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Minority Rules, by Iain Duncan Smith
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| Contributor | Chase McFadden |
| Last Edited | Chase McFadden Mar 22, 2005 07:03am |
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| Category | Perspective |
| Media | Newspaper - New York Times |
| News Date | Tuesday, March 22, 2005 01:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | AS Republicans in the United States decide whether to do away with filibusters by changing Senate rules - the so-called nuclear option - they would do well to cast their eyes at their Conservative cousins across the Atlantic. Britain's backbench members of Parliament, whom I led as head of the Conservative Party from 2001 to 2003, are virtually powerless before a determined government majority. Indeed, if it were not for the House of Lords, the second and appointed chamber, which has retained limited powers of delay, British government would be an elected dictatorship. |
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