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Thread: So the leitmotif of most Brexopaths when explaining their loathing of the

  1. #11
    Quote Originally Posted by Herbert Augustus Chapman View Post
    And what about their Capo di Tutti Capo i, that revolting old parasite Elizabeth Regina
    She and the rest of the lizards should, as an act of mercy, be spared the fate of the Romanovs. Exile in Canada should do it, I think.

  2. #12
    Quote Originally Posted by Ash View Post
    She and the rest of the lizards should, as an act of mercy, be spared the fate of the Romanovs. Exile in Canada should do it, I think.
    No Ash. Every revolution demands, as its birthright, the violent death of the incumbent oppressors. Imagining the aristocracy's pitiful cries for mercy before being launched down the well helps the peasants endure their continued and unending penury.

  3. #13
    Quote Originally Posted by Herbert Augustus Chapman View Post
    No Ash. Every revolution demands, as its birthright, the violent death of the incumbent oppressors. Imagining the aristocracy's pitiful cries for mercy before being launched down the well helps the peasants endure their continued and unending penury.
    Well, that and the fact that the buggers keep popping up again demanding their throne back. Don't just ask Cromwell and Lenin, ask Queen Bess herself.

  4. #14
    Quote Originally Posted by Burney View Post
    'Doubtless' here meaning 'not', I assume? Because that bit of whataboutery simply doesn't work. The House of Lords is wholly unfit for purpose, being packed to the rafters by patronage appointees from the political mainstream.

    Also, it may have escaped your attention, h, but there are few Brexiteers with a good word to say about the passionately Europhile House of Lords.
    But despite being a bunch of appointees, it actually does a rather good job of tidying up rushed HoC legislation in the Cttee stage and also contains a far wider area of expertise than the average HoC.

    Obviously no-one in their right mind wouldn't design a 2nd chamber like this, but to claim it's not fit for purpose is wrong. It hasn't delayed anything for decades but has made a huge number of positive ammendments to HoC legislation.

    I doubt a neutral observer, looking at the last 3 months, would choose the HoL if the question was "Which house is the most dysfunctional?"

  5. #15
    Quote Originally Posted by Ganpati's Goonerz--AFC's Aboriginal Fertility Cult View Post
    But despite being a bunch of appointees, it actually does a rather good job of tidying up rushed HoC legislation in the Cttee stage and also contains a far wider area of expertise than the average HoC.

    Obviously no-one in their right mind wouldn't design a 2nd chamber like this, but to claim it's not fit for purpose is wrong. It hasn't delayed anything for decades but has made a huge number of positive ammendments to HoC legislation.

    I doubt a neutral observer, looking at the last 3 months, would choose the HoL if the question was "Which house is the most dysfunctional?"
    The HofC is only ‘dysfunctional’ as it has to answer to an electorate. That messiness is a feature of democracy, not a bug.

    By contrast, it’s quite easy to function smoothly and coherently when you have a sinecure for life and don’t have to worry about accountability.

  6. #16
    Quote Originally Posted by Burney View Post
    The HofC is only ‘dysfunctional’ as it has to answer to an electorate. That messiness is a feature of democracy, not a bug.

    By contrast, it’s quite easy to function smoothly and coherently when you have a sinecure for life and don’t have to worry about accountability.
    So the HoC rushing and whipping legislation at the Ctte and Report stages between the 2nd and 3rd reading is all down to the fact that they have voters to answer to.

    While the Lords actually bothering to consider things in detail and point out the errors and inconsistencies in the legislation sent to them is down to them not having electors to answer to.

    Ok. Right. Sure. That makes sense.

  7. #17
    Quote Originally Posted by Ganpati's Goonerz--AFC's Aboriginal Fertility Cult View Post
    So the HoC rushing and whipping legislation at the Ctte and Report stages between the 2nd and 3rd reading is all down to the fact that they have voters to answer to.

    While the Lords actually bothering to consider things in detail and point out the errors and inconsistencies in the legislation sent to them is down to them not having electors to answer to.

    Ok. Right. Sure. That makes sense.
    Errr. Yes. What's hard to grasp about that? The panic derives directly from the democratic imperative placed on MPs and their need to balance the sometimes impossible demands of voters, party, necessity and conscience.
    The calm consideration is what you see from the Lords is that of people who know they are not going to be held accountable for anything.

  8. #18
    Quote Originally Posted by Ash View Post
    Well, that and the fact that the buggers keep popping up again demanding their throne back. Don't just ask Cromwell and Lenin, ask Queen Bess herself.
    A bit like these folk....

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    "Scoring a goal is better than sex" - Whoever said that was sticking it to the wrong woman

  9. #19
    It just occurs to me; isn't that "Gordon Brittas"?


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  10. #20
    Quote Originally Posted by Burney View Post
    Errr. Yes. What's hard to grasp about that? The panic derives directly from the democratic imperative placed on MPs and their need to balance the sometimes impossible demands of voters, party, necessity and conscience.
    The calm consideration is what you see from the Lords is that of people who know they are not going to be held accountable for anything.
    You've never actually studied how our parliamentary democracy works, have you?

    Had you argued that the HoC can play fast and loose in Ctte because they know the Lords will do the donkey work for them, then I'd have conceded you might have a point.*

    But to suggest that the whipped Cttee members are rushing things because they are accountable to voters is pure drivel.

    No-one can tell what Cttees their MPs are on and what they said and how they voted.

    The public might, just might, pay attention to how their MPs voted at 2nd and 3rd reading.

    But if you think the Cttee work is influenced by the MPs' voters you're wrong.

    It's more to do with most MPs finding Cttee tedious and just wanting to do what their whips tell them. While the Lords will have experts in most fields who'll volunteer to do it.


    *Though you wouldn't do that because it would back up my point about the HoL doing a useful job.

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