Hysnap18h 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 Guardian1d 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 Guardian3d 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 Guardian4d ago
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, PhD4d ago
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.
Hysnap4d ago

The Lords wasn’t designed to be the nation’s ethical conscience.
So why does it keep acting like one?
This is where the strain starts to show.
#LetsRethink #PoliticsAndEthics #HouseOfLords

https://hysnapsmusicandmentalhealth.wordpress.com/2026/03/19/lets-rethink-the-lords-the-accidental-conscience/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

Let’s Rethink The Lords: The Accidental Conscience

Up to now, we’ve been circling something without quite naming it. We’ve seen that the House of Lords wasn’t designed to be the nation’s ethical conscience. It evolved into a revising chamber — a br…

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Hysnap6d ago

Bishops and judges in Parliament feels odd.
But they weren’t added randomly — they were filling a gap no one else had named.
#LetsRethink #UKPolitics #HouseOfLords

https://hysnapsmusicandmentalhealth.wordpress.com/2026/03/17/lets-rethink-the-lords-medieval-conscience/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

Let’s Rethink The Lords: Medieval Conscience

If you talk about the House of Lords for long enough, there’s a point where someone inevitably stops and says: “Hang on — why are there bishops in there?”“And weren’t judges involved at some point …

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WenMar 16

The House of Lords is clearly NOT being used as a revising chamber. This needs to be stamped on to enable proper legislation and appropriate safeguards put in place

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/mar/16/assisted-dying-bill-labour-mps-starmer-letter

#AssistedDying #UkPol #Obstruction #Wrecking #HouseOfLords #AbolishTheHOL #DemocracyInaction

More than 100 Labour MPs call on PM to stop assisted dying bill being blocked

Letter sent to Starmer claims ‘small number of peers have been using procedural tactics’ to stymie its progress

The Guardian
HysnapMar 16

The Lords didn’t lose power by accident.
It was deliberately redesigned to review, not rule.
That decision still echoes through Parliament.
#LetsRethink #UKPolitics #HouseOfLords

https://hysnapsmusicandmentalhealth.wordpress.com/2026/03/16/lets-rethink-the-lords-power-to-purpose/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

Let’s Rethink The Lords: Power to Purpose

By this point, we’ve established a few things. The House of Lords didn’t start out doing the job it does now. Over time, it shifted away from holding power directly and towards exercising restraint…

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The Mirror: News, Sport, Celebrity & EntertainmentMar 16

Keir Starmer under pressure over assisted dying law as 100 Labour MPs make major demand

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/keir-starmer-under-pressure-over-36869941