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I am sending the assisted dying bill back to the Lords – and this time, peers must do the right thing | Lauren Edwards
By Lauren Edwards

The will of the elected chamber – and a popular, compassionate piece of legislation – must not be frustrated again by a small minority of peers

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/sep/08/assisted-dying-bill-house-of-lords-mps-lauren-edwards

#Assisteddying #HouseofCommons #Politics #Law #Society #UKnews #HouseofLords #TheGuardian #LaurenEdwards

Assisted dying to go ahead even if NHS not ready, Tories warn

Assisted dying would come into force within four years of MPs passing it into law “regardless of whether…
#NewsBeep #News #Healthcare #assisteddying #DamianHinds #Health #healthcare #HouseofCommons #HouseofLords #NHS(NationalHealthService) #Politics #standard #UK #UKNews #UnitedKingdom
https://www.newsbeep.com/uk/762970/

As assisted dying bill returns to Commons, families recall loved ones’ battle to ‘go out on own terms’
By Caroline Davies

Elise Burns and Keith Williams appeared in campaign filmed by Rankin this year – both were denied their wishes, but their relatives are picking up the baton

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/sep/07/as-assisted-dying-bill-returns-to-commons-families-recall-loved-ones-battle-to-go-out-on-own-terms

#Assisteddying #Deathanddying #England #Wales #Health #Cancer #HouseofCommons #HouseofLords #Rankin #TheGuardian #CarolineDavies

#AnasSarwar's views on the #HouseOfLords. 2022 versus 2026.

From #TheNational.

#scotpol #ukpol

‘I don’t want to be a backseat driver’: Gordon Brown on Burnham, billionaires – and his vision for a better Britain
By Charlotte Edwardes

The 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

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/aug/29/gordon-brown-tame-global-chaos-keep-fit-in-his-70s-scotland-football-shirt

#GordonBrown #AndyBurnham #Politics #Books #TonyBlair #HouseofLords #Lifeandstyle #TheGuardian #CharlotteEdwardes

Bizarre statement by #AnasSarwar! 🙄

It's about his decision to eff to London, to a seat in the unelected #HouseOfLords. He will also be a minister for trade, but as a Minster Of State, he will have no power. The prize here is the Lords seat for life

At the end, he refers to his successor, in a context that can only refer to the party leadership. But he never actually says that he is resigning as leader of #ScottishLabour. Is he still leader?

#scotpol#ukpol

Scottish Labour’s rivals decry ‘chancer’ Anas Sarwar for resigning to join Andy Burnham’s government https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jul/22/scottish-labours-rivals-decry-chancer-anas-sarwar-for-resigning-to-join-andy-burnhams-government #AnasSarwar #Scotland #Labour #AndyBurnham #HouseOfLords #ScottishPolitics #Politics #UkNews

Yes, @kathimmel.

At least, a reward for someone who actually thinks that membership of the #HouseofLords is an honour.

Personally, I think it's a mark of shame.

A tough 5 years for Scotland's silliest clown show. Traditionally, every other year the leader of #ScottishLabour would be humiliatingly defenestrated, and replaced with someone even less competent.

#AnasSarwar cheated by staying for 5 years, almost a million times the average tenure. The comedy cane from losing elections with increasing severity.

Now he restores the humiliation by crawling to the #HouseOfLords.

#SLAB Leader #11 due soon. Don't blink, or you'll miss them 😅🤣

#scotpol #ukpol

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jul/16/keir-starmer-makes-sadiq-khan-a-peer-in-the-house-of-lords. Interesting, but the #HouseofLords should be abolished, & so should #peerages. I, for one, am fed-up to the back teeth with living in a #country that appears to be content to be a #medieval theme-park for #foreign #tourists, whilst doing NOTHING about its grotesque #social & #economic #inequalities.

#HouseOfLords is the world's 2nd-largest legislative chamber. Only China's National People's Congress is bigger. After the removal of the hereditaries, it now consists of 26 bishops and 746 unelected political cronies.

It should be replaced by a much smaller elected Senate. But instead of a purge, the much-hated outgoing Prime Minister #Starmer has appointed 26 new cronies, including at least 1 fatcat donor.

And they still claim that #UKania is a democracy! 😅🤣

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/political-peerages-july-2026

#ukpol

Keir Starmer makes Sadiq Khan a peer in the House of Lords
By Pippa Crerar political editor

Appointment by outgoing prime minister, potentially opens door for London mayor to join Burnham cabinet

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jul/16/keir-starmer-makes-sadiq-khan-a-peer-in-the-house-of-lords

#SadiqKhan #KeirStarmer #Labour #HouseofLords #Politics #UKnews #TheGuardian #PippaCrerarpoliticaleditor

Keir Starmer makes Sadiq Khan a peer in the House of Lords https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jul/16/keir-starmer-makes-sadiq-khan-a-peer-in-the-house-of-lords #SadiqKhan #KeirStarmer #Labour #HouseOfLords #Politics #UkNews

Burnham urged to drop ‘flawed’ plans that may let developers bypass environment laws for £1 https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jul/15/andy-burnham-urged-to-drop-planning-changes-harm-nature #PlanningPolicy #Conservation #AccessToGreenSpace #Biodiversity #Environment #Politics #UkNews #Wildlife #Labour #HouseOfLords #England #Wales

Burnham urged to drop ‘flawed’ plans that may let developers bypass environment laws for £1
By Pippa Neill Environment reporter

Exclusive: allowing firms to dodge biodiversity protections by paying into levy will harm nature and economy, say 100 experts in letter

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jul/15/andy-burnham-urged-to-drop-planning-changes-harm-nature

#Planningpolicy #Conservation #Accesstogreenspace #Biodiversity #Environment #Politics #UKnews #Wildlife #Labour #HouseofLords #England #Wales #TheGuardian #PippaNeillEnvironmentreporter

Tories deny purge as Lord Barwell hits back after losing party whip
By Peter Walker Senior political correspondent

Former minister says decision suggests ‘intolerance of criticism’ but source says it was for problems with conduct

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jul/14/tories-deny-purge-lord-barwell-party-whip

#Conservatives #KemiBadenoch #Politics #UKnews #HouseofLords #TheGuardian #PeterWalkerSeniorpoliticalcorrespondent

#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": https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2026/jun/23/artwork-removed-national-portrait-gallery-helen-cammock-churchill-bengal-famine

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

As you know @eric, the US system was created as an improvement on the British system.

What function has a higher house of parliament?
1. A higher house of parliament recycles the social circles of executives.
2. A higher house of parliament lobbys the government.

"Almost one in six peers holds a political advisory role that presents a significant lobbying risk": https://www.transparency.org.uk/news/house-lords-has-become-lobbying-network-hire

#lobbying #UKPol #USPol #HouseOfLords #Senate

Legislation proposed to stop ‘lawfare’ targeting journalists and whistleblowers https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/jun/17/slapps-legislation-stop-lawfare-journalists-whistleblowers #MediaLaw #PressFreedom #FreedomOfSpeech #LibelReform #Law #Politics #UkNews #Business #HouseOfLords #HouseOfCommons #JohnWhittingdale #Censorship #Media #Newspapers #DigitalMedia #NewspapersMagazines

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

Assisted dying bill set to return to the Commons https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/jun/14/assisted-dying-bill-return-commons-lauren-edwards #AssistedDying #UkNews #Politics #Law #Society #HouseOfCommons #HouseOfLords

MPs call for end to real estate event over fear it pushes sale of Israeli settlements https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jun/13/uk-london-real-estate-west-bank-israel-settlements #London #Israel #HouseOfLords #WestBank #UkNews #Politics #MiddleEastAndNorthAfrica #WorldNews

LIVE: BoE governor speaks to House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee

Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey speaks to the House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee in a regular appearance about the work of the BoE. #boe #bankofengland #andrewbailey #houseoflords #uk #london #britain #live #Reuters #News Keep up with the latest news from around the world:

https://fllics.com/en/video/live-boe-governor-speaks-to-house-of-lords-economic-affairs-committee/

📑 NEW #HouseofLords Library briefing references a recent #Economics Observatory article by CPC-CG members Professors Ann Berrington and Hill Kulu on the reasons behind #decliningbirthrates "reflecting on empirical evidence from the ‘#generations and #gender’ surveys, they said that 'most people retain a firm desire to have #children but that this desire is not being matched by actual behaviour'."

Read the full report: https://lordslibrary.parliament.uk/declining-birth-rates-and-population-ageing-impact-and-government-response/#fn-10

#birthrates #fertility #fallingfertility #ageing

New bill targets domestic abusers and overhauls right to buy in England https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/may/31/bill-social-tenants-domestic-abuse-housing-right-to-buy #Housing #DomesticViolence #ViolenceAgainstWomenAndGirls #England #HouseOfLords #UkNews #Politics

Is the move to end hereditary peerage in the #HouseofLords a step towards more democratic representation?

⌛️ Last chance to read George Garnett’s latest column for free

https://www.historytoday.com/archive/making-history/clearing-out-house-lords

Is the move to end hereditary peerage in the #HouseofLords a step towards more democratic representation?

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England must harvest rainfall and take action on water usage, Lords warn https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/may/21/england-harvest-rainfall-water-usage-shortages-house-of-lords-report #Water #Drought #ClimateCrisis #HouseOfLords #Environment #UkNews #England

Former minister with terminal cancer urges MPs not to bring back assisted dying bill https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/may/20/assisted-dying-bill-ashley-dalton-health-minister-cancer #AssistedDying #HealthPolicy #Cancer #Law #UkNews #Labour #HouseOfLords #Politics #Health

This week, the last of the hereditary peers were expelled from the House of Lords. #JacobReesMogg reflects:

https://youtu.be/qbMJeJAj9Rk?si=R76cvodGmrzYhOVd

When you think about it, through the last 100 years, the #HouseOfLords has been moving towards the model of the Canadian Senate; odd really, given that most Canadians have nothing good to say about our Senate.

#Parliament #ukpol

#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

#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

Lol, fuck off then.
I bet you'll be claiming your basic income for every day up until you send back your weasel fur coat....

https://news.sky.com/story/baroness-mone-attacks-reckless-kemi-badenoch-over-ppe-police-action-call-13443485

#UKPOL #UKPOLITICS #BaronessMone #MichelleMone #HouseOfLords #PPEScandal

https://change.org/BishopsOut

@kim_harding Thank you for bringing this & the video to my attention! I think this petition is very important for our democracy, and have signed it.

For those who follow hashtags: #petition #democracy #equality #religion #christians #Christianity #churchofengland #anglicanchurch #anglicanism #houseoflords #parliament #ukparliament #UKPol #LGBT #LGBTQ #secular #humanRights

I just signed the open letter calling on the #HouseOfLords to ban #MichelleMone now, until the criminal investigation into her deception over #PPEContracts concludes.
Will you join me?

#COVID #COVID19
#corruption #PPEScandal

https://act.38degrees.org.uk/act/ban-michelle-mone-2024?utm_source=email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=blast44672&submit=true#cor

UK Survey - House of Lords

Share your thoughts on how you feel about the unelected House of Lords.

This is a quick, multi choice survey. Less they 30 seconds to complete.

https://action.electoral-reform.org.uk/page/139578/-/1

#UnitedKingdom #UK #corruption #dystopia #Lords #HouseOfLords #democracy #DemocracyLost #ToryDictatorship #ToryScum #ToryFascists

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

https://bylinetimes.com/2023/11/13/david-camerons-appointment-to-cabinet-another-reminder-why-the-house-of-lords-must-go/

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

Progress in #KDEEco announced at #openukawards at #HouseofLords including:

- #Community measurement lab in #Berlin
- #Okular 1st #BlueAngel #ecocertified #software in 35+ organizations of #GEN
- Pushing #SoftwareSustainability public conversation in news organizations (#taz, #DeutschlandfundNova, #SüddeutscheZeitung, #Transform, etc.)
- Community outreach at dozen+ international conferences (#SFSCon, #CCC, #LAS, #FedoraNest, etc.)
- #KDE merged more than 180+ MRs labelled #efficiency

@jriddell