The house of Lords can be overcome using the Parliament Acts (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliament_Act). And Labour want to basically make the Lords unable to stop legislation.
Why should we be surprised? Labout tried to get an Enabling Act through parliament:
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Date: 2008-06-11 06:17 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-06-11 09:58 pm (UTC)Mine's a G&T.
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Date: 2008-06-11 08:16 pm (UTC)I forsee a future (I hope one that never comes to pass), when copies of that are banned and passed underground...
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Date: 2008-06-12 07:35 am (UTC):(
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Date: 2008-06-11 10:33 pm (UTC)Why should we be surprised? Labout tried to get an Enabling Act through parliament:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enabling_act