dagblog - Comments for "Now that&#039;s what I call a filibuster!" http://dagblog.com/link/now-thats-what-i-call-filibuster-13953 Comments for "Now that's what I call a filibuster!" en The Conservative government, http://dagblog.com/comment/157144#comment-157144 <a id="comment-157144"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/link/now-thats-what-i-call-filibuster-13953">Now that&#039;s what I call a filibuster!</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>The Conservative government, as expected, rams through its omnibus legislation. But not without putting its arrogant, autocratic contempt for Parliament on display and even sowing doubts among its own MPs:</p> <p><a href="http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/06/15/tories-fear-marathon-voting-session-may-have-exhausted-political-capital/">http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/06/15/tories-fear-marathon-voting-sess...</a></p> <p>Meanwhile, talk grows at the grassroots of the two opposition parties of forming an alliance to field "unity" anti-Tory candidates in certain swing ridings at the next federal election. Something short of an actual party merger, but a step toward uniting the center-left and denying the Conservatives another shot at power.</p> </div></div></div> Fri, 15 Jun 2012 16:13:06 +0000 acanuck comment 157144 at http://dagblog.com