Dying in the chamber: the freedom to talk nonsense

Whether its the number of submissions on cannabis or the bright spark who wants to bolster civil liberties by hanging people, the coalition’s Your Freedom website continues to provide amusement to those with too much time on their hands willing to have a dig around.

This blogger was aware of the arcane law prohibiting deaths from being declared on the Parliamentary Estate but does this extend to ”dying on your arse” when speaking in the chamber? The following suggestion was submitted this afternoon:

This Government needs to repeal the law making dying in the House of Commons illegal. It is quite clear to the British public that this law is constantly broken as many MPs die on their feet on a regular basis and they should be allowed to continue to do so without the fear of the law bearing down on them everytime they stand up.

Scrapbook supports any move to save Eric Pickles from himself.

Hat-tip: Anonymous reader via our contact form