Posts Tagged “lords reform”
Tories lose boundary review vote, Lib Dems vote against Coalition partners for first time
by Stephen Tall on January 29, 2013
The BBC reports this afternoon’s vote: Plans to redraw constituency boundaries before 2015, backed by the Tories, have been defeated in the House of Commons. MPs voted by 334 to 292 to accept changes made by peers, meaning the planned constituency shake-up will be postponed until 2018 at the earliest. It was the first time [...]
Tories lose boundary review vote, Lib Dems vote against Coalition partners for first time
by Stephen Tall on January 29, 2013
The BBC reports this afternoon’s vote: Plans to redraw constituency boundaries before 2015, backed by the Tories, have been defeated in the House of Commons. MPs voted by 334 to 292 to accept changes made by peers, meaning the planned constituency shake-up will be postponed until 2018 at the earliest. It was the first time [...]
Lords reform is dead! Long live, erm, a bloated, ineffective, undemocratic Lords!
by Stephen Tall on November 24, 2012
The Guardian reports today that dozens of new life peers are to be appointed to the House of Lords: Political parties are preparing to draw up lists for dozens of new appointments to the House of Lords in a move that will reignite controversy over creating peers just months after the collapse of legislation to [...]
There’s zero chance of Clegg cutting any boundary deal with Tories over party funding
by Stephen Tall on August 14, 2012
There’s zero chance of Nick Clegg cutting a deal with David Cameron on boundary changes in exchange for party reform — that’s the firm message I’ve got from some of those closest to the Lib Dem leader in response to my post last night, Nick Clegg should say no to any link between state funding [...]
Nick Clegg should say no to any link between state funding and boundary changes
by Stephen Tall on August 13, 2012
It’s August, so I’m not going to take too seriously kite-flying suggestions by Benedict Brogan in the Telegraph that Nick Clegg might consider rescinding his threat that the Lib Dems will vote against boundary changes (following the Tories’ decision to break the Coalition Agreement over Lords reform) in return for a deal on party funding [...]
62% of Lib Dem members agree with Clegg decision to vote down boundary changes over Tories’ Lords reform retreat
by Stephen Tall on August 7, 2012
Lib Dem Voice polled our members-only forum recently to discover what Lib Dem members think of various political issues, the Coalition, and the performance of key party figures. 446 party members responded, and we’re publishing the full results. What party members say about Tory breach of Coalition Agreement LDV asked: Within the package of constitutional reforms [...]
The Coalition Agreement does not commit Lib Dems to supporting boundary changes
by Stephen Tall on August 5, 2012
Over the last couple of months, Conservative MPs and commentators have made great play of the fact that the Coalition Agreement does not explicitly commit the Tories to voting for House of Lords reform. Let’s remind ourselves of its words again: We will establish a committee to bring forward proposals for a wholly or mainly [...]
++ Clegg to announce Lords reform sunk; Tory rebels defeat Cameron; first breach of Coalition Agreement.
by Stephen Tall on August 3, 2012
The Guardian reports tonight: Nick Clegg is expected to announce next week he has been forced to abandon Lords reform in the face of implacable Conservative backbench opposition that David Cameron has been unable to overcome. … Clegg has to decide whether to respond to the Lords rebuff by insisting legislation designed to cut the [...]
The 15 words that mean the Coalition won’t fall, no matter what happens to Lords reform
by Stephen Tall on July 9, 2012
There’s a very simple reason why — even if enough Tory MPs inflict the Coalition’s first defeat on a key plank of the Coalition Agreement which appeared in their last three manifestos — the Government will not fall tomorrow. It’s these 15 words from the May 2010 Programme for Government: The deficit reduction programme takes [...]
Lords reform: did we really expect any better of either the Tories or Labour?
by Stephen Tall on June 26, 2012
All three main political parties fought the 2010 election promising the electorate that, if elected, they would reform the House of Lords. All three promised the same in 2005, too. And 2001. Yet in 2012 only one party is staying true to that promise: the Lib Dems. The Tories and Labour, in contrast, are happily [...]
