Sunday, 5 January 2020
Demoralised MPs
A thought which popped out of the previous post - do some MPs cause other MPs to become at least mildly demoralised? Are some MPs so dire that other MPs only have to see them blundering down a corridor to become disheartened with the whole business? Do they feel a sudden need to hide somewhere and wonder what it is all about?
I'm thinking of MPs such as Anna Soubry, now departed because surely she was somewhat depressing even for the most robust MP. In which case a further thought arises. How many demoralising MPs would it take to demoralise the entire House of Commons? Presumably duds such as David Lammy and Anna Soubry could easily spread the demoralising virus to far more than one MP each. A multiplier like that could be devastating.
Of course there is a further point. MPs probably don't become demoralised by even the most ghastly fellow MP. They are immune.
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I suspect Ian Blackford delivering yet another sermon on Scottish independence could demoralise anyone!
I suppose that MPs have to have some morals before they get to the stage of being beaten around the head by the marginally insane elements of the HoC.
After that, its going to be the same sort of 'leveling' which goes on in any society, usually downwards.
“Are some MPs so dire that other MPs only have to see them blundering down a corridor to become disheartened with the whole business?”
Oh yes. Nail. Head.
Woodsy - I bet many just switch off as a form of self-defence. I know I would.
Scrobs - you are right, level down seems to be how it works.
James - I sometimes wonder if that was the appeal of the EU - hand it over to the bureaucrats so that even the ghastliest MP doesn't really count.
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