MP plays candy crush during Meeting at Parliment

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2864911/Something-better-doing-MP-caught-playing-Candy-Crush-game-iPad-pensions-experts-gave-evidence-Parliament-hearing.html

how many of you do this during meetings or other boring things also was he in the wrong or right when caught

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Reply 1

InnerTemple

Outrageous.

What was more shocking was that he was defended by his Tory colleagues. One said: "So if Nigel has to keep himself awake by playing computer games, good on him." Really?!

What a lad

I'm in two minds. If they were discussing something he wasn't going to vote on, does he need to pay attention?

But then, he's not being grossly overpaid to just play games.

Reply 4

Morrisseya

Original post by goobypls

What a lad

Reply 5

Everglow

Great to see our taxes are being put to good use. :yy:

What was that Blair was saying about MPs being underpaid? :rolleyes:

Reply 6

Jammy Duel

Maybe the BBC are trying to suck up to the Toeries after their coverage of the Autumn Statement because they seemed to go back to at least impartiality, some would argue supporting him; they had somebody important from the early 90s saying just how boring these meetings are and how easy it is to get very tired in them, saying good on him for doing it if it kept him awake. He may not have been paying total attention, but if they're as boring as they sound probably paying no less attention than if he hadn't been playing.

What a ****.

Political correctness GONE MAD

Reply 9

Chief Wiggum

I don't really see why people are annoyed tbh. Most of the people complaining probably don't pay 100% attention all the time at their jobs.

Reply 10

masterridley

Initially I thought this was the usual populist crap, standard Daily Fail fare, but then I saw the picture and I just had to laugh!

To answer the OP, yeah, I'm guilty of playing games on my phone during an especially boring lecture, the difference is it only impacts me, not people who I'm supposed to be representing. Also I'm not being paid to do this and I'm not going to vote depending on what's being said and affect other people's lives!

Reply 11

JenniL

I'm not so much outraged at him as at the response by the others. If he's bored, surely there is more he could do in his job? If not, why do it? Technology has made everything go crazy...

Reply 12

ForgetMe

He is being paid for doing his job and not for playing games, and it doesn't matter if the subject discussed at the meeting could have been irrelevant to him, he is still supposed to be an active listener..

Reply 13

L i b

Original post by ForgetMe

He is being paid for doing his job and not for playing games

Bull-****. He's on a committee, which is voluntary. He doesn't have to do that, and essentially does it for free.

MPs are not employees, they are representatives. You decide whether to vote them out at the end of a parliament. They are not obliged to be anywhere, to do anything, or to represent you in any particular way. A lot of what goes on in Parliament is pointless tedium, dull posturing or entirely outside of an individual MP's interest.

Reply 14

Kutie Karen

Original post by ForgetMe

Absolutely. Any other job you would get sacked or least a warning

Reply 15

InnerTemple

Original post by L i b

If he doesn't like the work he is doing, he should bloody sod off.

It's disgraceful and indefensible.

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Reply 16

Clip

Like no-one here has ever slacked off at work.

**EDIT** Like anyone here has ever worked.

Reply 17

Chief Wiggum

Original post by InnerTemple

If he doesn't like the work he is doing, he should bloody sod off.

It's disgraceful and indefensible.

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lol, I can't imagine you give 100% effort every second of the time you're at work.

Reply 18

InnerTemple

Original post by Chief Wiggum

lol, I can't imagine you give 100% effort every second of the time you're at work.

Nothing as brazen as playing a game during a meeting. And if I did, I doubt I'd have people running to my defense.

If I don't pay proper attention at work, bad things happen and various courts get angry at me.

If my brother in law doesn't pay attention at work, a plane load of people does something very bad.

So I don't buy your argument. This MP was supposed to be listening to and evaluating oral evidence. Would you have a judge or jury member dip into a game during a dull part of a trial?

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