| 单词 | bisque system |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbisque system d. In the British House of Commons: an evening's leave as granted to an MP by a government with a large enough majority large enough to carry any votes despite his or her absence. Also (usually more fully bisque system): the system whereby such leave is granted.Chiefly with reference to the Conservative government of the 1980s. ΚΠ 1983 Daily Tel. 30 June 5/1 The whips have proposed what they call a ‘bisque’ system under which batches of unpaired MPs would be allowed a free evening when it was clear the Government had enough votes to get the night's business through. 1985 Economist 2 Mar. 40 Mr Biffen probably cannot do more at present than try to revitalise the ‘bisque’, the arrangement which, in today's unbalanced commons, enables Tory MPs effectively to work a shift system without endangering the government's majority. 1989 D. Skinner in Hansard Commons (Electronic ed.) 6 Apr. 416 They hustle the Government Back Benchers in. Every so often they say, ‘If you behave yourself, we will give you a bisque.’ 1992 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 16 May 15 Senior Tories are looking back nostalgically to recent parliaments, when the Government's majorities permitted whips to organize a ‘bisque’ system of nights off for the troops. < as lemmas |
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