Re: Hunting is banned!

From: BAC (casswalk_at_NOSPAMdircon.co.uk)
Date: 11/26/04 

Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2004 15:27:57 -0000

"Rooney" <pvrooney@aol.com> wrote in message
news:ud2eq01qkokdnqbtg7pbi8muaco7jfc6ds@4ax.com...
> On Fri, 26 Nov 2004 10:39:31 -0000, "BAC"
> <casswalk@NOSPAMdircon.co.uk> wrote:
>
> >In fact, the Lords were more in tune with Government thinking over the
Bill
> >than the Commons, since both the Lords and the Government had favoured
the
> >licensing 'middle way' but were thwarted by the wishes of the majority in
> >the Commons.
>
>
> Which in itself reflects rather well on our system. Imagine if the
> opposite were true, and the Lords and government had prevailed against
> the majority in the Commons!
>

I didn't say it was a bad thing, I was defending the Lords from implications
that they had been out of touch and perverse in reaching their decision. How
could they be such, when they were of similar mind to our glorious leader?

What usually happens in the circumstances you mention is that the Government
'whips in' its MPs, or somehow fails to find the time or will to allow such
matters to reach a conclusion.

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