Those pesky Lords, you know the ones, Bliar isn't very fond of them, supposedly out of touch and a hinderence to democracy and all that, well, they've gone and done it again.
The exemption of MP's from the Freedom of Information act won't go any further because not one Lord gave it support.
Oh dear, we obviously should get rid of them all.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6750447.stm
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Liberal Democrat leader in the Lords, Tom McNally, who opposed the bill, said: "It seems very likely that this squalid little bill will no longer become law. We are happy that this bill will not become law.
It speaks volumes that no member of the House of Lords was prepared to support this legislation."
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It's a worry when an unelected house does a better job of controlling legislation than the commons do!