Sentences with phrase «opponents of reform claim»

This excess of lords would be less of a problem if all these new members were the sort of expert that opponents of reform claim populate the lords.

Not exact matches

Opponents claimed to support the principle of reform but rejected measures such as widespread elections for new lords, which they said would threaten the primacy of the elected House of Commons.

Kennedy, as did his opponent in 2014, signed a contract promising to limit campaign spending to a grant of about $ 95,000 in taxpayer money he received under the Citizen Election Program (CEP), the landmark Connecticut campaign finance reform that its supporters claim is a model for keeping special interest money out of elections.

Nick Clegg tried to isolate opponents of Lords reforms on Monday by claiming that protesters in Tahrir Square in Cairo would not understand how Britain in the 21st century still had an unelected legislature.

Before delving into the studies, themselves, it is important to point out that one of the major claims of reform opponents is that there is no research to back up reform proposals.

These barriers have kept choice - based reforms from receiving the proper trials they deserve, which is significant on two counts: first, by ensuring that only half - baked versions have been adopted, opponents have made it easier to claim that the reforms were tried but they failed; second, profound changes in a system - the kind of changes that choice would bring to bear - can not arise overnight.