that change allowed for life peers (people who are in untill they die and their children do not get the seat) and some (if not all?) are selected by the PM
this means the lords ends up with peers beholden to political parties when previously they were not
God. Who would have thought that passing multiple bills per day for 8 years would fuck the country up so much?
The Lotus Eaters have it right. If the Conservatives were worth the air they breathe, they'd be repealing everything Blair ever did, as a matter of policy.
and he fucked up the house of lords with his shitty reforms
He brought in Peerages, right?
among other things
that change allowed for life peers (people who are in untill they die and their children do not get the seat) and some (if not all?) are selected by the PM
this means the lords ends up with peers beholden to political parties when previously they were not
God. Who would have thought that passing multiple bills per day for 8 years would fuck the country up so much?
The Lotus Eaters have it right. If the Conservatives were worth the air they breathe, they'd be repealing everything Blair ever did, as a matter of policy.
I would have thought they would feel more empowered to do so they have been taking away labour home turf like mad afterall