>>Labour would move to make the House of Lords more democratic soon after being re-elected, Constitutional Affairs Secretary Lord Falconer has said
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Of course they have a good idea; but "cronies and yes-men" doesn't go down very well. They should take a leaf out of David Blunkett's book and have a referendum:
- Do you think we should give in to terrorists who want to kill us all, steal our benefit cheques and scrounge off our NHS whilst also being solely responsible for the rise in local crime figures and raise our taxes? OR - should we have cronies and yes-men in the house of lords?
Heh. Well (as you well know) my views on this are a bit different to yours when it comes to the principles, but I'm broadly sympathetic to the pragmatics of the situation. How about these then
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should we a) Join in on this exciting, forward thinking, EURO currency. Reducing our trading costs with our main trading partners. Ensuring price stability and not missing out on the opportunity to shape this new world currency and we drive forward in providing a counterbalance to the US. Run from Washington, no thanks. or b) tie ourselves to the doomed economic policies of old europe. As each country borrows it's self into a hole, while whistling 'every else is doing it', and pension liabilities rackup as fast as you can say 'well ours don't look so bad in comparison'. Run from Brussels, no thanks.
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- Do you think we should give in to terrorists who want to kill us all, steal our benefit cheques and scrounge off our NHS whilst also being solely responsible for the rise in local crime figures and raise our taxes?
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- should we have cronies and yes-men in the house of lords?
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I'm sure they are looking for ideas for the EU constitution and Euro referenda.
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a) Join in on this exciting, forward thinking, EURO currency. Reducing our trading costs with our main trading partners. Ensuring price stability and not missing out on the opportunity to shape this new world currency and we drive forward in providing a counterbalance to the US. Run from Washington, no thanks.
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b) tie ourselves to the doomed economic policies of old europe. As each country borrows it's self into a hole, while whistling 'every else is doing it', and pension liabilities rackup as fast as you can say 'well ours don't look so bad in comparison'. Run from Brussels, no thanks.
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