Brexit Bill faces Lords' battle, where Tories do not have a majority

Saturday, February 11th 2017 - 07:51 UTC

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Prime Minister Theresa May will face a parliamentary battle to get her Brexit Bill through the House of Lords as Labour launched its effort to rewrite the legislation. The House of Commons overwhelmingly backed legislation allowing the PM May to formally begin Brexit without altering it, but the British Government will face a stiffer test in the Lords where the Tories do not have a majority. Read full article

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The Voice
Hopefully they will oppose the will of the people who voted in the Brexit referendum leading to a battle of wills, the elected vs the unelected. This will lead to total reform of the second chamber and the 'Lording' system which is well past its sell by date.
Feb 11th, 2017 - 10:23 am - Link - Report abuse +2
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Briton
Perhaps the libdems can set up their own lords in the local asylum hospital.
Feb 11th, 2017 - 11:01 am - Link - Report abuse +1
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EscoSesDoidao
'Battle'? This will be voted through in the HoL even faster that parliment.
Feb 11th, 2017 - 02:02 pm - Link - Report abuse +1
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DemonTree
Reforming the House of Lords would be good, abolishing it completely would not be. There are plenty of other similar countries whose models we could follow.

Also I am so sick of hearing about 'the will of the people'. 'The people' don't have a will, it's impossible to find even two of them who agree about everything. This is why we have politics in the first place; if people agreed with each other then running the country would be easy.
Feb 11th, 2017 - 09:03 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Pete Bog
How many of the Lords will debate this and how many will be fast asleep after a taxpayers paid P*** up?
Feb 13th, 2017 - 10:39 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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