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First patio beer of the year!

#beer #earls #sun #yeg

First patio beer of the year!

#beer #earls #sun #yeg

The #UK is ejecting hereditary #nobles from #Parliament after 700 years

By Jill Lawless, March 11, 2026

Excerpt: "Centuries of British political tradition will end within weeks after Parliament voted to remove hereditary #aristocrats from the unelected House of Lords.

"On Tuesday night members of the upper chamber dropped objections to legislation passed by the House of Commons ousting dozens of #dukes, #earls and #viscounts who inherited seats in Parliament along with their aristocratic titles.

"Government minister Nick Thomas-Symonds said the change put an end to 'an archaic and undemocratic principle.'

" 'Our parliament should always be a place where talents are recognized and merit counts,' he said. 'It should never be a gallery of old boys’ networks, nor a place where titles, many of which were handed out centuries ago, hold power over the will of the people.' "

https://apnews.com/article/uk-house-of-lords-hereditary-peers-expelled-535df8781dd01e8970acda1dca99d3d4

#NoKings #AbolishTheMonarchy #BullshitTitles #UKPol

The #UK is ejecting hereditary #nobles from #Parliament after 700 years

By Jill Lawless, March 11, 2026

Excerpt: "Centuries of British political tradition will end within weeks after Parliament voted to remove hereditary #aristocrats from the unelected House of Lords.

"On Tuesday night members of the upper chamber dropped objections to legislation passed by the House of Commons ousting dozens of #dukes, #earls and #viscounts who inherited seats in Parliament along with their aristocratic titles.

"Government minister Nick Thomas-Symonds said the change put an end to 'an archaic and undemocratic principle.'

" 'Our parliament should always be a place where talents are recognized and merit counts,' he said. 'It should never be a gallery of old boys’ networks, nor a place where titles, many of which were handed out centuries ago, hold power over the will of the people.' "

https://apnews.com/article/uk-house-of-lords-hereditary-peers-expelled-535df8781dd01e8970acda1dca99d3d4

#NoKings #AbolishTheMonarchy #BullshitTitles #UKPol

The #UK is ejecting hereditary #nobles from #Parliament after 700 years

By Jill Lawless, March 11, 2026

Excerpt: "Centuries of British political tradition will end within weeks after Parliament voted to remove hereditary #aristocrats from the unelected House of Lords.

"On Tuesday night members of the upper chamber dropped objections to legislation passed by the House of Commons ousting dozens of #dukes, #earls and #viscounts who inherited seats in Parliament along with their aristocratic titles.

"Government minister Nick Thomas-Symonds said the change put an end to 'an archaic and undemocratic principle.'

" 'Our parliament should always be a place where talents are recognized and merit counts,' he said. 'It should never be a gallery of old boys’ networks, nor a place where titles, many of which were handed out centuries ago, hold power over the will of the people.' "

https://apnews.com/article/uk-house-of-lords-hereditary-peers-expelled-535df8781dd01e8970acda1dca99d3d4

#NoKings #AbolishTheMonarchy #BullshitTitles #UKPol

The #UK is ejecting hereditary #nobles from #Parliament after 700 years

By Jill Lawless, March 11, 2026

Excerpt: "Centuries of British political tradition will end within weeks after Parliament voted to remove hereditary #aristocrats from the unelected House of Lords.

"On Tuesday night members of the upper chamber dropped objections to legislation passed by the House of Commons ousting dozens of #dukes, #earls and #viscounts who inherited seats in Parliament along with their aristocratic titles.

"Government minister Nick Thomas-Symonds said the change put an end to 'an archaic and undemocratic principle.'

" 'Our parliament should always be a place where talents are recognized and merit counts,' he said. 'It should never be a gallery of old boys’ networks, nor a place where titles, many of which were handed out centuries ago, hold power over the will of the people.' "

https://apnews.com/article/uk-house-of-lords-hereditary-peers-expelled-535df8781dd01e8970acda1dca99d3d4

#NoKings #AbolishTheMonarchy #BullshitTitles #UKPol

The #UK is ejecting hereditary #nobles from #Parliament after 700 years

By Jill Lawless, March 11, 2026

Excerpt: "Centuries of British political tradition will end within weeks after Parliament voted to remove hereditary #aristocrats from the unelected House of Lords.

"On Tuesday night members of the upper chamber dropped objections to legislation passed by the House of Commons ousting dozens of #dukes, #earls and #viscounts who inherited seats in Parliament along with their aristocratic titles.

"Government minister Nick Thomas-Symonds said the change put an end to 'an archaic and undemocratic principle.'

" 'Our parliament should always be a place where talents are recognized and merit counts,' he said. 'It should never be a gallery of old boys’ networks, nor a place where titles, many of which were handed out centuries ago, hold power over the will of the people.' "

https://apnews.com/article/uk-house-of-lords-hereditary-peers-expelled-535df8781dd01e8970acda1dca99d3d4

#NoKings #AbolishTheMonarchy #BullshitTitles #UKPol

Feast Day of #StRognvald 20th August
Earl Rognvald: Orkney's Warrior Poet https://theorkneynews.scot/2024/07/30/earl-rognvald-orkneys-warrior-poet/ #Culture, #EarlRognvald, #Earls, #FionaGrahame, #MartinLaird, #Norse, #Orkney, #Saga, #StMagnusCathedral

Feast Day of #StRognvald 20th August
Earl Rognvald: Orkney's Warrior Poet https://theorkneynews.scot/2024/07/30/earl-rognvald-orkneys-warrior-poet/ #Culture, #EarlRognvald, #Earls, #FionaGrahame, #MartinLaird, #Norse, #Orkney, #Saga, #StMagnusCathedral

Feast Day of #StRognvald 20th August
Earl Rognvald: Orkney's Warrior Poet https://theorkneynews.scot/2024/07/30/earl-rognvald-orkneys-warrior-poet/ #Culture, #EarlRognvald, #Earls, #FionaGrahame, #MartinLaird, #Norse, #Orkney, #Saga, #StMagnusCathedral

Feast Day of #StRognvald 20th August
Earl Rognvald: Orkney's Warrior Poet https://theorkneynews.scot/2024/07/30/earl-rognvald-orkneys-warrior-poet/ #Culture, #EarlRognvald, #Earls, #FionaGrahame, #MartinLaird, #Norse, #Orkney, #Saga, #StMagnusCathedral

Feast Day of #StRognvald 20th August
Earl Rognvald: Orkney's Warrior Poet https://theorkneynews.scot/2024/07/30/earl-rognvald-orkneys-warrior-poet/ #Culture, #EarlRognvald, #Earls, #FionaGrahame, #MartinLaird, #Norse, #Orkney, #Saga, #StMagnusCathedral

Any #histodons interested in #Weregild or #BloodMoney ? I was reading about Anglo-Saxon kings #earls named #æthelings on Wikipedia and came across this accounting:

“According to a document which probably dates from the 10th century, the weregild of an ætheling was fixed at 15,000 thrymsas, or 11,250 shillings, which was equal to that of an archbishop and one-half of that of a king”

Any #histodons interested in #Weregild or #BloodMoney ? I was reading about Anglo-Saxon kings #earls named #æthelings on Wikipedia and came across this accounting:

“According to a document which probably dates from the 10th century, the weregild of an ætheling was fixed at 15,000 thrymsas, or 11,250 shillings, which was equal to that of an archbishop and one-half of that of a king”

Any #histodons interested in #Weregild or #BloodMoney ? I was reading about Anglo-Saxon kings #earls named #æthelings on Wikipedia and came across this accounting:

“According to a document which probably dates from the 10th century, the weregild of an ætheling was fixed at 15,000 thrymsas, or 11,250 shillings, which was equal to that of an archbishop and one-half of that of a king”

Any #histodons interested in #Weregild or #BloodMoney ? I was reading about Anglo-Saxon kings #earls named #æthelings on Wikipedia and came across this accounting:

“According to a document which probably dates from the 10th century, the weregild of an ætheling was fixed at 15,000 thrymsas, or 11,250 shillings, which was equal to that of an archbishop and one-half of that of a king”

Any #histodons interested in #Weregild or #BloodMoney ? I was reading about Anglo-Saxon kings #earls named #æthelings on Wikipedia and came across this accounting:

“According to a document which probably dates from the 10th century, the weregild of an ætheling was fixed at 15,000 thrymsas, or 11,250 shillings, which was equal to that of an archbishop and one-half of that of a king”