Dialogue is the essence of parliamentary politics.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Without dialogue, you cannot run parliament. You have to interact.
Dialogue means debates and everyone's point of view.
It is important that the decorum and dignity of the House is upheld at all times. The image of Parliament in the public mind should be one where proceedings, debates and discussions take place with a view to resolve issues through a constructive and co-operative approach.
Everybody is a political person, whether you say something or you are silent. A political attitude is not whether you go to parliament; it's how you deal with your life, with your surroundings.
I understand the principles of dissent in parliament.
In Parliament we debate on and we decide the laws that are going to govern the country.
I think politics can no longer be assigned to parliamentary activity and it probably never could be. But politics with a small p and the history of trade union movement really interests me.
A Parliament is nothing less than a big meeting of more or less idle people.
Today, parliaments are more important because of the need of legitimacy, of the popular legitimacy, of public opinion legitimacy of politics. Parliaments are, at the end of the day, the only true legitimacy.
Democracy isn't solely about polite conversations in parliaments. It needs to be continually refreshed with raw passions, anger and ideals.