Comments on: Cub Scouts and Democracy http://www.blueidea.co.uk/2009/07/cub-scouts-and-democracy.html A Conservative-supporting thinking blog. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 02:34:43 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Speaker comes through for Cub Scouts | The Wardman Wire http://www.blueidea.co.uk/2009/07/cub-scouts-and-democracy.html/comment-page-1#comment-2650 Speaker comes through for Cub Scouts | The Wardman Wire Thu, 09 Jul 2009 08:07:10 +0000 http://thethunderdragon.co.uk/2009/07/cub-scouts-and-democracy.html#comment-2650 [...] = 'mattwardman'; Yesterday I posted about the Commons authorities banning Cub Scouts from protesting in the House of Commons - simply because they’re not old enough to [...] [...] = ‘mattwardman’; Yesterday I posted about the Commons authorities banning Cub Scouts from protesting in the House of Commons – simply because they’re not old enough to [...]

]]> By: TD Blog » Speaker comes through for Cub Scouts http://www.blueidea.co.uk/2009/07/cub-scouts-and-democracy.html/comment-page-1#comment-2652 TD Blog » Speaker comes through for Cub Scouts Thu, 09 Jul 2009 08:06:30 +0000 http://thethunderdragon.co.uk/2009/07/cub-scouts-and-democracy.html#comment-2652 [...] I posted about the Commons authorities banning Cub Scouts from protesting in the House of Commons - simply because they’re not old enough to [...] [...] I posted about the Commons authorities banning Cub Scouts from protesting in the House of Commons – simply because they’re not old enough to [...]

]]> By: Ex Scout http://www.blueidea.co.uk/2009/07/cub-scouts-and-democracy.html/comment-page-1#comment-2651 Ex Scout Wed, 08 Jul 2009 22:11:39 +0000 http://thethunderdragon.co.uk/2009/07/cub-scouts-and-democracy.html#comment-2651 There was a time, when under a previous speaker (Weatherill I think), that Scouts were invited to the HoC. Each Troop in the district nominated 3 Scouts to go, local business sponsored the limo to take us up to London. We sent a cub, a Scout, and a Venture Scout. Two boys and a teenaged girl. There was no lobbying; we were all too dumbstruck to say anything other than "thanks Mr Speaker!". We were treated to a small speech by Mr Speaker, a slap up lunch of cucumber sandwiches with the crusts cut off (among other things), and a guided tour of the House. Says something about the current "government" that they can't even tolerate argument from pre-pubescent boys, though, doesn't it? There was a time, when under a previous speaker (Weatherill I think), that Scouts were invited to the HoC.

Each Troop in the district nominated 3 Scouts to go, local business sponsored the limo to take us up to London. We sent a cub, a Scout, and a Venture Scout. Two boys and a teenaged girl.

There was no lobbying; we were all too dumbstruck to say anything other than “thanks Mr Speaker!”.

We were treated to a small speech by Mr Speaker, a slap up lunch of cucumber sandwiches with the crusts cut off (among other things), and a guided tour of the House.

Says something about the current “government” that they can’t even tolerate argument from pre-pubescent boys, though, doesn’t it?

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