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Isn't it about time we got rid of these privileged coterie of preening cockatoos.

Unspeakable: The Scandal of Silent Peers in the House of Lords

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/josiah-mortimer/house-of-lords_b_8099658.html?utm_hp_ref=uk

Date: 2015-09-10 01:07 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] a-phoenixdragon.livejournal.com
UGH...you have got to be kidding me.

Is it sad that this surprises me not?

*HUGS*

Date: 2015-09-10 02:13 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] thespian15.livejournal.com
Assuming the Upper House would be like our Senate, isn't it meant to be smaller then the lower house? :o
Hugs, Jon

Date: 2015-09-10 03:50 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ba1126.livejournal.com
They should establish a minimum number of days that they have to show attendance, and not pay unless they attend!!

Date: 2015-09-10 04:45 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] evilzerg-r.livejournal.com
Do they decide something? They look quite ceremonial like the Queen and her royal court.

Date: 2015-09-10 08:00 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lisa-thecat.livejournal.com
Do these people have any practical use? It seems like such a medieval thing, to keep them paid just for being born in certain families.

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