Peers expect the Upper’s House debate over same sex weddings will go
through
the night or even into a second day, with a key vote that could
scupper the
policy regarded as “too close to call”.
The former head of the British army Lord Dannatt and Lord Lothian, a
former
Conservative Party chairman better known as Michael Ancram, are
amongst
those set to criticise the draft legislation in next Monday’s session.
Other opponents will include Lord Waddington, a former Home Secretary,
Lord
Luce, who served as a minister in Baroness Thatcher’s government, and
Lord
Singh of Wimbledon, a respected figure in the Sikh community.
The Sunday Telegraph has also established that the senior Tory Baroness
Warsi,
a practising Muslim, refused to lead the bill through the House of
Lords
when asked to do so by David Cameron, the Prime Minister.
Some peers believe dozens Lords who rarely attend Parliament will flock
to
Westminster to make their position on homosexual marriage clear...
Sunday Telegraph.
Sunday Telegraph.
Think that's all we need to know, thanks.
PS You might also enjoy this gloriously barking piece from The Telegraph by Christopher Booker which EXPOSES gay marriage as a colossal fraud foisted on the nation by the Bilderberg Group and some shape-shifting reptiles. Or something.
• Screengrab of the Lords last week by Martin Rossiter.
• Screengrab of the Lords last week by Martin Rossiter.
The Booker piece reads as though it might be trying to warn us against something called The Protocols of the Elders of Sodom.
ReplyDeleteWe're all going to look pretty silly if he's right, you know.
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