SESH.sx9h ago

310: Black Loops, intr0beatz, House of Lords @ Standard Time - 27 Mar feat. Black Loops, intr0beatz, House of Lords

#SESH #BlackLoops #intr0beatz #HouseofLords

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Hysnap17h ago

Ethics isn’t the only thing the Lords has absorbed by default.
Expertise and memory went there too — quietly.
That matters.
#LetsRethink #HouseOfLords #Governance

https://hysnapsmusicandmentalhealth.wordpress.com/2026/03/26/lets-rethink-the-lords-ethics-the-unspoken-burden/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

Let’s Rethink The Lords: The Unspoken Burden

This feels like a natural pause point — but not an ending. Up to now, we’ve spent a lot of time circling ethics. Not because it’s the only problem with the House of Lords, but because it’s one of t…

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Manchester Evening News: Number one for news, opinion, sport & celebrity news18h ago

House of Lords back UK social media ban for under-16s again after Meta and YouTube verdict

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/uk-news/house-lords-back-uk-social-33662169

World news | The Guardian1d ago
House of Lords push for Australian-style social media ban for under-16s https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/mar/26/social-media-ban-under-16s-uk-house-lords #SocialMediaBan #HouseOfLords #Labour #Politics #YoungPeople #SocialMediaBans #Society #InternetSafety #UkNews #Children
House of Lords pushes for Australian-style social media ban for under-16s

Peers, in vote of 266 to 141, reject Keir Starmer’s proposals for public consultation to decide if social media ban should be introduced in UK

The Guardian
Show threadLlewelyn Pritchard2d ago
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025... What About Accountability & Consequences? #Investigate #BorisFiles #BorisTrump #RussianBanks #HouseOfLords #LondonGradLaundromatRacket #PropertyRackets #EtonSchoolRussianRules #TrumpsEpsteinFiles DISGUST #ChildSexTrafficking #RealEstateRUSmoneyLanderingRacket

Former PMs say they use subsid...
Former PMs say they use subsidy only for public duties after Boris Johnson revelations

Gordon Brown calls for change to rules as he and other ex-leaders say they do not use allowance for commercial work

The Guardian
Hysnap3d ago

If the Lords stopped carrying everything, it might finally make sense again.
Here’s what separating roles could change.
#LetsRethink #HouseOfLords #Reform

https://hysnapsmusicandmentalhealth.wordpress.com/2026/03/23/lets-rethink-the-lords-refining-the-house/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

Let’s Rethink The Lords: Refining the house.

Up to now, we’ve mostly been talking around the House of Lords rather than straight at it. We’ve looked at how ethical questions drifted into it, why that happened without anyone really planning it…

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World news | The Guardian4d ago
Evgeny Lebedev and Ian Botham have lowest Lords attendance, records show https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/mar/22/evgeny-lebedev-ian-botham-lowest-lords-attendance-peers #HouseOfLords #IanBotham #EvgenyLebedev #Politics #LordsReform #UkNews
Evgeny Lebedev and Ian Botham have lowest Lords attendance, records show

Figures seen by the Guardian show the two peers each attended just 1.12% of sessions in past four years

The Guardian
World news | The Guardian6d ago
House of Lords has ‘signed its own death warrant’ by stalling assisted dying bill, says MP https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/mar/20/house-of-lords-has-signed-its-own-death-warrant-by-stalling-assisted-dying-bill-says-mp #AssistedDying #Society #HouseOfLords #Politics #UkNews
House of Lords has ‘signed its own death warrant’ by stalling assisted dying bill, says MP

Kim Leadbeater joins protest against delaying of bill to allow assisted dying in the UK and says people are ‘extremely angry’

The Guardian
World news | The GuardianMar 19
Peers vote to back clause pardoning women convicted over illegal abortions https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/mar/19/peers-vote-to-back-clause-pardoning-women-convicted-over-abortions #HouseOfLords #Abortion #UkCriminalJustice #Women #Politics #Health #Police #UkNews #Law
Lords vote to back clause pardoning women convicted over illegal abortions

Peers’ decision welcomed as ‘landmark moment’ after attempt to strike out amendment is defeated

The Guardian
Liam O'Mara IV, PhDMar 19
The #HouseOfLords was effectively abolished during the #EnglishCivilWar due to a Commons act from #ThisDayInHistory in 1649. During the Restoration that was ignored, so the UK still has that ridiculous body — only now it's largely appointed, feeding partisan power & corruption.