This is broadly good news, but I do worry this bill is going to get fiddled away in the Lords. The Tory peers are trying, but at least there's no party with a majority over there. Although I am...
This is broadly good news, but I do worry this bill is going to get fiddled away in the Lords. The Tory peers are trying, but at least there's no party with a majority over there.
Although I am very much enjoying watching Boris get a kicking this week (Phillip Lee's mid-speech defection was just beautiful), I do wish we could live in rather less interesting times.
I love the way uk refers to party memebers as “rebels” with a straight face. All because they don’t vote party line. I know their political process is different than u.s., but still.
I love the way uk refers to party memebers as “rebels” with a straight face. All because they don’t vote party line. I know their political process is different than u.s., but still.
Well, they did it knowing they'd be thrown out of their party and very likely lose their seats in parliament come next election. It's not exactly anarchy, punk rock storming the barricades stuff,...
Well, they did it knowing they'd be thrown out of their party and very likely lose their seats in parliament come next election. It's not exactly anarchy, punk rock storming the barricades stuff, but it's not trivial.
It is normal Parliamentary language though. Voting against the whip at any point makes one a rebel within one's party - it's just in this case the consequences were rather more extreme.
It is normal Parliamentary language though. Voting against the whip at any point makes one a rebel within one's party - it's just in this case the consequences were rather more extreme.
This is broadly good news, but I do worry this bill is going to get fiddled away in the Lords. The Tory peers are trying, but at least there's no party with a majority over there.
Although I am very much enjoying watching Boris get a kicking this week (Phillip Lee's mid-speech defection was just beautiful), I do wish we could live in rather less interesting times.
I love the way uk refers to party memebers as “rebels” with a straight face. All because they don’t vote party line. I know their political process is different than u.s., but still.
Well, they did it knowing they'd be thrown out of their party and very likely lose their seats in parliament come next election. It's not exactly anarchy, punk rock storming the barricades stuff, but it's not trivial.
It is normal Parliamentary language though. Voting against the whip at any point makes one a rebel within one's party - it's just in this case the consequences were rather more extreme.