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The British people didn't make any kind of bet, the few politicians in power at the time took it, lost hard and still ended up as Lords.
by iand 12y ago
The British people didn't make any kind of bet, the few politicians in power at the time took it, lost hard and still ended up as Lords.
- guard-of-terra 12y agoWell, why don't British people do something about those Lords? It's up to them.
- tragic 12y agoBelieve me - plenty of us have choice opinions about the Lords. It is difficult to do much about them when you have a duopoly on elected government, and a big part of both parties' power-broking is doling out lordships to a) their former notable MPs/ministers and b) their mates. The lords suit the commons just fine. Even more so since Blair's reforms, which increased the number who were purely cronies, relative to the decrepit remnants of the landed aristocracy (which only benefited the Tories).
- guard-of-terra 12y agoWell, poor you. You don't own yourself, Lords own you. Why blame Soros? Praise him that he didn't help Lords sell you for organs. For alternatives, see Ukraine with its Maidan.
- tragic 12y agoWhere did I blame Soros? I even own a t-shirt that says "don't hate the player, hate the game."
- guard-of-terra 12y agoGP did.