Reasons to be here

[smokingboot]

It's unfashionable to say it but those old mad farts in the House of Lords have done us proud.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-1517366,00.html

I take my hat off to them.

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[larians.livejournal.com]

The joy of the house of Lords is that they don't have to worry about being re-elected, so they can make a stand on a matter of principle and there is very little that Parliament can do about it unless they are prepared to over rule them with the paliament act, but that takes the best part of a year.

Thus we have the marvellous situation that the Prime Ministers mentor and former Lord Chancellor voting against the government five times.

God help us if the make the upper chamber elected, there will be nothing to stop a government with majorities in both houses.