On 21/03/07, Sam Blacketer sam.blacketer@googlemail.com wrote:
Since 1708 (last Bill refused Royal Assent was to allow a Scottish nobleman to set up a private army, incidentally). The House of Lords analogy is a good one but poorly timed since last night they knowingly broke one of their few self-imposed rules and vetoed a Bill at second reading.
Actually, the [[Salisbury Convention]] does not apply as the Fraud (Trials Without a Jury) Bill was not a manifesto commitment.