Lords reform off, boundary changes off, plenty MPs thinking “Hooray, my seat is safe and so is my retirement home”
— Mark Pack (@markpack) August 6, 2012
@nick_clegg right to have fought for more democracy, right to recognise that Tory MPs blocked deal and Labour wouldn’t support reform.
— Chris Rennard (@LordRennard) August 6, 2012
Clegg: “When, in due course, parliament votes on boundary changes for the 2015 election I will be instructing my party to oppose them.”
— Michael Savage (@michaelsavage) August 6, 2012
Clegg says he proposed a referendum on Lords reform on 2015 election day and deferring Lords reform. “that offer was not accepted”
— Isabel Hardman (@IsabelHardman) August 6, 2012
Clegg not keen on Steel Bill to make some Lords reforms. Says reform has to involve democracy
— Mark Pack (@markpack) August 6, 2012
I don’t understand those saying this is the end of the coalition. With almost no chance of an overall Cons majority now, it strengthens it.
— Philip Cowley (@philipjcowley) August 6, 2012
Strange bargain: save unelected and hereditary peers at expense of any hope of Commons majority. How do Tory right wingers rationalise it?
— Rob Ford (@robfordmancs) August 6, 2012
