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  1. #Churchill was the Prime Minister when the British caused a famine in Iran during WWII by forcibly requisitioning stores of grain there.

    Churchill was also the Prime Minister when India exported food ignoring a famine in Bengal during WWII. But 50 peers organized "a row": theguardian.com/artanddesign/2

    #whiteFragility #London #India #Bangladesh #BritishEmpire #famine #Cromwell #history #HouseOfLords #WWII #UK

  2. #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".

    #ukpol #rotten #YCMTSU

  3. #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.

    #ukpol

  4. “Michael Gove to be awarded peerage in Rishi Sunak’s resignation honours.” Lord Coke of Cokeshire. #Gove #HouseOfLords #Tories

  5. Former PM David Cameron’s appointment as Foreign Secretary has triggered fresh calls to abolish the House of Lords

    There is no requirement for cabinet ministers to be a MP

    It is rare senior offices of state are held by unelected politicians

    #Lobbyist Cameron has been handed a seat in the Lords for life to take up the role

    This joins a string of outrages about the urgent need to ditch the Lords

    bylinetimes.com/2023/11/13/dav

    #UK #dictatorship #ToryDictatorship #democracy #PR #Lords #HouseOfLords