re: Mogg demanding MPs sit in chamber - this is *executive* power being wielded over the legislature, not a defence of parliament. He is the cabinet minister who can renew or let lapse the regulations of remote working ... 1/

Familiar hypocrisy from someone who claims to love parliament, but prefers it as ornament, ritual and a stage; less keen when it obstructs his ideological interests 2/

As demonstrated when he connived in the prorogation that turned out to be unlawful. 3/

He wants a *display* of parliament to support a government narrative of progress against covid and simulated return to normality. That isn't the same as wanting effective legislative scrutiny of ministers, for which he has no appetite. /ends