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Originally Posted by Phil^
Actually its none of the acts per-se. Its the way they rammed through the bill via the parliament act instead of giving it a full and proper debate.
'oh you dont like the bill, Tough. we've got a majority in the commons and the power to push through anything we want'
Its that sort of attitude which is bad for government
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the first two were the lords being
1. deliberately awkward on a procedural matter just because it was about europe
2. fascists
and the third one represents a massive conflict of interest in the first place.
The first two didn't need debate, and the Lords did not add to the debate on the third in a useful way so far as I was ever able to tell.
Besides which, I seem to recall it took about five years for any semblance of a Hunting Act to come about precisely because they let the Lords pontificate at length about how jolly fun it all was.