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> Pair it with the abolition/democratization of the Lords, and they'll finish the revolution that Cromwell spoiled. Ironically, in the last decade the Lords ha
by ClumsyPilot 4y ago
> Pair it with the abolition/democratization of the Lords, and they'll finish the revolution that Cromwell spoiled.
Ironically, in the last decade the Lords have a much better track record that the Commons. They applied real scruitiny to the opressive protest bill, the Brexit bill and the bill to deal with unsafe building we discovered in the wake of corporate manslaughter, which was a result of rampant fraud in the construction industry. As a result the lords were threatened with dissolution
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-56905882 https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-56905882
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-54882088 https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-54882088
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-60032465 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-60032465
- becquerel 4y agoExtremely dire sign that this is what we have to place our trust in!