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  1. “The Lords may be quaint and historic, but it is constitutionally indefensible. It is one of only two parliaments in the world, along with Lesotho, to have hereditary members: there are 92 sitting by inherited right, 26 as leaders of a religious sect and dozens who have paid large sums to be members, often just for the title.”

    theguardian.com/commentisfree/

    #HouseOfLords #Starmer #Labour #ConstitutionalReform

  2. 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

  3. 🆕 Constitutional reform and the creation of a senate | Frances Crook

    We need a national debate about legislative and structural reform of our political system, including the potential creation of a senate in place of the House of Lords

    Read more 🔗 #ConstitutionalReform #HouseofLords
    yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politic

  4. #ICYMI earlier this year Dr David Scott and Dr Sarah Mortimer began our new blog series, Revolutionary Stuart Parliaments, looking into the politics behind the abolition of the House of Lords in 1649. Read the inaugural blog here: ow.ly/XRTs50KQwrz

    @histodons @histodon #Histodons #Stuarts #Parliament #HouseOfLords #17thCentury