U.K. Parliament takes a page from the NNBM Icebears playbook.
Meeting called to order via ZOOM app.
U.K.’s Zoom Parliament launches with a few glitches but shows virtual democracy may work for a while
April 22, 2020 at 11:33 a.m. MDT
LONDON — Britain's extraordinary first "Parliament via Zoom" proceeded Wednesday in rather ordinary
fashion, with the usual barbed questions and artful evasion by politicians, plus the addition of awkward
views of oversize chins and bookshelves staged as backdrops.
Everything was the same, and everything was a little odd.
Breaking 700 years of tradition, the British Parliament has agreed to serve as a cradle of virtual democracy
— to allow members to continue to debate, vote and legislate, but via video conferencing app, from the
safety of their own homes, for the duration of Britain’s coronavirus lockdown.
On Wednesday, there were a few minor technical hiccups. Some lawmakers’ heads were cropped at the
eyebrows by the bad framing. Their mics were sometimes too close or too far away, or the Internet
connection bad, and so voices sounded tinny or muffled or like Darth Vader.
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washingtonpost.com
we're ONE step closer to wikigovernance.org
NOW if we just open it up to "THE PEOPLE OF THE PLANET" we can start working on some
committees to begin prioritizing needs and building plans for solutions. anybody know any smart
people who might like to help us out? (oops... ran out of editing time for this post... sorry) |
