How is the House of Lords set to change?
Parliament's upper chamber faces major reform, starting with Labour's promise to remove remaining hereditary peers ...
RTE Online6d
Women and the 1918 Election
In 1867 the all-male House of Commons at Westminster rejected John Stuart Mill’s amendment to 1867 Franchise Reform Act to allow women the vote on the same property terms as men. The dismissal of this ...
Labour’s reform of the House of Lords is simply gerrymandering
The catastrophic collapse in the opinion polls of support for the Prime Minister is undoubtedly due to his hypocrisy on ...
Bishops’ automatic seats in House of Lords must be abolished, MPs tell Starmer
Sir Keir Starmer is under pressure to go further with reform of the House of Lords, with MPs calling for him to abolish ...
Politico Europe7d
5 things we’ll miss as Britain’s hereditary peers face the chop
LONDON — Britain is finally moving into the … 20th century? Hereditary peers, who sit in the country’s House of Lords by birthright, soon face abolition under a plan being pushed by the new Labour ...
National Review1d
Matt Ridley
He is a biologist, newspaper columnist, and member of the House of Lords in the U.K. The West needs to go nuclear. The apparent lack of interest at top science academies in doing something about ...
Sydney Morning Herald6d
British MPs vote to abolish ‘indefensible’ hereditary rights in the House of Lords
But not for much longer. British MPs have voted to approve in principle a bill to strip hereditary aristocrats of the right to sit and vote in the House of Lords after more than 700 years.
Republican-American27d
House of Lords, with state’s Jimi Bell, readies newest LP
House of Lords will release a new album in October, 'Full Tilt Overdrive.' The band features Connecticut guitarist Jimi Bell.FRONTIERS MUSIC House of Lords, which features Connecticut guitarist ...
The Daily Telegraph26d
Labour may give a reason for every new peerage
Under the Conservatives, a string of major donors were elevated to the House of Lords, prompting questions about the appropriateness of such appointments. Tory prime ministers also repeatedly put ...
World Socialist Web Site22d
House of Lords lays out plans to make UK fully war ready
The House of Lords International Relations and Defence Committee has issued its report, “Ukraine: a wake-up call”. Published September 26, it proposes measures by which the UK and Europe can ...
Miriam Lord’s week: Simon Harris turns 38 with chocolate cake and a looming general election
Taoiseach and his wife celebrate by going to see the musical Hamilton, which contains the perfect chorus for a young and ...
The Independent7d
Bishops’ automatic seats in House of Lords must be abolished, MPs tell Starmer
Your support makes all the difference. Sir Keir Starmer is under pressure to go further with reform of the House of Lords, with MPs calling for him to abolish bishops’ automatic seats in the ...