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In The Bag
If something’s In The Bag then it has a certain outcome. Since the very beginning of the English Parliament, tradition dictates that all successful petitions brought before the House of Commons are placed by the Speaker in a large velvet bag hung from the back of the Speaker's chair. And so politicians, or reporters, describing a petition as “in the bag†would be saying that its outcome was favourable. The bag still hangs behind the Speaker's chair.
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