New Posts For Thread: House of Commons debate weds--abolish house of lordshttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30416201/house-of-commons-debate-weds--abolish-house-of-lordsPut forward by SNPwill be interesting to see 2 faced labour vote againstthe Lords will be too busy filling their bellieshttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30416201/house-of-commons-debate-weds--abolish-house-of-lords?post_id=543046905#543046905the Lords will be too busy filling their belliesSun, 11 Jan 2015 13:25:40 -0600If this is agreed upon in the House of Commons, does this have to be approved by the House of Lords?Seems pointless imo.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30416201/house-of-commons-debate-weds--abolish-house-of-lords?post_id=543046829#543046829If this is agreed upon in the House of Commons, does this have to be approved by the House of Lords?Seems pointless imo.Sun, 11 Jan 2015 13:23:47 -0600The tories were the largest party at Westminster after the 2010 election on 36% of the vote and much lower in Scotland, yet we have to put up with them. Nothing new there.The SNP now have nearly 100,000 members which makes them the third largest parthttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30416201/house-of-commons-debate-weds--abolish-house-of-lords?post_id=543046521#543046521The tories were the largest party at Westminster after the 2010 election on 36% of the vote and much lower in Scotland, yet we have to put up with them. Nothing new there.The SNP now have nearly 100,000 members which makes them the third largest partSun, 11 Jan 2015 13:14:03 -06001. They got less that 50% of the vote on a turnout of 50%, less than 1 in 4 of the Scottish electorate voted for them.2. The patterns of votes for them is absolutely unrelated to what I said about the actions of the SNP.Their "white paper" for an indhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30416201/house-of-commons-debate-weds--abolish-house-of-lords?post_id=543045063#5430450631. They got less that 50% of the vote on a turnout of 50%, less than 1 in 4 of the Scottish electorate voted for them.2. The patterns of votes for them is absolutely unrelated to what I said about the actions of the SNP.Their "white paper" for an indSun, 11 Jan 2015 12:21:36 -0600PS as for governing like a dictatorship, the SNP was elected to a majority in Holyrood via a far more democratic voting system than the out dated FPP still in use for Westminster. Your trouble Just Checking, is that you are incandescent, seething, BEhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30416201/house-of-commons-debate-weds--abolish-house-of-lords?post_id=543044659#543044659PS as for governing like a dictatorship, the SNP was elected to a majority in Holyrood via a far more democratic voting system than the out dated FPP still in use for Westminster. Your trouble Just Checking, is that you are incandescent, seething, BESun, 11 Jan 2015 12:04:30 -0600Just Checking03 Jan 15 00:55Joined:25 Jun 06| Topic/replies: 15,553 | Blogger: Just Checking's blogHopkins actually kind of has a point in a muddled way. Basically lets say this happened and Scotland was independent at that point. Would it have spenthttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30416201/house-of-commons-debate-weds--abolish-house-of-lords?post_id=543044593#543044593Just Checking03 Jan 15 00:55Joined:25 Jun 06| Topic/replies: 15,553 | Blogger: Just Checking's blogHopkins actually kind of has a point in a muddled way. Basically lets say this happened and Scotland was independent at that point. Would it have spentSun, 11 Jan 2015 12:00:10 -0600The SNP, that governs like a dictatorship as there is no revising second house, nobody in the sheep in their party that steps out of line, they filled all the supposed revising committees in Scotland with their own and the nod everything through, andhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30416201/house-of-commons-debate-weds--abolish-house-of-lords?post_id=543043517#543043517The SNP, that governs like a dictatorship as there is no revising second house, nobody in the sheep in their party that steps out of line, they filled all the supposed revising committees in Scotland with their own and the nod everything through, andSun, 11 Jan 2015 11:08:41 -0600Too many Liebour slobs in there. Red Tories.Among its number, the house of Lords has a load of clerics. Unelected clerics ruling a country eh? Iran anyone?https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30416201/house-of-commons-debate-weds--abolish-house-of-lords?post_id=543043243#543043243Too many Liebour slobs in there. Red Tories.Among its number, the house of Lords has a load of clerics. Unelected clerics ruling a country eh? Iran anyone?Sun, 11 Jan 2015 10:51:22 -0600Put forward by SNPwill be interesting to see 2 faced labour vote againsthttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30416201/house-of-commons-debate-weds--abolish-house-of-lords?post_id=543038641#543038641Put forward by SNPwill be interesting to see 2 faced labour vote againstSun, 11 Jan 2015 05:50:27 -0600