Only 9% want an entirely appointed House of Lords
New polling from Savanta ComRes shows it’s not only the means of getting into the House of Commons that the public wants to change. … Read the full post »
House of Lords
Photo courtesy of UK Parliament (used under Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 2.0).
Read my posts about the upper chamber in Parliament, the House of Lords. Despite over a century of promised and attempted democratic reforms, it is still unelected, and even still has some hereditary peers in it.
Only 1 in 10 think hereditary peers should continue in the House of Lords
New polling from YouGov shows strong public support for removing the remaining hereditary peers from the House of Lords. … Read the full post »
Sack 1 in 5 peers – Lord Strathclyde’s Lords reform plan
One in five peers could be sacked to help control the size of the House of Lords, David Cameron’s official reviewer into reforming the second chamber will suggest next month. … Read the full post »
10 out of 17 candidate score zero votes in House of Lords by-election
It is an odd quirk of the British political system that the alternative vote (AV) is used for electing members of Parliament – it’s just that it is only use in by-elections for hereditary peers. … Read the full post »
Lib Dem members set to elect who party leader appoints to Lords in future (possibly) (perhaps) (soon-ish)
Back in 2013 the Liberal Democrat Federal Executive agreed to reform the ‘interim peers panel’ process by which (in theory, rather less so in practice) party members got to vote on who the party leader would appoint to the House of Lords. … Read the full post »
Well done Alexander, Baker, Cable, Laws and Hughes
Four senior Liberal Democrat politicians defeated in the general election, including former business secretary Vince Cable, have turned down offers of a peerage from Nick Clegg. … Read the full post »
Grassroots call for Nick Clegg’s parting days as leader to show real support for diversity
Grassroots Liberal Democrats are calling on departing leader Nick Clegg to show support for diversity in his final acts in the job. … Read the full post »
So thanks to Labour and the Tories blocking Lords reform…
Champagne wars in the Lords as peers say no to a cheaper vintage. … Read the full post »
A very welcome tweet from new Lib Dem peer Paul Scriven
New Lib Dem peer pledges to keep up opposition to having an unelected House of Lords. … Read the full post »
Paul Tyler slams David Steel over Lords reform
One for those who have followed the details of internal Liberal Democrat debates over House of Lords reform… … Read the full post »