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So long, hereditary peers – but the Lords is still full of absurd anachronisms | Polly Toynbee https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/13/so-long-hereditary-peers-house-of-lords-anachronisms #LordsReform #HouseOfLords #ConstitutionalReform #Labour #Politics #UkNews

So long, hereditary peers – but the Lords is still full of absurd anachronisms

Two-thirds of voters want an elected second chamber. The government needs a radical legacy: it should use its rare majority for this, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian

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Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈Feb 3

Would be an easy win with the Public but "fuck those wankers" Labour thinks...

#UKPOL #UKPOLITICS #PeterMandelson #Corruption #Treason #JeffreyEpstein #Epstein #EpsteinFiles #ClanOfPaedophiles #HouseOfLords #LordsReform

Opinion | The Guardian US Nov 20

Unelected Lords are blocking assisted dying – this is a democratic outrage | Simon Jenkins https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/nov/20/unelected-lords-blocking-assisted-dying-democratic-outrage #HouseofCommons #Assisteddying #HouseofLords #Lordsreform #Politics #UKnews #Law

Unelected Lords are blocking assisted dying – this is a democratic outrage

Second chambers are a good idea, but they should not be able to overturn clear decisions reached by an elected body, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

The Guardian

Robert Campbell Jul 8, 2025

This Wednesday: The last best hope for Lords reform. Lets hope it's Burns' Night #LordsReform #ElectoralReform open.substack.com/pub/iandunt/...

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This Wednesday: The last best hope for Lords reform

No-one is paying attention. No-one gives a damn. But one man is valiantly trying to make Labour stick by its manifesto commitment.

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Police State UK Sep 6, 2024

"It’s not ideal, but paying a small group of aristocrats £361 a day to turn up to a nice building and wrap themselves in dead stoat is a relatively affordable part of the furniture of a country in which the head of state is a 75-year-old man whose sole qualification is the ownership of a magic hat. The far more expensive and serious problem is that these people have a role in making our laws."

#UKpolitics #Lords #LordsReform

https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2024/09/why-house-of-lords-will-be-hard-abolish-keir-starmer-reform

Why the House of Lords will be hard to abolish

The House of Lords is in some ways similar to the Cresta Run, the toboggan track that has since 1885 thrilled wealthy visitors to the Swiss ski resort of St Moritz. Both were established to give the a

New Statesman

MikeK Jun 25, 2024

ERS in the Press – Coverage we’ve secured in the GE campaign https://www.electoral-reform.org.uk/ers-in-the-press-coverage-weve-secured-in-the-ge-campaign/ n #ukpol #ukpolitics #AutomaticRegistration #VoterRegistration #ElectoralReform #TacticalVoting #ERSinthePress #HouseofLords #LordsReform #Votesat16 #VoterID #GE2024

ERS in the Press – Coverage we’ve secured in the GE campaign

You might have noticed that there’s a general election approaching. Whilst the date of the election may have taken us all a little by surprise, the ERS communications team were ready t

MikeK Feb 19, 2024

Why an elected second chamber won’t lead to gridlock https://www.electoral-reform.org.uk/why-an-elected-second-chamber-wont-lead-to-gridlock/ n #ukpol #ukpolitics #UnfinishedBusiness #HouseofLords #LordsReform

Why an elected second chamber won’t lead to gridlock

Looking across the Atlantic at America’s Senate, it’s clear why concerns are often expressed that an elected second chamber may challenge the primacy of the House of Commons and at t

KB Aug 1, 2023

“Simply removing the remaining hereditary peers wouldn’t change the habit of prime ministers stuffing the chamber with cronies, sons of KGB agents and Andrew Lloyd Webber. It wouldn’t significantly reduce the bloated chamber and cost to the public. Even after Blair’s reforms, there are still 777 members of the House of Lords who are eligible to vote – enough to fill eight doubledecker buses.”

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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/aug/01/lords-reform-keir-starmer-boris-johnson-cronies-labour

Hold your nerve on Lords reform, Keir Starmer, or we’ll never see the back of Boris Johnson’s cronies

If Labour’s leader only targets hereditary peers, the likes of Charlotte Owen and others who shouldn’t even be there will survive, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan

The Guardian