Last hereditary peers to be removed from House of Lords
Last hereditary peers to be removed from House of Lords
- Most were deprived of their right to sit in the upper house in 1999
- Spaces for 92 hereditary peers to remain were reserved as part of a deal
- The only non-appointed peers sitting in the Lords now will be the Bishops
Centuries of tradition ended by this foul government, on the same night they vote to proceed on abolishing trial by jury.
Governments hate the hereditary peers because they couldn't be swayed by political patronage, owing favours or climbing the greasy career ladder - unlike the life peers. It's hard to get a Duke to vote for your dodgy bill via threats when his family have sat in the House of Lords for centuries, and will outlast both you and your political party. They brought an independent streak to the chamber which was resistant to political trends and fads.
Just another chapter in the story of our national decline. God it's so depressing.
