Regrettable

I quite agreed with the Lords Spirituals' amendment to the tax credits regulation.

As Moses said to Pharaoh, as Elijah said to Ahab and Jezebel, as Daniel said to Nebuchadnezzar, as St John the Baptist said to Herod, as Jesus Himself said to Pontius Pilate, as St Stephen said to the Sanhedrin, as St Peter and St Paul both said to the Romans, and as St Thomas of Canterbury said to Henry II:

"Here is an amendment regretting your policy, in the hope of a time for reconsideration, and a meeting, and all that."

It echoes down the ages.