I can’t comment on the power grab business itself.
But the way the Scots parts of the bill were debated yesterday was indeed a piss-take. They were only given a half hour or so for all the devolved bits and someone from the cabinet took up all the time; you could be justified in thinking it was an intentional filibuster.
The gov are naturally trying to say it was labour’s fault for demanding all the divisions, which take up a ludicrous amount of time, but the fact remains that they still voted on only a fraction of the lords’ amendments.
I’m quite a fan of Bercow, but I do think the speaker should be at least able to chastise MPs who are obviously taking the piss by talking out the clock.
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jonbob loves you, Wed 13 Jun 2018, 16:33,
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That does seem too little amount of time, yes.
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Cerebus Sticky! Sticky! Stick! Stick!, Wed 13 Jun 2018, 17:11,
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Read up a bit on proceedings the previous day
and I can see why they'd be pissed off.
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wheresthefish Partly filled with wrong, Thu 14 Jun 2018, 9:08,
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