Charles Clarke opposes the Lords, again

The Home Secretary has vowed to stand up to the Lords who have once again rejected the Government’s ID card plans. The Lords have upset the Labour front bench by insisting that it sticks to its manifesto commitment to making the cards voluntary.

I am waiting for the usual Labour spin about the “unelected House of Lords” opposing the will of the “elected House”. This conveniently ignores the fact that the Lords are trying to force the Government to do what they said they would do at the election. You don’t hear Clarke talking about the government “opposing the will of the electorate” do you.