The deputy party leader's comments echo those of Richard Reeves, who stood down last week as Clegg's director of strategy and suggested that Lib Dems would retaliate by blocking other constitutional measures if the prime minister failed to persuade Tory MPs to support Lords reform. (theguardian.com)
Indeed, the man in the Dog and Duck, already angry about MPs» expenses, would hardly raise a glass to a government which obsessed about the fine print of constitutional measures in the midst of a recession. (independent.co.uk)
While Labour's refusal to negotiate on a timetable was cynical gutter politics — every single constitutional measure under the last Labour government had a programme motion — Labour has won some sort of tactical victory at least. (totalpolitics.com)