Britain is ejecting hereditary nobles from Parliament after 700 years

[K.I.T.T.]

LONDON (AP) — Centuries of British political tradition will end within weeks after Parliament voted to remove hereditary aristocrats from the unelected House of Lords.

On Tuesday night members of the upper chamber dropped objections to legislation passed by the House of Commons ousting dozens of dukes, earls and viscounts who inherited seats in Parliament along with their aristocratic titles.

Government minister Nick Thomas-Symonds said the change put an end to “an archaic and undemocratic principle.”

“Our parliament should always be a place where talents are recognized and merit counts,” he said. “It should never be a gallery of old boys’ networks, nor a place where titles, many of which were handed out centuries ago, hold power over the will of the people.”

The House of Lords plays an important role in Britain’s parliamentary democracy, scrutinizing legislation passed by the elected House of Commons. But critics have long argued that it is unwieldy and undemocratic.

The case of Peter Mandelson, who resigned from the Lords in February after revelations about his friendship with the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, drew renewed attention to the upper chamber and the problem of lords behaving badly.

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[chewbok]

What’s a “Lord” anyway? My Lord isn’t from around here.

 

[j.f.🔎]

It's times like this my mind goes to stuttering Ken being informed that Ottos dad used to beat him up in a Fish Called Wanda.

"Good."

 

[LUNATIC666]

still full of pedo`s

 

[DokraOwl]

The good thing is once Britian is completely gone and replaced by a 3rd world nation of non-British, it will be easy to invade and ripe for conquest by whatever first world nations remain in the next 100 years or so.

 

[Vwj]

The majority of hereditary peers got removed in 1999, like 900 of them, leaving 92, but they had to compromise to get rid of them, think it gives life peers to a lot of the conservative bunch,

 

[AdaBull]

"Our parliament should always be a place where talents are recognized and merit counts,” : feels like it's going to be an empty place quickly 🤣

 

[redninja]

The good thing is once Britian is completely gone and replaced by a 3rd world nation of non-British, it will be easy to invade and ripe for conquest by whatever first world nations remain in the next 100 years or so.

True but by that time anything worth having will have been reduced to literal piles of shit by our cultural enriching guests, won't be fuck all worth bothering with

 

[K.I.T.T.]

still full of pedo`s

Pedos can be found all over the world.

 

[j.f.🔎]

UK is the biggest joke on the planet

Agreed but,

They can't even fly their own National Flag,

That's totally false.
Most people just don't own a flagpole because it's totally unnecessary but, if you remind over the weekend I'll take a photo of a British flag that's been flying in someone's garden long enough that it's yellow, white and blue and not red anymore.

 

[Fäthër Cörpsë]

I wish this wasn’t happening. The constancy of the monarchy should not be swayed by the winds of the moment.

 

[j.f.🔎]

Pedos can be found all over the world.

Yeah so can Disney fans but, there's a whole lot of em in one place as well.
I'm not saying all our lords are pedos but, the chance of there being zero with our fucking goverment is also zero imo.

 

[Paytonus]

“Our parliament should always be a place where talents are recognized and merit counts,” he said.

What a load of shit, politicans are the reason the west is failing, their woke idealogies, the climate fairytales and blind eye immigration policies have been killing the west for several decades to somehow act superior to anyone else is an insult, these politicans are traitors to their countries and if it was still a proper monarchy their heads would have been seperated by now.

 

[DokraOwl]

True but by that time anything worth having will have been reduced to literal piles of shit by our cultural enriching guests, won't be fuck all worth bothering with

A thosand years after the barbarians destroyed Rome, the city itself, once home to over a million people, was nothing but overgrown fields of decaying ruins. The Colosseum was turned into a quarry - its stones repurposed to build cottages and pig styes. And yet when we think of the city now, the last thing we think of is farm land. Civilization will always fall, but they will also rise again if given enough time.

 

[j.f.🔎]

It's totally true

No it's absolute bullshit, I live here, stop believing everything you read.

who says you need a fucking flagpole.

You said...

They can't even fly their own National Flag

To fly a flag you kinda need a flagpole...
If you're claiming we can't even hold one or hang em in our window, that's also bullshit.

 

[j.f.🔎]

Joke all you want

I didn't need your permission, just like the flag...

but I think your Mooslims will have the last laugh.

Yeah I'm sure they will all be laughing when they ban bacon here, something else that'll never fucking happen...

Almost all your big cities have Muslim mayors

I'll take your word for it, I don't go to big cities, I go to Newcastle for Mt city needs because it's small, I've also stayed in the Muslim area there, nobody said shit about my "powered by bacon" tshirt.

. Your unbelievable leftist government is totally woke and oppressive.

Agreed

The UK is totally unrecognisable.

Looks the same to me, when I leave the house I take 2 lefts to meet Dave to go to work.
I'll let you know if that changes.

But it's okay Jessica, you can still watch repeats of Murder She Wrote.

Yet another assumption you've made, I don't think I've ever watched an episode of MSW, we were more of a Columbo household, she's simply a great gore persona that the community can have a good laugh with because they can "attack the persona" rather than me if they wish.

That's why I'm dubious about ever changing it.

 

[K.I.T.T.]

There there Jessica, you don't have to justify yourself to me. I already knew it's all about YOU! Stay smug in your little bubble and enjoy your little world. Denial about your country losing it's very identity and your people soon to become a minority is a pretty scary prospect!

I bet you're a lot of fun at parties.

The kind of parties where everyone drinks just one glass of Kool-Aid.

 

[j.f.🔎]

There there Jessica, you don't have to justify yourself to me.

No shit, sherlock.

I already knew it's all about YOU!

Well if it's not your country then yes, it's more about me than YOU!

Stay smug

I intend to.

in your little bubble

Awwww....

and enjoy your little world.

I thought it was a country?

Denial about your country

See?

losing it's very identity and your people soon to become a minority is a pretty scary prospect!

Maybe but, why the fuck do you care if you don't live here ?

 

[j.f.🔎]

Because it is happening all over the West and in the States too.

Then why are you making it my problem instead of an us problem if that's what it is?