#houseoflords — Public Fediverse posts
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‘I don’t want to be a backseat driver’: Gordon Brown on Burnham, billionaires – and his vision for a better Britain
By Charlotte EdwardesThe former UK prime minister is still shaping politics (even if he doesn’t want to interfere). He talks about keeping his temper, staying fit – and why he won’t pay £90 for a Scotland football shirt
#GordonBrown #AndyBurnham #Politics #Books #TonyBlair #HouseofLords #Lifeandstyle #TheGuardian #CharlotteEdwardes
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Burnham urged to drop ‘flawed’ plans that may let developers bypass environment laws for £1
By Pippa Neill Environment reporterExclusive: allowing firms to dodge biodiversity protections by paying into levy will harm nature and economy, say 100 experts in letter
#Planningpolicy #Conservation #Accesstogreenspace #Biodiversity #Environment #Politics #UKnews #Wildlife #Labour #HouseofLords #England #Wales #TheGuardian #PippaNeillEnvironmentreporter
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Labour MP bringing back assisted dying bill urges House of Lords to finish its job https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/jun/16/mp-lauren-edwards-assisted-dying-bill-lords-commons #AssistedDying #HouseOfCommons #HouseOfLords #Politics #Society #UkNews
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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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Lord Mandelson faces demands to hand back payoff after sacking over Epstein link