The House of Lords’s cosplay democracy
It is striking how many peers tried, and failed, to enter parliament by democratic means
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MPs plot to stop Lords from killing assisted dying bill
The bill’s backers fear there is a strong chance it could run out of time
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The thousand-amendment bill
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster
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John Attlee: “I’d give my right arm for a couple of hours with Clem now”
The last Attlee on his grandfather’s legacy and losing the peerage
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Arise, Lord Michael Gove
Today, the Tory grandee was sworn into the House of Lords, entering the nobility at long last.
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Launching Britain into the new space age
Also this week: Elon Musk wields the axe in Washington, and Hollywood lands in Bedfordshire.
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Even 1980s game shows prove too cutting-edge for baffled peers
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
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William Waldegrave: “The hereditary House of Lords element must end”
The former Conservative cabinet minister – and life peer – on the ancien régime.
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Why the House of Lords will be hard to abolish
Reform of the upper chamber is one of Keir Starmer’s most important tasks this parliament.
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Sunak’s honours list faces a Starmer peer review
Your weekly dose of gossip from the campaign trail.
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Gus O’Donnell: The insider’s guide to preparing for power
The former head of the civil service on the cost of Brexit, the case for electoral reform, and Keir Starmer’s…
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Scottish nationalism finds a new home in the House of Lairds
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
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How to reform the House of Lords
Also this week: finding peace in weekly Mass, and what Winston Churchill knew.
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The Conservative ship is going down – save yourselves!
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
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Labour minister gets an apology over “no money” note – 13 years late
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
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How Labour can be radical for free
Starmer should embrace comprehensive reform of the voting system, the House of Lords and party funding.
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The tug of war over Boris Johnson’s honours list is also a contest for favour from the Tory press
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
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Boris Johnson’s resignation honours list will be the final insult
The likes of Paul Dacre, Nadine Dorries and the wife of a former Putin minister are set to be rewarded…
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Westminster is broken
Ian Dunt’s new book reveals Britain as a country of inept civil servants, deluded ministers, blinkered journalists and unscrutinised power.
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“Lord Dacre”? Does Richard Sharp know something we don’t?
The BBC’s under-fire chairman may have inadvertently suggested a peerage for the Daily Mail editor is back on the cards.
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