The Impact of the Filibuster on the House of Lords
Monday, January 31, 2011
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Great piece by the BBC’s James Landale about the impact of the recent constitution bill filibustering on the House of Lords. The old certainties we might have held about the unelected second chamber are fast disappearing as it enters a new age of political confrontation, and perhaps hastens its own reform by so doing. Landale also comments on how the realities of coalition government created a much more rigid governmental framework that did not allow for the usual horse-trading which might have headed off the Lords filibuster. Illuminating stuff.
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