#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.
Note that the #UKgov press release on the passage of the #HereditaryPeersBill makes various promises of further reform, such as minimum participation levels. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/hereditary-peers-bill-passes-in-house-of-lords-paving-the-way-for-further-reform
But it makes no mention of replacing the #HouseOfLords with an elected upper house. #Democracy isn't even suggested for a future menu.
@doctorwhom Yes, but a lot of the #Starmtroopers want them gone too. That would make the #HouseOfLords a chamber solely of cronies and donors. 😡
Obviously, I share the general view that religions should get no special privilege in a legislature. But in this case, the rest of the chamber is so corrupt that the bishops are the least worst part of it.
Claire McNab
Sven