We desperately need to replace the House of Lords with an elected second chamber
‘Replacement of the Lords with an elected second chamber is an essential step towards restoring democracy in this country’.
‘Replacement of the Lords with an elected second chamber is an essential step towards restoring democracy in this country’.
Boris Johnson’s spokesman repeatedly refuses to deny on the record that the prime minister offered Owen Paterson a peerage yesterday, or plans to give him one in the future.
‘There is no charter of people’s rights and parliament is weak and unable to hold government to account.’
The Hostile Environment rightly took a battering in the House of Lords on Monday. Natalie Bennett explores what happened.
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The treatment of Jasvinder Sanghera shows that the Establishment remains in charge of the second chamber, writes Barrister Dr Charlotte Proudman.
The government are using crucial Lords time for regal sycophancy, writes Green peer Jenny Jones.
Pauline Bryan also said Labour have “allowed our representatives to become distant, not just from the electorate but the party too.”