as we were going on air, and we ve got the tory mp peter bone, we ve got the labour mp and frontbencher lucy powell. and what i love in those situations is everyone is saying, do you know what s happening? i don t know what s happening. everyone s looking at their phones to try and work it out. and what was happening? at that particular point, the amendment by the government had been pulled. yeah. and then everyone was saying, well, is there going to be a vote at all today, or is itjust going to go through, as they say in parliamentaryjargon, on the nod? and that s basically what happened later this afternoon after about, what, four or five hours of debate? and it was a weird debate, because actually, normally, the house of commons procedures means and etiquette means you can t call somebody a liar because everyone s an honourable member. so if you re all honourable, you can t have lies. but because this was a debate about, is the prime minister a liar? , people were tossing a
people through this pandemic, and we will, but what we must do above all is make sure this country has a better supply of cheap and affordable energy, which they hopelessly refused to institute during their 13 wasted years in government. mr during their 13 wasted years in government- during their 13 wasted years in rovernment. ~ ~ , government. mr speaker, last week my constituent turned government. mr speaker, last week my constituent turned 100 government. mr speaker, last week my constituent turned 100 years government. mr speaker, last week my constituent turned 100 years old, - constituent turned 100 years old, she lived through the second world war and now of course she is living through a pandemic. will my right honourable friend join me in wishing her a belated happy birthday and will he pay tribute to the care workers who are taken care of her notjust in fountain care homes but across my constituency and the rest of the country to go over and above to protect the most h