Thread: Lordy Lordy
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Old 01-02-2009, 20:37   #79
Bernard Dawson
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Re: Lordy Lordy

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Originally Posted by andrewb View Post
Except it is the Commons whom make the decisions and have a final say on everything. The Commons are democratically elected.
Andrew A Government has a program of legislation that it has put to the country and received a mandate for. If some part of that legislation the Lords doesn't like, the Lords will do all in its power to stop the legislation being adopted.

Where does an unelected Lords get the authority to that from?
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