BrikoX@lemmy.zip to UK Politics@feddit.uk · 2 months agoFrom Earl of Devon to Duke of Norfolk: the hereditary peers set to lose place in Lordswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up120arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up120arrow-down1external-linkFrom Earl of Devon to Duke of Norfolk: the hereditary peers set to lose place in Lordswww.theguardian.comBrikoX@lemmy.zip to UK Politics@feddit.uk · 2 months agomessage-square6fedilinkfile-text
Some of the 92 now about to lose their seats can trace their family’s presence in the Lords back to the middle ages
minus-squareHumanPenguin@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoJust to be clear. They will still be lords. And si will their children. It is the right to sit in the house that will go. Not the tittle. As for the biggest hiredutory position. That already has no power. Just politicians still listen to it. So its those politicians we need to correct.
Just to be clear. They will still be lords. And si will their children.
It is the right to sit in the house that will go. Not the tittle.
As for the biggest hiredutory position. That already has no power. Just politicians still listen to it. So its those politicians we need to correct.
I know, it’s a start though.