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Swift · @swift
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Oooh good, the will debate mandating in new builds.

#uk #Lords #houseoflords #swift #swiftbricks

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"Careful reform is needed to end the practice of unelectable legislators"

on.ft.com/45ZzcWd

#ft #financialtimes #houseoflords #paywall #ukpolitics #ukpol

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Donald Roy · @djr
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@marjolica

To clarify this further the supremacy of the in the various applies to primary legislation and to anything certified by the as a . Because a is secondary legislation it would not be covered by it and could be blocked indefinitely if the chose. Whether it would is another matter.

#houseofcommons #parliamentacts #speaker #moneybill #commencementorder #houseoflords

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Donald Roy · @djr
154 followers · 3268 posts · Server union.place

@marjolica
That is my understanding of the current situation. And parliament can block a commencement order if it wishes. Although it is unlikely that the would do so the could do so by what is known as a . That is to say it can "pray against" secondary legislation - and this has indefinite effect.

#houseofcommons #houseoflords #prayer

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MikeK · @mkarliner
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MikeK · @mkarliner
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KB · @decembr14
39 followers · 1768 posts · Server mastodon.scot

If Sunak were a better man, he’d tell this dangerous, bonkers woman who cost us so much in her mere 49 days as PM to get on her bike and forget all about resignation honours.

But he’s not a better man, so we know what to expect.

theguardian.com/commentisfree/

#houseoflords #liztruss

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KB · @decembr14
37 followers · 1603 posts · Server mastodon.scot

“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.”

theguardian.com/commentisfree/

#lordsreform #houseoflords

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Emeritus Prof Christopher May · @ChrisMayLA6
2752 followers · 8341 posts · Server zirk.us

If you were wondering why the press has suddenly gone pretty quiet on & her elevation to the ...

then you might be interested to know that rumour has it, there is a super injunction on her, which means that nobody in the UK media can talk about her, how she got appointed to the House of Lords & her connection(s) to .

so much for

#charlotteowen #houseoflords #BorisJohnson #democracy

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SubtleBlade ⚔️ · @SubtleBlade
193 followers · 3662 posts · Server mastodon.scot

A cross-party committee of senior has criticised for bringing the into question

Report expresses disapproval at former PM’s attempts to fill upper house with his supporters
theguardian.com/politics/2023/

#ToryCorruption #houseoflords #hol #honourssystem #borisjohnson #peers

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MikeK · @mkarliner
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Keith Wilson · @keithwilson
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controversy calls entire honours system into question, warns damning Lords report. apple.news/ApYg2QmAVQoeWLbVKpz

#houseoflords #lordsreform #borisjohnson #ToryCorruption

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Ida Tschichoflos · @IdalovesEarth
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"(...) peers pressed their demand for further changes to the illegal migration bill.
These included limits to the detention of children, modern slavery protections and the provision of safe and legal routes for refugees to the UK."

Rishi Sunak suffers string of further defeats in Lords over small boats bill | Immigration and asylum | The Guardian
theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/j

#asyl #asylum #migrants #refugees #tories #migrationbill #houseoflords

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Peter Nimmo · @Peternimmo
1017 followers · 919 posts · Server mastodon.scot

Tommy is not wrong to say that having in the House of Lords gives "democracy a bad name". But as his own party, the , has consistently acknowledged, the gives a bad name. If anything, the bishops are sometimes among the more sensible participants. But there are no good reasons why unelected people should be members of a legislature
bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-661

#democracy #houseoflords #snp #bishops #sheppard

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KB · @decembr14
35 followers · 1336 posts · Server mastodon.scot

I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again…

“There are only two countries in the world where representatives of the state religion automatically get a seat in the legislature: the UK and Iran.”

How good do we feel about that?

theguardian.com/commentisfree/

#religion #houseoflords

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Mr.Trunk · @mrtrunk
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Bob Jamieson · @bobjmsn
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Remove Bishops From The House Of Lords. Petition:

chng.it/rBrdM6v2zk

#houseoflords #religion #politics

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Mr.Trunk · @mrtrunk
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Mr.Trunk · @mrtrunk
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