Oh Lordy ...

[jazzy_dave]

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

Comments

[a-phoenixdragon.livejournal.com]

UGH...you have got to be kidding me.

Is it sad that this surprises me not?

*HUGS*

[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

[ba1126.livejournal.com]

They should establish a minimum number of days that they have to show attendance, and not pay unless they attend!!

[evilzerg-r.livejournal.com]

Do they decide something? They look quite ceremonial like the Queen and her royal court.

[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.