Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Labour Filibuster On EU Referendum?

David Cameron's plan to give the public a vote on membership of the European Union could be defeated within weeks after Labour peers tabled dozens of outlandish amendments that could halt its progress in Parliament.
More than 50 amendments were tabled for the committee stage of the EU Referendum Bill, including holding a petition of a million voters, posing the questions in Cornish and giving prisoners the vote, the Telegraph has learnt.As a private member’s Bill, it has a limited time to pass through Parliament. It can only be debated on Fridays and must be approved by both houses by February 28.Conservatives said the amendments amounted to a plot conducted on behalf of Ed Miliband to “talk the Bill to death”. Telegraph.
DEMOCRACY, huh?

Phew.