Sky News on MSN11 天
'It's a smash and grab raid on the constitution': The last of the hereditary peers
A number of noblemen have had the chance to sit in parliament, simply by birthright - 92 seats in the House of Lords are ...
Out of time: Editorial on UK government's latest attempt to abolish hereditary peerage
The fact that it has taken Britain until the cusp of 2025 to seriously move towards ending a system rooted in feudalism makes ...
New York Sun14 天
Twilight of the Lords
Britain’s Labor government is preparing to ‘reform’ the largest legislative body in the Free World by ending the last vestige ...
The New York Times20 天
He Inherited a Seat in Britain’s House of Lords. How Will It Feel to Lose It?
The U.K. government has pledged to remove hereditary peers from Parliament in 2025. For Lord Cromwell and 87 others, it is a wistful departure. By Mark Landler Reporting from London Godfrey John ...
Labour’s plan for the Lords is a socialist attack on Britain’s glorious past
What a time to be a socialist! Particularly of the cork-popping kind. Picture them in their artillery emplacements, ...
Wikiwand29 天
List of hereditary baronies in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
This page, one list of hereditary baronies, lists all baronies, extant, extinct, dormant, abeyant, or forfeit, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
Real reason Boris Johnson made adviser Charlotte Owen a life peer at just 30-years-old
Former PM Boris Johnson faced a backlash after awarding his ex-aide Charlotte Owen a life peerage when she was just 30 in a ...
Opinion
Let’s not stop at hereditary lords and lords spiritual in House reform
THERE are, somewhat remarkably, 92 hereditary peers in the House of Lords. Since 1999, 90 of these choice gentlemen have been farcically elected ...