UK: Government drops threat to abolish House of Lords

Written on March 3rd, 2017 in politics Comments Off

… if it holds up Brexit bill – Published on Independent.co.uk, by Rob Merrick, March 2, 2017.

The Lords has a constitutional duty to perform and it’s right that it does that … I think we have seen a very healthy and vigorous debate, a No.10 spokesman said … //

… The climbdown came as the spokesman insisted the Lords’ defeat would not prevent Article 50 being triggered by the end of March – Ms May’s deadline.
“We are committed to meeting the timetable that has been set out and believe this will have no impact on that,” he said.
The spokesman added: “Our message to MPs is that we expect this Bill to go through unamended. MPs voted it through unamended and we expect that to be the case.
“It is a Bill with a very simple purpose, as we have set out before – to enact the referendum result and allow the Government to get on with the negotiations.”
Just three Tory MPs broke ranks when, last month, the Government blocked a bid to unilaterally protect EU nationals’ rights with a comfortable majority of 42 … //

… And Labour’s Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell said: “We urge the Government now to immediately bring forward the guarantee to protect the rights of EU nationals resident here and we are working now with our European colleagues to protect the rights of EU citizens here, but also UK citizens in the EU.

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Links:

Sessions faces calls for resignation amid claims he ‘lied under oath’ about Russia, on The Guardian, by Lauren Gambino in Washington and Spencer Ackerman in New York, March 2, 2017;

Syrian Army recaptures Palmyra, aided by Russian Air Force – Kremlin [VIDEO, 6.48 min], on RT, March 2, 2017;

France: Calais mayor bans distribution of food to migrants, on The Guardian, by Amelia Gentleman, March 2, 201: Natacha Bouchart says handing out of meals poses security threat, as city tries to stop establishment of new refugee camp;

War on Syria: Manufactured Revolution and Fake Media Narrative [2 VIDEOS, PHOTOS], on Global Research.ca, by Eva Bartlett, Feb 28, 2017;

Neoliberalism and productivity, on Stumbling and Mumbling, Feb 26, 2017: … the thing is that privatization isn’t the only thing to have happened since the 1980s which should have raised productivity, according to (what I’ll loosely call) neoliberal ideology. Trades unions have weakened, which should have reduced “restrictive practices”. Managers have become better paid, which should have attracted more skilful ones, and better incentivized them to increase productivity. And the workforce has more human capital: since the mid-80s, the proportion of workers with a degree has quadrupled from 8% to one-third …;

Canada: Liberal approval of billion dollar sale of B.C. retirement-home chain ‘doesn’t pass the smell test’, on The Council of Canadians.org, by Michael Butler, Feb 22, 2017;

A New Economy and a Fair Transition for Workers, on The Clean Growth Century Initiative.org, by Hassan Yussuff, Robert Walker, Steven Fish, no dated;

Economic Update: How Capitalism Changes Intimacy and Family, 54.33 min, uploaded by Democracy At Work, March 24, 2016;

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