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Originally Posted by Damien
I would rather The torys get in that ukip! ukip are a joke of a party which just spout populist nosense to get votes knowing that they will never be called upon to act on it. Their manfisto might as well be the daily mail anyway
I support the goverment banning fox hunting and using the parliment act if needs be anyway. I cant belive that unelected officals get to block laws.
As for people who will say "thats gives too much power to the govenment" i say that if you dont like them dont vote for them or we should have a elected house of lords.
Fox huting is not a unpopular law like the iraq war was, theres those who really want it banned and really want it to stay those in the middle genereally want it banned
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Do you understand what the Parliament Act is actually
for? Or why we have a second chamber in Parliament?
The House of Commons has legitimised the role and authority of the Lords each and every time it has sought to re-structure or redefine its role in the legislature. As the Commons is supreme, the current structure of the Lords is a reflection of the will of the Commons (it was MPs who voted to remove the hereditary peers, remember). And as the Commons is a democratic body, the role and make-up of the House of Lords is, fundamentally,
a product of the democratic process. The Parliament Act guarantees the primacy of the Commons and was designed to ensure the safe passage of legislation this country needs to function, not to force through matters of conscience decided in the Commons on a free vote by fewer than half of all MPs.
The Lords plays an important role in our lawmaking process. Its strength lies in the fact that it is not directly elected. It can afford to take decisions and offer advice based on a longer term outlook, without need for spin or image management (as they don't have to worry about getting elected). When the Lords throws out laws designed to ban fox hunting, it does so because it recognises that banning minority pursuits for reasons of class envy is contrary to traditions of law and governance in this country.