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Originally Posted by Mick
Sorry Den but that's not right, they will be ineffective if they cannot get bills passed in to law, if the opposition puts an amendment forward or the government wants to get a bill passed, they are ineffective if they consistently get voted down, or a bill fails to get passed.
They have the numbers, however small they are to be effective, even it means just a majority of 1, it's not ideal, but it's effective because it is still a pass, if its a bill or a vote down, if it's an amendment.
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They could have voted for the amendment without bringing down the bill. The amendment would simply be part of the bill they'll vote on today and I doubt the amendment would have stopped the Queen's Speech being voted for.
It was a very effective bit of politics from the opposition though, the Tories lose either way.