Plans to reform the House of Lords are being abandoned after Conservatives "broke the coalition contract", Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg has announced. Agreement on an elected Lords could not be reached with Tory opponents, he said, and the plans would be shelved rather than face a "slow death".
As a result, he said Lib Dem MPs could not now support Conservative-driven changes to Commons boundaries in 2015.
Jacob Rees-Mogg has spiced things up by pointing out that if all the Lib-Dem ministers voted against the boundary proposals they would be required to resign, which would mean the end of the coalition because there would no longer be a parliamentary majority and so there'd be a General Election. Poor Nick!
As a result, he said Lib Dem MPs could not now support Conservative-driven changes to Commons boundaries in 2015.
Jacob Rees-Mogg has spiced things up by pointing out that if all the Lib-Dem ministers voted against the boundary proposals they would be required to resign, which would mean the end of the coalition because there would no longer be a parliamentary majority and so there'd be a General Election. Poor Nick!
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