Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill

I do not in the slightest, but I will give another analogy. The reason why we have the Salisbury/Addison convention—and the reason why this House has lasted as long as it has—is that, at that time, those who had the power perpetually to disrupt, defeat and destroy had the wisdom not to use it. Salisbury/Addison came about because Lord Salisbury was smart enough to know that if they used the power—which has always been there in a self-regulating House—consequences would follow. I said no more, and to suggest any idea of threats is simply absurd.