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minus-squareTachyonTele@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·2 months ago The case of Peter Mandelson, who resigned from the Lords in February after revelations about his friendship with the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, drew renewed attention to the upper chamber and the problem of lords behaving badly.
minus-squareohulancutash@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·2 months agoIt was literally in the manifesto in 2024.
minus-squareViatorOmnium@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months agoReforming the House of the Lords has been in manifestos for more than one century now.
minus-squareTachyonTele@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoIn real life things happen for multiple reasons. I believe you.
minus-squarephutatorius@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoMandelson was a life peer, unaffected by this change.
minus-squareSaraTonin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoThis is reducing the proportion of hereditary peers and increasing the proportion of life peers. So more appointments like Mandelson’s, not fewer
It was literally in the manifesto in 2024.
Reforming the House of the Lords has been in manifestos for more than one century now.
In real life things happen for multiple reasons. I believe you.
Mandelson was a life peer, unaffected by this change.
This is reducing the proportion of hereditary peers and increasing the proportion of life peers. So more appointments like Mandelson’s, not fewer