Author: Ian Williams

Isn’t it a pity that they weren't all asleep so they could do no damage?

How can we call our Country a democracy, when lawmakers are unelected?

Is the House of Lords a broken institution?
There can be no question that the House of Lords is a broken, morally corrupt, anti-democratic institution,. Instead of tinkering with it, we should do what no government has had the courage to do, and simply dispose of it.

Is the House of Lords really apolitical?
The House of Lords is not apolitical – it has more than 500 members of political parties and now, after Mrs May’s additions, a half-dozen more Tory advisers, fundraisers and functionaries than it had before. But neither is it political in a way a modern democrat would understand as legitimate.

Does the House of Lords have too much power?
Some will doubtless say: ah but the House of Lords provides an invaluable function, the executive already has too much power as it is, you don’t want to live in a de facto dictatorship, do you? But here is an institution beyond reform. It has been stuffed full of lobbyists, party donors, ex-party staffers and well-connected businesspeople.

Should we abolish the House of Lords?
This should be a question put to the people of the United Kingdom, in a referendum. There is no doubt what the answer would be! One in nine peers, in a full year between 2017 and 2018, did not participate in any business (defined as speaking in a debate, holding a government post or participating in a committee), and 46 didn’t even vote:

Imagine this for a gig. You get paid £50,000 for doing no discernible work, occasionally get to wear some funky-looking scarlet and ermine robes, prance around one of the world’s most iconic buildings, and even have subsidised meals thrown into the bargain. This is lifestyle that David Brookman, a Labour peer in the House of Lords, might recognise, according to a Guardian investigation. You, as a taxpayer, forked out the equivalent of two nurses’ salary last year in attendance and travel expenses for Baron Brookman of Ebbw Vale, who in a 12-month period didn’t participate in a single debate or submit any written questions. Still, who needs nurses?

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