tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12147812.post2550050310385949162..comments2023-10-26T14:13:58.282+00:00Comments on Is there more to life than shoes?: House of Lords: more reform?Trixyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02015060663707102784noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12147812.post-57916952007648999712009-01-27T21:54:00.000+00:002009-01-27T21:54:00.000+00:00Personally I would bring back the hereditary crew ...Personally I would bring back the hereditary crew and just have a few life peers. Most of them I suspect are good you just can't trust this fucking government. Is there any level of government with a Labour official which hasn't been subject to these cash-for-x scandals?<BR/><BR/>And yes, there aren't many women in the blogosphere. I can only imagine they know something I don't...Trixyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02015060663707102784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12147812.post-80071882864987352052009-01-27T14:36:00.000+00:002009-01-27T14:36:00.000+00:00Dave, that has crossed my mind.Back to having the ...Dave, that has crossed my mind.<BR/><BR/>Back to having the gentry as you say Trixy. 'Can't let the side down', 'got to respect the old school tie' etc. At least most of them were educated and informed.<BR/><BR/>Reform is essential. How do criminals (although they've served their sentences) manage to stay in a house of legislation? Reason seems to be they can't be expelled. Law needs changing now.<BR/><BR/>ps It's good to see another woman's political blog. I've been feeling very isolated in the politics (mainly Scottish) blogosphere.subrosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00151702590329788260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12147812.post-84754881832094550412009-01-27T12:07:00.000+00:002009-01-27T12:07:00.000+00:00I suspect there's something very machiavellian abo...I suspect there's something very machiavellian about these revelations.<BR/><BR/>Could it be that someone is trying to devalue the standing of the Upper House and turn public opinion towards its abolition?<BR/><BR/>Just a thoughtDavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00448711775318691029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12147812.post-29552049385858199792009-01-27T09:59:00.000+00:002009-01-27T09:59:00.000+00:00Ah-ha, could it be that someone else agrees with m...Ah-ha, could it be that someone else <A HREF="http://www.wonkosworld.co.uk/wordpress/2009/01/26/liebour-lords-offer-money-for-amending-bills/" REL="nofollow">agrees with me</A> on Lords "reform"?<BR/><BR/><I>These Life Peers have made a career out of politics and shown themselves not to have the best interests of the country in mind but their own career and that has led them to the monumentally bad decision of apparantly accepting bribes. Would a hereditary peer have taken the bribe? There’s always the chance that they might because even Lords and Ladies get short of cash but it’s far less likely - they tend not to make a career out of politics and there are easier ways of getting your hands on cash if you’ve got a title than taking a bung off a dodgy businessman.</I>wonkotsanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04896256040598397497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12147812.post-10653186430698900342009-01-27T08:54:00.000+00:002009-01-27T08:54:00.000+00:00I think you're right Trixy. But if parties don't a...I think you're right Trixy. But if parties don't appoint life peers then who should? Some sort of committee perhaps.<BR/>The other option of course is to have an elected second house, but that would just mean more politics, without getting rid of the sleaze.Lobbydoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17622778941416233125noreply@blogger.com