espadrille Posted May 7, 2011 Share Posted May 7, 2011 Simon Hughes seems to think that Reform of the House of lords is a done deal and that it was part of the coalition agreement.. The tories say that the Coalition agreement only commits them to establish a committee and not to pass legislation on it. A draft House of Lords Reform Bill will be unveiled in the next few weeks, but will Cameron scupper it? What do you think should happen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxman Posted May 7, 2011 Share Posted May 7, 2011 Cameron seems determined to stuff the House of Lords with more peers at a greater speed than ever before. Was that in the coalition agreement as well or has he been doing it off his own bat? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mangoes Posted May 7, 2011 Share Posted May 7, 2011 The house of lards has always provided a refuge for over the hill tories to fall asleep in whilst telling their wives that they are busy working. It is the equivalent of a shed to the working classes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
espadrille Posted May 7, 2011 Author Share Posted May 7, 2011 The house of lards has always provided a refuge for over the hill tories to fall asleep in whilst telling their wives that they are busy working. It is the equivalent of a shed to the working classes. :hihi: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
espadrille Posted May 7, 2011 Author Share Posted May 7, 2011 Cameron seems determined to stuff the House of Lords with more peers at a greater speed than ever before. Was that in the coalition agreement as well or has he been doing it off his own bat? The coalition government is committed to reducing the size of the House of Commons from 650 to 600 MPs at the next election.As it says at the bottom of the link. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ECCOnoob Posted May 8, 2011 Share Posted May 8, 2011 The house of lards has always provided a refuge for over the hill tories to fall asleep in whilst telling their wives that they are busy working. It is the equivalent of a shed to the working classes. errm.... and plenty of "over the hill" Labour ones too. http://www.labour.org.uk/lords Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted May 8, 2011 Share Posted May 8, 2011 The essential point of the HoL is wisdom and a long term patronage of the whole UK. Democracy isn't always all that it's cracked up to be and to date nobody has convinced me how an elected HoL will attract anyone apart from self serving politicians to fill the benches so I could only vote against a democratically elected HoL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_Sleeps Posted May 8, 2011 Share Posted May 8, 2011 to date nobody has convinced me how an elected HoL will attract anyone apart from self serving politicians to fill the benches The unelected House of Lords fits this description aswell, without too much difficulty. Baroness Warsi, John Reid. The only non-political elements are the Law Lords who have been seperated (with justification) and the Lords Spiritual, who exist to support the Church of England at the cost of other religions. It's not an apolitical paradise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted May 8, 2011 Share Posted May 8, 2011 There are lots of apolitical Lords but present failings are no reason to make it worse by pretending that democracy has to be good - is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_Sleeps Posted May 8, 2011 Share Posted May 8, 2011 by pretending that democracy has to be good Scrap the Commons then. You can't have your cake and eat it. Either we have democracy or we don't. This half and half state is madness, which is why a Lords reform is inevitable. PS. An apolitical Member of Government is an oxymoron. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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