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Those who claim that the Lords will carry greater weight once it is "legitimised" should think for a nano-second about the way the Executive under Labour and the Tories has treated the Commons and the public standing of our party-politicised elected representatives at Westminster.

Good Riddance to Lords Like Lipsey 2007

Uganda where it is "legitimised" and sent to Europe, with the local communities not benefiting.

ANC Daily News Briefing 2005

Peter Hain, the Welsh Secretary, who had made a last-ditch appeal to the BBC to drop Mr Griffin, said that the corporation had "legitimised" the BNP's "racist" views by allowing him to appear.

Telegraph.co.uk: news business sport the Daily Telegraph newspaper Sunday Telegraph 2009

It further dirtied its slate by brazening out the Navin Chawla episode when its rubber stamp in the Rashtrapati Bhavan 'legitimised' yet another act of vandalising the Constitution.

Seriously Sandeep Sandeep 2009

Sometimes they later "legitimised" their mating, particularly if the liaison was found to be usefully fertile.

Clerical Whispers 2008

My fears are the usual leftie prejudices: sexism, racism, elitism, ridiculous outfits all legitimised in the name of an apparently dull sport.

Ryder Cup 2010: Welcome to a weird world of facelifts and blind faith Anna Kessel at Celtic Manor 2010

The cynical atrocities of oil corporations in pursuit of wealth and power are being legitimised by the arts establishment.

The arts, oil and sponsorship 2011

If the EU does offer assistance with inspections for contraband, and Israel accepts, then a exclusion zone requiring all traffic to halt for inspection might be legitimised by a UNSC Resolution under Chapter VII with a mandate to NATO to enforce it.

The Volokh Conspiracy » What’s Going on With Turkey 2010

As soon as it is legitimised, it may no longer be attractive and they could well discontinue their activities.

Value your Web 2.0 guerillas « pwcom 2.0 2009

Friends in the business have offered deals and quantities have always changed hands in pubs, sometimes halfway legitimised as meat raffles.

Buying meat in bulk Tim Hayward 2010