Catchword: nuclear option

Filed under: English, Politics

Part of speech: n.

Quotation: One Conservative MP, fresh from helping to “talk out” a bill to outlaw fox-hunting last Friday, said the convention was only one of a number of ways to “filibuster” legislation. “‘I spy’ is the nuclear option,” he said. “But members intent on frustrating a bill can still deliberately table numerous amendments, or shuffle extremely slowly through the voting lobbies.”

Article or Document Title:
“MPs propose abolition of ancient Commons rituals”

Author:
Liam Halligan

Article, document, publication, web site:
Financial Times

Publishing location:
U.K.

Date of publication:
Mar. 10, 1998

Page number:
8

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