Simon FlettMar 11

So farewell then Hereditary Lords.

And to those of you who were/are enthusiastic #Brexiters may your roof-timbers be eaten by beetles, your pheasants be taken by foxes, & your tweeds be consumed by moths. Curse you for your insularity, exceptionalism, complacency & failure to exercise the leadership & platform which posterity bequeathed to you by accident, but with which you achieved nothing useful.

Begone, & take the Placemen, Donors & Electorate's Rejects with you.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdxg76rgdp7o

Hereditary peers to be removed from Lords as bill passes

The bill abolishes the 92 seats reserved for peers who inherit their titles through their families.

BBC News
Show threadPaul Healey
@RejoinEU Well, in that case the monarchy should go to, as that presupposes an hereditary right bequeathed by the church. Yet if the interests of the family could elect representatives for the Parliament or Congress, and delegates for the Lords or Senate, they could propose to keep the Monarchy. If by choice it was the selection and election of an upstanding citizen, who would get it? #HereditaryPeersToGo #SellingOut #HereditaryRightsToGo #MonarchyToGo #ConstitutionalRights
Mar 11 at 10:50amWeb