Amanda Platell Tells Harriet Harman That 20 Is Bigger Than 24
IT is odd that with so much to chastise MPs for, the Mail’s Amanda Platell should bemoan MPs Christmas holidays – and get it so very wrong:
Meanwhile Commons Leader Harriet Harman has rewarded Parliament with the longest Christmas break since records began. Forget our contempt for MPs, can their contempt for us fall any lower?
What odds that records began before last year, when The Commons broke up for Christmas on Thursday, December 18 and returned on January 12. That’s 24 days.
This year:
The Commons will rise for the Christmas recess on December 18 and return on January 7.
Next week, Amanda Platell bemoans the awful state of maths…
Posted: 26th, October 2009 | In: Reviews Comments (2) | TrackBack | Permalink