Bryant sticks to his guns over bullying in Parliament
Unrevealing: Chris Bryant took this image in an attempt to show bullying in the voting lobbies – but it did not demonstrate such behaviour clearly enough. Should he have taken video? And would it have mattered, knowing that photography is forbidden there in any case?
After a woefully inadequate ‘investigation’ ruled that there was no bullying during the controversial ‘fracking’ vote that led to the downfall of Liz Truss, whistleblowing MP Chris Bryant has insisted that the verdict was wrong.
He has tweeted the following:
I believe that what I saw last week in the division lobby was intimidating behaviour. The Serjeant is right. It was fraught and crowded. I feel it was intimidatory. I realise others see it differently but I still think parliament needs to
— Chris Bryant (@RhonddaBryant) November 1, 2022
I will continue to work with everyone in parliament to tackle bullying, intimidation and sexual harassment so that it is a safe space for all. And I won’t ever abandon that campaign.
— Chris Bryant (@RhonddaBryant) November 1, 2022
The prohibition of photography in the voting lobbies must be a gift to anybody wishing to intimidate MPs. Elsewhere on the Twitter thread, Bryant agreed that CCTV cameras would be welcome:
I disagree. Big I agree we could have cameras in the lobby
— Chris Bryant (@RhonddaBryant) November 1, 2022
The answer, of course, is to modernise the system with electronic voting, as is used in the devolved governments of Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Doesn’t the reluctance to introduce such a system smell of corruption to you?
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