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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.
Many attempts at reforming the House of Lords have been made. Many attempts have failed. So what can would-be reformers learn from the failures of their predecessors to achieve more? … Read the full post »
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 »
New polling from YouGov shows strong public support for removing the remaining hereditary peers from the House of Lords. … Read the full post »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 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 »
Champagne wars in the Lords as peers say no to a cheaper vintage. … Read the full post »
New Lib Dem peer pledges to keep up opposition to having an unelected House of Lords. … Read the full post »