Hoon: ban Lords from challenging controversial Bills

**threaded** · 5 March 2006, 08:05

The UK is overdue for a regime change.

threaded in "blitzkrieg^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^Hshock and awe" mode

**zeitghost** · 5 March 2006, 10:35

Three steps away from a permanent 1 party state...

**Fungus** · 5 March 2006, 10:56

Originally posted by zeitghost

Three steps away from a permanent 1 party state...

It won't be much of a party from where I'm standing. Not for us anyway.

**threaded** · 5 March 2006, 11:00

Originally posted by Fungus

It won't be much of a party from where I'm standing. Not for us anyway.

Won't be much of a party for anyone, well apart from the apparatchiki.

**meridian** · 6 March 2006, 13:56

Originally posted by milanbenes

http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/pol...icle349337.ece

"Britain's peers would be legally forbidden from challenging controversial legislation, such as the ID cards Bill and the ban on glorifying terrorism, under a radical constitutional reform proposed by Geoff Hoon. ",

nice.

Milan.

Completely agree with Hoon. They're all unelected old coffin-dodgers anyway, who are they to tell our elected officials what they can and can't pass in Parliament. Their meddling strikes at the heart of our democracy, blah blah, cue Livingstone-style rant.....

**DodgyAgent** · 6 March 2006, 14:03

Originally posted by meridian

Completely agree with Hoon. They're all unelected old coffin-dodgers anyway, who are they to tell our elected officials what they can and can't pass in Parliament. Their meddling strikes at the heart of our democracy, blah blah, cue Livingstone-style rant.....

They act as a check against people grasping power despite the fact that less than 30% of the electorate voted for them.
Long live the Lords

**DaveB** · 6 March 2006, 14:05

So far I've teneded to agree with Lords decisions far more often than those of the House of Commons. They may not be entirely democratic but they do a damn fine job of poking the Govt with sharp sticks whenever they get too big for their boots.

**sunnysan** · 6 March 2006, 14:44

So...

Well NL seem to be a bit peeved that HOL are tossing back so many of the "reforms" that they are proposing. So they want to erode the power of the Lords?

I wonder if it slipped their mind to reflect on why they are at loggerheads with the lords?

Maybe its because they are trying to pass sh1t legislation?

How soon before monarchists are "glorifying" terrorism?

**Central-Scrutiniser** · 6 March 2006, 14:55

Originally posted by milanbenes

http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/pol...icle349337.ece

"Britain's peers would be legally forbidden from challenging controversial legislation, such as the ID cards Bill and the ban on glorifying terrorism, under a radical constitutional reform proposed by Geoff Hoon. ",

nice.

Milan.

Doubleplusgood

The Less the Talk the more the Freedom and Democracy

We can force you to be Free

Hoon: ban Lords from challenging controversial Bills