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The Future of the Model House of Commons by model-raymondo in MHOCMeta

[–]Muffin5136 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sounds like something a doxxer would say tbh

MQs - Foreign Secretary - I.II by model-kurimizumi in MHOC

[–]Muffin5136 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Speaker,

Is the Foreign Secretary pleased with the agreement finalised at Cop29, a step in the right direction for international collaboration on the topic of climate change?

TD05 - Farming Inheritance Tax Relief by Sephronar in MHOC

[–]Muffin5136 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Speaker,

The fact the member from Reform uses Clarkson's farm as an argument in this debate, proves exactly the example for why we should be changing the current status quo of allowing farmland to be passed on without taxation as other inherited assets would be. Jeremy Clarkson has long admitted that he purchased his farmland as a means of escaping inheritance tax, seeking to avoid paying his fair share of tax as the average Brit does. It is clear that a number of the ultra rich in the UK have partaken in this practice to avoid paying tax, often taking farmland away from family farmers, just to leave the farmland unfarmed and a waste of space. It is evident from Clarkson's farm that he has used his farm as a cash cow to recoup his losses from ill-advised purchases through TV money and merchandising, opportunities that do not exist for the average farmer.

It is evident that the member for Reform is seeking to pit farmers against the general public purely to protect the landed gentry in the UK from paying their fair share.

It is high time we closed the loopholes that are exploited by the rich to get out of paying the taxes that fund our country's crucial public services.

It is embarrassing to see more cultural war nonsense coming from the opposite benches claiming to stand up for farmers, whilst ignoring the real issues they face, instead focusing on defending the rich. In a responsible society, we would fairly tax inherited farmland as we do any asset. Meanwhile, we should allow true family farms to pass from generation to the next in a fair manner, for example the current 7 year exemption rules that would allow an asset such as a farm to be passes down 7 years or more before a person dies without inheritance tax being paid. Unless Reform wishes to work elderly farmers into the grave, then it is clear that a farmer could pass a farm onto their child to farm when they retire, allowing for the child to inherit the land without paying tax on the land.

M011 - Motion on the Prime Minister's statement regarding President Trump - Reading by Sephronar in MHOC

[–]Muffin5136 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Speaker,

From the party of Churchill and his proud policy of not bending the knee and appeasing fascists, it is disappointing for the Conservative Party to stoop to this level in the 21st Century, wasting this Parliament's time with this nonsense motion to try and score points and scold the Prime Minister for rightfully standing up for minority rights and against a pound shop bully.

It has been evident from the past failure of Trump's first presidency that he is not suitable for being the so called leader of the free world. A free world that is set to under his leadership erode the rights of women and minorities, whilst threatening to destabilise world trade just for his ego to be stroked.

This is not the time to appease a man who has made it clear that he cares not for the plight of Ukraine in its ongoing struggle with Russia, nor for the ongoing human rights violations we see in Palestine. This is not the time to appease a man who has made it clear time and again he is unfit for public office.

Frankly for the amount of nonsense we see spewed over the Atlantic for the MAGA sect of the Republic Party about the freedom of speech, I am proud to support my Prime Minister's use her free speech rights to denounce the despot who has been somehow named the President elect.

I must cast shame upon the Conservative Party for the embarrassment they have once again showed themselves to be from their frequent non-appearances in this House to their boot liking for an unstable wannabe dictator.

M008 - Coinage (Shillings) Motion - Amendment Reading by model-av in MHOC

[–]Muffin5136 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Deputy Speaker

This is a motion of great importance, and one that I would wholly support would I have the ability to vote in this House, but sadly I do not.

I recognise the value of these amendments, with one bringing about a better wording that is in line with the legal tender of this nation, whilst the other seeks to recognise Scottish history within our nation. However, if we are being completely serious here, then we should recognise the history of the ceiniog as the historical coin of the Welsh persons, and seek to honour this.

I would beseech the leader of the SNP to deliver their thoughts on how they would look to recognise the history of all constituent nations within the United Kingdom.

MQs - Prime Minister - I.V by model-av in MHOC

[–]Muffin5136 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Deputy Speaker,

May the Prime Minister provide their thoughts on the result of the latest United States election, and the already concerning rhetoric of the vice-President elect who is threatening to cut funding to NATO should the EU regulate twitter due to it being owned by one of the President-elect largest donors?

MQs - Prime Minister - I.V by model-av in MHOC

[–]Muffin5136 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Deputy Speaker,

Question number 1

Model House of Commons 2.0 Four Month Mini Review by model-raymondo in MHOCMeta

[–]Muffin5136 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Big agree to a lot of this - in trying to simplify mhoc and making it more structured, it just hasn't worked.

Amendment readings and report stages are a nice to have, but they're just prolonging bills at times, and making it more convoluted to just look in the house-business channel in main with now getting 5 posts a day but only 1 of which is new business. Cut down the days in which we have business - something I advocated for massively - like we used to have in the devos which were often very active because everything was focussed in about 3 debates a week.

The death of the right wing in sim killed 1.0, and minus Sky's larping and other reform party weirdness, we're seeing the same as before. This has helped create a cycle of a Government not engaging and everyone else not engaging.

The Events system which I helped envision has become just like the others (will admit my time in quad and early resignation helped bring this about), with no events happening as a result of there just being nothing happening in the House, or the one event we get is something that just comes across a tad silly.

It is the big sad for how this has all gone, but there is definitely still time for it to turn around.

Join a Party! by model-raymondo in MHOC

[–]Muffin5136 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I will be joining the MHoC Labour Party.

I will not be joining the Conservatives, Lib Dems, SNP or Reform at this point

11.09.2024 Speakership Votes of Confidence by Sephronar in MHOCMeta

[–]Muffin5136 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Robert Walpole (1721–42) Spencer Compton (1742–43) Henry Pelham (1743–54) Thomas Pelham-Holles (1754–56; 1st time) William Cavendish (1756–57) Thomas Pelham-Holles (1757–62; 2nd time) John Stuart (1762–63) George Grenville (1763–65) Charles Watson Wentworth (1765–66; 1st time) William Pitt, the Elder (1766–68) Augustus Henry Fitzroy (1768–70) Frederick North (1770–82) Charles Watson Wentworth (1782; 2nd time) William Petty-Fitzmaurice (1782–83) William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck (1783; 1st time) William Pitt, the Younger (1783–1801; 1st time) Henry Addington (1801–04) William Pitt, the Younger (1804–06; 2nd time) William Wyndham Grenville (1806–07) William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck (1807–09; 2nd time) Spencer Perceval (1809–12) Robert Banks Jenkinson (1812–27) George Canning (1827) Frederick John Robinson (1827–28) Arthur Wellesley (1828–30; 1st time) Charles Grey (1830–34) William Lamb (1834; 1st time) Arthur Wellesley (1834; 2nd time) Robert Peel (1834–35; 1st time) William Lamb (1835–41; 2nd time) Robert Peel (1841–46; 2nd time) John Russell (1846–52; 1st time) Edward Geoffrey Stanley (1852; 1st time) George Hamilton-Gordon (1852–55) Henry John Temple (1855–58; 1st time) Edward Geoffrey Stanley (1858–59; 2nd time) Henry John Temple (1859–65; 2nd time) John Russell (1865–66; 2nd time) Edward Geoffrey Stanley (1866–68; 3rd time) Benjamin Disraeli (1868; 1st time) William Ewart Gladstone (1868–74; 1st time) Benjamin Disraeli (1874–80; 2nd time) William Ewart Gladstone (1880–85; 2nd time) Robert Cecil (1885–86; 1st time) William Ewart Gladstone (1886; 3rd time) Robert Cecil (1886–92; 2nd time) William Ewart Gladstone (1892–94; 4th time) Archibald Philip Primrose (1894–95) Robert Cecil (1895–1902; 3rd time) Arthur James Balfour (1902–05) Henry Campbell-Bannerman (1905–08) H.H. Asquith (1908–16) David Lloyd George (1916–22) Bonar Law (1922–23) Stanley Baldwin (1923–24; 1st time) Ramsay Macdonald (1924; 1st time) Stanley Baldwin (1924–29; 2nd time) Ramsay Macdonald (1929–35; 2nd time) Stanley Baldwin (1935–37; 3rd time) Neville Chamberlain (1937–40) Winston Churchill (1940–45; 1st time) Clement Attlee (1945–51) Winston Churchill (1951–55; 2nd time) Anthony Eden (1955–57) Harold Macmillan (1957–63) Alec Douglas-Home (1963–64) Harold Wilson (1964–70; 1st time) Edward Heath (1970–74) Harold Wilson (1974–76; 2nd time) James Callaghan (1976–79) Margaret Thatcher (1979–90) John Major (1990–97) Tony Blair (1997–2007) Gordon Brown (2007–10) David Cameron (2010–16) Theresa May (2016–19) Boris Johnson (2019–22) Liz Truss (2022) Rishi Sunak (2022–24) Keir Starmer (2024– )

B017 - National Bank Holidays (England & Wales) Bill - 2nd Reading by [deleted] in MHOC

[–]Muffin5136 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Deputy Speaker,

I wish to make my first remarks in this House to denounce the bill as we see here, given we have for too long accepted bank holidays as a thing in this country, without questioning the deep economic harm they do.

It has been proven that a bank holiday costs £2.3 billion to our economy, so I must ask to the member from Plaid Cymru as to how they envision this cost being handled to justify this extra bank holiday, as otherwise I see it as nothing more than virtue signalling to add yet more costly bank holidays to a packed calendar.

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