House of Lords

[Muck Spreader]

Boris Johnson has totally discredited and made a mockery the UK on the world stage and non more so than his blatant cronyism in filling the House of Lords with his friends and relatives no matter how inadequate and inexperienced they may be for such a position. Isn't it about time this important institution is seriously reformed and all these useless flunkeys removed?

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1683530978969411584

 

[HatsOff]

The Hatsoff manifesto...

House of Lords should be made of a selection of people nominated for 10 years from the Royal Institutions and professional bodies (medicine, engineers etc), the military, churches, political parties etc. Then a tenth should be made up from a jury/citizens assembly for the general public on a 2 year term.

Total size around 300.

Any party political affiliation would need to be aligned with the national vote.

Current rules regarding supremecy of the Commons can remain.

 

[Hindsight]

The Hatsoff manifesto...

House of Lords should be made of a selection of people nominated for 10 years from the Royal Institutions and professional bodies (medicine, engineers etc), the military, churches, political parties etc. Then a tenth should be made up from a jury/citizens assembly for the general public on a 2 year term.

Total size around 300.

Any party political affiliation would need to be aligned with the national vote.

Current rules regarding supremecy of the Commons can remain.

Good start point.

 

[JP1]

 

[Gong Farmer]

The Hatsoff manifesto...

House of Lords should be made of a selection of people nominated for 10 years from the Royal Institutions and professional bodies (medicine, engineers etc), the military, churches, political parties etc. Then a tenth should be made up from a jury/citizens assembly for the general public on a 2 year term.

Total size around 300.

Any party political affiliation would need to be aligned with the national vote.

Current rules regarding supremecy of the Commons can remain.

How about no political party affiliation?

 

[br jones]

How about no lords ,

 

[robs1]

Well unlike Cameron he won't have a hairdresser to put into the lord's, I'm surprised no one's accused him of selling peerages like Blair and the labour party did

 

[caveman]

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I'm betting she's got many multiple times the amount of life experience than a 25 year old homosexual.

 

[Widgetone]

Is Baroness Mone, of lingerie and duff ppl kit fame, really still enobled?

 

[Muck Spreader]

Is Baroness Mone, of lingerie and duff ppl kit fame, really still enobled?

Don't forget her husband is also wanted by the Spanish police for for major financial fraud.

 

[Muck Spreader]

I'm betting she's got many multiple times the amount of life experience than a 25 year old homosexual.

You know this from exprience?

 

[Widgetone]

Don't forget her husband is also wanted by the Spanish police for for major financial fraud.

Fantastic, right stuff calibre then..

 

[Tarw Coch]

I’m sure since they’ve started reform of the House of Lords from hereditary peers to nominations of chums it has been for the worse not the better.
If hereditary peers are no longer acceptable then I suspect a random selection from the population such as for jury duty would be a better option than what we’ve got now

 

[le bon paysan]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1684471900007718913

 

[Henarar]

Don't forget her husband is also wanted by the Spanish police for for major financial fraud.

why would that make any difference

 

[Bongodog]

The house of Lords has been a scandal for over a century, Lloyd George selling peerages in 1922, then we had Harold Wilsons lavender list in the 1970's, Blair handing out peerages in exchange for interest free loans, Boris awarding them to his chums.

at least the hereditaries who Blair was so keen to get rid of didn't owe an allegiance to any present day politician and could exercise independent thought.

Then we have approx 25 Church of England bishops reperesenting their now tiny congregation but no representation for any other religion.

What do we even need it for ? best get rid of the lot of them and turn it into a museum

 

[Ball acre]

The house of Lords has been a scandal for over a century, Lloyd George selling peerages in 1922, then we had Harold Wilsons lavender list in the 1970's, Blair handing out peerages in exchange for interest free loans, Boris awarding them to his chums.

at least the hereditaries who Blair was so keen to get rid of didn't owe an allegiance to any present day politician and could exercise independent thought.

Then we have approx 25 Church of England bishops reperesenting their now tiny congregation but no representation for any other religion.

What do we even need it for ? best get rid of the lot of them and turn it into a museum

We still should have an upper house to try and have checks and balances on the commons.
@HatsOff template for change would be a start. There are good people out there from all walks of life, every creed and colour. We just need to find a way of getting them into the upper house without having more bloody elections.

 

[robs1]

We still should have an upper house to try and have checks and balances on the commons.
@HatsOff template for change would be a start. There are good people out there from all walks of life, every creed and colour. We just need to find a way of getting them into the upper house without having more bloody elections.

But they need to be people who aren't part of the existing cesspit of people with their snouts in the trough

 

[Ball acre]

But they need to be people who aren't part of the existing cesspit of people with their snouts in the trough

For sure. As I said there good people out there, we just need to stop the greedy cúnts getting in there. Somehow.

 

[Highland Mule]

Boris awarding them to his chums

Chums? I thought she was family…