Govt. lose in the Lords again
 

just seen on the BBC that the Government lost another vote in the Lords on the NATS PPP, by 7 votes.
There is now strong speculation that the NATS PPP portion of the Transport Bill may now be shelved, or the whole Transport bill may be lost due to running out of Parliamentry time.

Superb. I bet 2 jags and Lord Gus McDonald are livid. Lets hope that do do drop the plan.

NOTB

Sorry It should say Lets hope they do drop the plan

NOTB

Those lovely Lords and Ladies have done it again, unfortunately 7 votes isn't much of a margin, and if they hurry, the government could manage to get it all heard one more time (risking losing the whole transport bill).
If they don't then it'll have to be a manifesto promise for the next general election.
So two jags what's it to be fifty fifty or ask the audience, unfortunatley I don't think you have any friends to phone

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North of the Border, your use of "doo doo" was closer to the mark!!!

Foo
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Lie like your political life depends on it - it does!

There was mention of the government offering to delay the process by three months, by way of some sort of concession. Not sure what that would achieve ... apart for prolonging the uncertainty regarding the whole issue. Anyone any ideas as to what that's about?

Someone said that Lord McDonald had conceded the pension rights in a TV interview. Anybody else hear this or have any details?

NOTB

Lord McDonald made mention of acceding to pension rights during last night's Newsnight Interview. He went on to say [with some confidence] that the Gvmnt are likely to take a 3 month delay [to allow them to amplify the detail of why PPP's going to be safe] before sending it back to the Lords again as he expects them to have got it out of their system by then (ok i'm para-phrasing a bit).

Deep Joy !!

RT