

[toronto353]

(Original post by JPKC)
Fair enough.

Someone's going have to consult Birchington's chart for a successor. Unless it's Birchington himself now.

From what I can see it's TCIT if we can count the deputy Speaker as father of the House.

(Original post by TheCrackInTime)
QFA

I think that you're the Father of the House (provided that you used to be called aaran-j as I think you were and provided that the deputy Speaker can be the Father of the House).

[thunder_chunky]

(Original post by obi_adorno_kenobi)
S'what David Miliband said...

I like to think I have better quality of sibling though.

(Original post by JPKC)
Fair enough.

Someone's going have to consult Birchington's chart for a successor. Unless it's Birchington himself now.

I'm not sure it's him as he took a break and was away for a bit, the father of the house is the person whose been the member the longest without a break.....I think.

[Rakas21]

Could be Ham and Cheese though he went by a different name. Or Cyclops.

[CyclopsRock]

(Original post by Rakas21)
Could be Ham and Cheese though he went by a different name. Or Cyclops.

I haven't been an MP since 2009 (save for taking over during holidays and stuff). I was an MP constantly between 2005-2009 though.

[TheCrackInTime]

(Original post by toronto353)
From what I can see it's TCIT if we can count the deputy Speaker as father of the House.



I think that you're the Father of the House (provided that you used to be called aaran-j as I think you were and provided that the deputy Speaker can be the Father of the House).

I was, yeah.

Quoting from Wikipedia, the Father of the House is simply "the longest-serving member of the House present who is not a Minister of the Crown", so I guess that does indeed make it me.

[toronto353]

(Original post by Rakas21)
Could be Ham and Cheese though he went by a different name. Or Cyclops.

According to the list, neither of them were MPs in the last Parliament.

[toronto353]

(Original post by TheCrackInTime)
I was, yeah. Quoting from Wikipedia, the Father of the House is simply "the longest-serving member of the House present who is not a Minister of the Crown", so I guess that makes it me.

Congratulations then.

[wizardtop]

(Original post by TheCrackInTime)
I was, yeah.

Quoting from Wikipedia, the Father of the House is simply "the longest-serving member of the House present who is not a Minister of the Crown", so I guess that does indeed make it me.

congrats TheCrackInTime

[TheCrackInTime]

(Original post by toronto353)
Congratulations then.

(Original post by wizardtop)
congrats TheCrackInTime

Cheers guys.

[Birchington]

(Original post by thunder_chunky)
I like to think I have better quality of sibling though.



I'm not sure it's him as he took a break and was away for a bit, the father of the house is the person whose been the member the longest without a break.....I think.

I'm not sure who it is now. I had a hiatus last year. Whoever succeeds you as Father of the House has big shoes to fill!

[toronto353]

(Original post by Birchington)
I'm not sure who it is now. I had a hiatus last year. Whoever succeeds you as Father of the House has big shoes to fill!

See post above your's for who the father of the house is.

[Rakas21]

Surely its Cyclops if the definition does not mention concurrent.

[toronto353]

(Original post by Rakas21)
Surely its Cyclops if the definition does not mention concurrent.

According to the text left on this factsheet from the www.parliament.uk:

http://www.parliament.uk/documents/c...office/m03.pdf

The Father of the House is a title that is by tradition bestowed on the senior Member of the House, which is nowadays held to be the Member who has the longest unbroken service in the Commons.