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Filibustering: The art of time wasting

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A debate on voting reform in the Lords has finally come to an end after a marathon 17-day debate.

So have Labour peers overtaken MP's in the art of filibustering? Guardian sketch writer Simon Hoggart gives his thoughts on filibustering through the years.


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