#legislative-obstruction

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UK politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
4 days ago

We will grind you down': how rogue peers became Labour's toughest opponents

A coordinated group of Conservative peers is deliberately obstructing Labour government legislation in the House of Lords, causing numerous defeats and significant delays.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Unelected Lords are blocking assisted dying this is a democratic outrage | Simon Jenkins

A bill passed by the House of Commons after years of public debate is being blocked by a small group of peers under the pretence of scrutiny. Their purpose is to kill the bill by filibuster and impose their religious or moral views on the free will of others. They want to deny Britons a freedom now common in many liberal nations across the western world.
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