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Here's hoping. Under the Westminster parliamentary system you can say anything in parliament and not be held liable. Everything said is then transcribed and mad
by tjmc 14y ago
Here's hoping. Under the Westminster parliamentary system you can say anything in parliament and not be held liable. Everything said is then transcribed and made available as a public record. It's the ideal soapbox.
- DiabloD3 14y agoI, too, wish him luck.
- arethuza 14y agoNot quite "anything" - parliamentary privilege doesn't extend to anything deemed to be "unparliamentary language". For example, you can't call a fellow member of parliament a liar: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliamentary_privilege http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliamentary_privilege http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unparliamentary_language http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unparliamentary_language