Parliament’s socially distanced voting system is a shambles – 18 scathing reactions

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Congratulations to all at Parliament for finding an even stupider and more inefficient voting system than the lobbies pic.twitter.com/IC30kci0BW

— Paul Hardcastle, but indoors (@hardcastIe) June 2, 2020

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Parliament’s turning into a laughing stock https://t.co/76aotKgXpN

— Kevin Maguire (@Kevin_Maguire) June 2, 2020

Not everybody could get their head around it – or took it seriously.

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Tory MP Stephen Crabb votes the wrong way twice, despite Jacob Rees Mogg's new system being so much easier than pushing a button.#ReesMoggConga#Parliament pic.twitter.com/IN0sfvc5IO

— Parody Boris Johnson (@BorisJohnson_MP) June 2, 2020

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Rees Mogg didn't concentrate in maths at Eton as he is unaware of what 2m looks like.
To be fair, it must be confusing to join a queue rather than go straight to the front of it. https://t.co/VjKHxdlpc1

— Peter Smith (@Redpeter99) June 2, 2020

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ICYMI: Mark Francois announcing himself as Ed Balls prior to voting pic.twitter.com/z9QivCFsWV

— Ava-Santina (@AvaSantina) June 2, 2020

Despite grumbling from a lot of MPs, the bill passed.

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Nothing like spending an hour in a queue with people saying "this is utterly ridiculous" and "what a waste of time" and then watching them vote for it. #ParliamentFarce

— Jess Phillips MP (@jessphillips) June 2, 2020

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He voted for it. 👀 https://t.co/8qylYek7BW

— Anneliese Midgley (@anneliese_midge) June 2, 2020

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From next week if this doesn’t change will have to do this with a six month old baby in tow because @Jacob_Rees_Mogg believes this is somehow what the public want. Apologies now to my colleagues for the noise and tears likely from us both… #21stcenturycalling https://t.co/lWKYFVeo0a

— stellacreasy (@stellacreasy) June 2, 2020

There were doubts about Rees-Mogg’s motivation.

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Rees-Mogg is just jealous as he can’t work out how to vote remotely using his candlestick telephone.

— Polly (@Paper_Polly) June 2, 2020

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Don't be fooled that JRM doesn't want remote voting because he's some stuffy technophobe scared of progress. It's so he can obstruct scrutiny & the basic function of parliament by grinding it to a halt. The Victorian Dad bit is as much an act as Johnson's Hufflepuff Sexpest act.

— Nick Pettigrew (@Nick_Pettigrew) June 2, 2020

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put this in context though, Jacob Rees Mogg is still horrified by the internal combustion engine https://t.co/HPlOOSgS7o

— joe (@mutablejoe) June 2, 2020

Whatever his reasoning, we can only hope the architect of the new system learns how to keep within his allotted space.

sir, some of you don't know how https://t.co/P7q1E5QTDT pic.twitter.com/VbX6Zq9dJZ

— SheRa (@SheRa_Marley) June 1, 2020

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