Remember when there was outrage over an NDP MLA saying the word "crap" during official proceedings or some such?
I was forwarded this video of our hypocrite of a premier from today apparently...
The language doesn't bother me personally, but will he face the same repercussions?
https://www.facebook.com/164552380731568/posts/1164255054094624/
Edit: Just saw the other post on this a few minutes ago.
If so, how strictly is it enforced?
The Mundell story from earlier this week was bugging me. Why would a MSP be asked to leave for calling the First Minister a liar? I couldn't find any explanation in the news articles I read.
So I looked into it and found some stuff out that I found interesting and informative, so I thought I'd share it here too.
So, the Conservatives' Oliver Mundell was removed from the Scottish Parliament this week because he called Nicola Sturgeon a liar.
Little known fact about parliamentary behaviour is that you're not allowed to call another member a "liar" because it is dishonourable and unparliamentary. Good reading here if you want to know more.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unparliamentary_language
Mundell likely knew what he was doing by making the remark and very likely used it as a stunt to generate publicity, as the BBC'S Glenn Campbell points out.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-54357216
The interesting thing is that the SNP Westminster Leader Ian Blackford earlier this month got in trouble for calling the PM a "barefaced liar" in Parliament. Although this was said in the background not while addressing parliament.
https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/18708235.snp-blackford-calls-boris-johnson-liar-prompting-backlash/
So there you go. I'm not sure how I feel about all this personally but we've had these rules generations and they are used in countries that have adopted the British parliamentary style around the world.
EDIT: Updating to reflect that Mundell is a regular MSP and not a party leader.
