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#Starmer's ''reforms' have taken the UK's #HouseOfLords from 85% appointed cronies to 96% appointed #cronies. He ejected the 92 #HereditaryPeers, but kept the 26 bishops and about 700 cronies.
It's over a century since the Parliament Act 1911 promised the UK an elected upper house, but not "immediately". The number of elected members remains 0%. Zilch. Nada. Nothing.
96% appointed cronies. And they call it "democracy".
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#Starmer's ''reforms' have taken the UK's #HouseOfLords from 85% appointed cronies to 96% appointed #cronies. He ejected the 92 #HereditaryPeers, but kept the 26 bishops and about 700 cronies.
It's over a century since the Parliament Act 1911 promised the UK an elected upper house, but not "immediately". The number of elected members remains 0%. Zilch. Nada. Nothing.
96% appointed cronies. And they call it "democracy".
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#Starmer's ''reforms' have taken the UK's #HouseOfLords from 85% appointed cronies to 96% appointed #cronies. He ejected the 92 #HereditaryPeers, but kept the 26 bishops and about 700 cronies.
It's over a century since the Parliament Act 1911 promised the UK an elected upper house, but not "immediately". The number of elected members remains 0%. Zilch. Nada. Nothing.
96% appointed cronies. And they call it "democracy".
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#Starmer's ''reforms' have taken the UK's #HouseOfLords from 85% appointed cronies to 96% appointed #cronies. He ejected the 92 #HereditaryPeers, but kept the 26 bishops and about 700 cronies.
It's over a century since the Parliament Act 1911 promised the UK an elected upper house, but not "immediately". The number of elected members remains 0%. Zilch. Nada. Nothing.
96% appointed cronies. And they call it "democracy".
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#Starmer has just made the #HouseOfLords even worse.
In 1958, the Lords was a set of #HereditaryPeers & bishops. On Tuesday, the House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill passed, making the Lords a bunch only of #LifePeers & bishops. 68 years from a club of #inbreds to a club of #cronies & donors.
The #ParliamentAct1911 promised an elected upper house, but it never arrived. 115 years later, the so-called "#LabourParty" leaves bishops as the only independent Lords. This is not #democracy.
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#Starmer has just made the #HouseOfLords even worse.
In 1958, the Lords was a set of #HereditaryPeers & bishops. On Tuesday, the House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill passed, making the Lords a bunch only of #LifePeers & bishops. 68 years from a club of #inbreds to a club of #cronies & donors.
The #ParliamentAct1911 promised an elected upper house, but it never arrived. 115 years later, the so-called "#LabourParty" leaves bishops as the only independent Lords. This is not #democracy.
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#Starmer has just made the #HouseOfLords even worse.
In 1958, the Lords was a set of #HereditaryPeers & bishops. On Tuesday, the House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill passed, making the Lords a bunch only of #LifePeers & bishops. 68 years from a club of #inbreds to a club of #cronies & donors.
The #ParliamentAct1911 promised an elected upper house, but it never arrived. 115 years later, the so-called "#LabourParty" leaves bishops as the only independent Lords. This is not #democracy.
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#Starmer has just made the #HouseOfLords even worse.
In 1958, the Lords was a set of #HereditaryPeers & bishops. On Tuesday, the House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill passed, making the Lords a bunch only of #LifePeers & bishops. 68 years from a club of #inbreds to a club of #cronies & donors.
The #ParliamentAct1911 promised an elected upper house, but it never arrived. 115 years later, the so-called "#LabourParty" leaves bishops as the only independent Lords. This is not #democracy.
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Sounds like good news. The last of the UK's hereditary peers pose for a group photo before being stripped of their political privilege.
Reality: it's bad news. The #hereditaryPeers and the #bishops are the only members of the #HouseOfLords who are not cronies appointed by the#PrimeMinister.
The whole House of Lords should be replaced by a democratic chamber, but until then the hereditary peers and bishops are the least stinky part of the stinky sewer of corruption. #TheMadCountry
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Sounds like good news. The last of the UK's hereditary peers pose for a group photo before being stripped of their political privilege.
Reality: it's bad news. The #hereditaryPeers and the #bishops are the only members of the #HouseOfLords who are not cronies appointed by the#PrimeMinister.
The whole House of Lords should be replaced by a democratic chamber, but until then the hereditary peers and bishops are the least stinky part of the stinky sewer of corruption. #TheMadCountry
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Sounds like good news. The last of the UK's hereditary peers pose for a group photo before being stripped of their political privilege.
Reality: it's bad news. The #hereditaryPeers and the #bishops are the only members of the #HouseOfLords who are not cronies appointed by the#PrimeMinister.
The whole House of Lords should be replaced by a democratic chamber, but until then the hereditary peers and bishops are the least stinky part of the stinky sewer of corruption. #TheMadCountry
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Sounds like good news. The last of the UK's hereditary peers pose for a group photo before being stripped of their political privilege.
Reality: it's bad news. The #hereditaryPeers and the #bishops are the only members of the #HouseOfLords who are not cronies appointed by the#PrimeMinister.
The whole House of Lords should be replaced by a democratic chamber, but until then the hereditary peers and bishops are the least stinky part of the stinky sewer of corruption. #TheMadCountry
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Ministers introduce plans to remove all #HereditaryPeers from Lords
Government’s bill would prevent the 92 remaining peers who inherited their titles from sitting in upper chamber
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/sep/05/ministers-introduce-plans-to-remove-all-hereditary-peers-from-lords -
Ministers introduce plans to remove all #HereditaryPeers from Lords
Government’s bill would prevent the 92 remaining peers who inherited their titles from sitting in upper chamber
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/sep/05/ministers-introduce-plans-to-remove-all-hereditary-peers-from-lords -
Ministers introduce plans to remove all #HereditaryPeers from Lords
Government’s bill would prevent the 92 remaining peers who inherited their titles from sitting in upper chamber
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/sep/05/ministers-introduce-plans-to-remove-all-hereditary-peers-from-lords -
Ministers introduce plans to remove all #HereditaryPeers from Lords
Government’s bill would prevent the 92 remaining peers who inherited their titles from sitting in upper chamber
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/sep/05/ministers-introduce-plans-to-remove-all-hereditary-peers-from-lords -
It’s not just hereditary peers that are ‘hard to justify’ – It’s the whole unelected chamber https://www.electoral-reform.org.uk/its-not-just-hereditary-peers-that-are-hard-to-justify-its-the-whole-unelected-chamber/ n #ukpol #ukpolitics #hereditarypeers #HouseofLords
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It’s not just hereditary peers that are ‘hard to justify’ – It’s the whole unelected chamber https://www.electoral-reform.org.uk/its-not-just-hereditary-peers-that-are-hard-to-justify-its-the-whole-unelected-chamber/ n #ukpol #ukpolitics #hereditarypeers #HouseofLords
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It’s not just hereditary peers that are ‘hard to justify’ – It’s the whole unelected chamber https://www.electoral-reform.org.uk/its-not-just-hereditary-peers-that-are-hard-to-justify-its-the-whole-unelected-chamber/ n #ukpol #ukpolitics #hereditarypeers #HouseofLords
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It’s not just hereditary peers that are ‘hard to justify’ – It’s the whole unelected chamber https://www.electoral-reform.org.uk/its-not-just-hereditary-peers-that-are-hard-to-justify-its-the-whole-unelected-chamber/ n #ukpol #ukpolitics #hereditarypeers #HouseofLords