Sentences with phrase «absurd overreaction»

But she said the Strathclyde review and its recommendations «were an absurd overreaction and completely unnecessary», and insisted Labour peers would not seek to block Brexit.

Labour peer Baroness Smith said the plan was an «absurd overreaction», and a House of Commons committee had described peers» decision as «the Lords legitimately exercising a power that has only been exercised on five occasions and which even Lord Strathclyde himself has admitted is rarely used».

«Does that make any sense, or does this weakness represent an absurd overreaction?»