Cathryn Atkinson’s excellent two-part rabble series on the notorious banning of British MP George Galloway is a compelling reminder of that political scandal which occurred one year ago. Unfortunately, the story is just another in a series of déjà vu experiences of the Harper government. These incidents of contempt for Parliament, for the opposition, for the media, for the public and for democratic discourse repeat themselves so often that we are in danger of achieving a new normal, where no one pays attention anymore because they simply expect this behaviour from the Harper government. It’s not even news anymore.