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Originally Posted by jfman
Hardly. The Lords filibuster was time limited anyway. It was coming back to the Commons tomorrow in any case.
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The filibuster was not time limited. The filibuster was on the business motion which was designed to time-limit discussion of the Benn Bill. If they could have stretched out debate on the business motion far enough into Saturday there was a realistic chance of them being able to prevent the Bill’s passage through the Lords and back to the commons before the earliest possible prorogation date which is tomorrow. The supporters of the bill were taking that threat seriously enough to have set up a rota to ensure there would always be enough of them in the chamber to vote down every amendment in the shortest possible time.