Comments on: The Lords Has No Business Blocking Legislation http://www.platform10.org/2009/11/the-lords-has-no-business-blocking-legislation/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-lords-has-no-business-blocking-legislation Campaigning for a modern liberal Conservative Party Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:28:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: NorthLondonTory http://www.platform10.org/2009/11/the-lords-has-no-business-blocking-legislation/comment-page-1/#comment-32351 NorthLondonTory Thu, 05 Aug 2010 09:49:36 +0000 http://www.platform10.org//?p=769#comment-32351 By convention (since Irish Disestablishment in 1868-9, resistance to which had been a key Tory principle for a generation, for what it's worth) the Lords does not block a matter on which the government has just won an election. That is a different matter from requiring the government to think again about something for which it does not have a mandate. On these occasions the "unelected" Lords are often sticking up for public opinion against the supposedly "elected" cliques who control political parties. By convention (since Irish Disestablishment in 1868-9, resistance to which had been a key Tory principle for a generation, for what it’s worth) the Lords does not block a matter on which the government has just won an election.

That is a different matter from requiring the government to think again about something for which it does not have a mandate. On these occasions the “unelected” Lords are often sticking up for public opinion against the supposedly “elected” cliques who control political parties.

]]> By: Michael McGowan http://www.platform10.org/2009/11/the-lords-has-no-business-blocking-legislation/comment-page-1/#comment-23978 Michael McGowan Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:03:39 +0000 http://www.platform10.org//?p=769#comment-23978 Irony is clearly not your strong suit. You must be having a laugh if you think the House of Commons has any democratic legitimacy. Irony is clearly not your strong suit. You must be having a laugh if you think the House of Commons has any democratic legitimacy.

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