tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post2764027240055248347..comments2023-12-20T19:39:29.865+00:00Comments on Munguin's Republic: Another Sunday, another Sunday Times, and another Lord on the Fiddle.Munguinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16475165830302054002noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-286657999541710352009-10-11T15:05:18.436+01:002009-10-11T15:05:18.436+01:00I agree completely Sophia. Maybe you will one day,...I agree completely Sophia. Maybe you will one day, and without having to move an inch.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-27900105169635391992009-10-11T15:01:59.946+01:002009-10-11T15:01:59.946+01:00Tris, so long as we remain part of the Onion we do...Tris, so long as we remain part of the Onion we do pay for them. There are still far too many reserved issues (all of them in fact) the macro-economics, defence etc which their Lordships have a say in. If a second chamber is required, and I'm not so sure it is, it has to be elected, for a country to be considered a democracy.<br /><br />I wouldn't mind living in a democracy, it might be quite nice.Sophia Panglosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10089164117446635962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-7645676488075228532009-10-11T00:19:33.343+01:002009-10-11T00:19:33.343+01:00Sophia:
Well, really the English should pay for ...Sophia: <br /><br />Well, really the English should pay for them. They have little to do with us. We don't need them and most of them don't work for us. So you're right.<br /><br />You're right too about the monster that they have created. If they have to have a second house in England it should be largely, if not wholly, elected but they won't move forward.<br /><br />Other countries manage with elected second chambers so why is it that England couldn't? Silly question maybe.<br /><br />My particular hate is the GOAT lords, given a seat there in order to do a job as a minister, and then a year or so later they resign the minister job and keep the social status of being an aristocrat, and the expenses, until they bloody die!!!! And, worst of all, they were all bloody hopeless! My granny's cat could have done a better job, and it's been dead the best part of 20 years!<br /><br />Lordy... I'm having a panick attack too....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-19317622950326384952009-10-11T00:10:59.307+01:002009-10-11T00:10:59.307+01:00Cut them loose! Let the English pay for them if th...Cut them loose! Let the English pay for them if they wish, (and I actually think they would!)<br /><br />But let's not be too shocked, this government was re-elected twice. Plenty of time and opportunity to get to know them, and none of this is too surprising. What they have created in the House of Lords is an absolute monster, all these appointed Life Peers with no way to resign their seats? Stuck there for life, security of tenure that no-one else in the country enjoys...<br /><br />I'm giving myself a panic attack...Sophia Panglosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10089164117446635962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-46191153704345415482009-10-10T23:22:05.815+01:002009-10-10T23:22:05.815+01:00Scunnert.
It's incredible. When you think of...Scunnert. <br /><br />It's incredible. When you think of what the government that he supports in the Lords has done to the poorest people, it is just sickening.<br /><br />There has to be some sort of clearing out in the House of Lords, 700+ of them. What on earth do we need them for? America has a Senate of 100 people to cover 50 states. By that token the UK only needs 8 of them... and if we only need 8 let's just get rid of them altogehter.<br /><br />Scotland doesn't have a house of Lords. Legislation passed in Edinburgh just goes to the Head of State to be signed and becomes law. We're none the worse for that. <br /><br />It seems these people have been benefit cheats for far too long.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2092475090824666694.post-56813292368904999392009-10-10T22:32:19.884+01:002009-10-10T22:32:19.884+01:00He's worth half a billion but still fiddles th...He's worth half a billion but still fiddles the expenses? These people make me sick.McGonagallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14887321534801112949noreply@blogger.com