Most people who do a shit job don’t get to negotiate the terms of their departure. And certainly don’t get bunged a peerage on their way out the door.
It’s high time that seats in our second chamber stopped being the standard P45 add-on for under-performing politicians
#HoLReform
Fine, but I can think of at least a dozen higher priority constitutional changes that are more desperately needed. Like #ProportionalRepresentation #HOLReform #PoliticalDonations
#ExpensesReform
etc. etc.
And given the economic situation
#RejoinEU
So true...been advocating some message of hope from Labour for about 3 years....
#Actualchange
#ProportionalRepresentation
#Localisation
#HOLreform not just removal of hereditary
Stuff that costs little but changes the view
#Notgoingtohappen
I agree we need reform. A lot of it. But this #Labour government rowed back on #HOLreform which was surely a no brainer so don't expect much on #donations or #proportionalrepresentation or #MPexpences or #2ndIncomes or #conflictofinterest or....
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ERS - House of Lords: Elect the Lords
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