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Why Are You Reading My Name on September 29, 2020 at 11:48 am
Idea: ‘Expert-only’ peers – ban party politicians from the house of lords
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No politicians? then who would claim the 50k no questions asked expences?

This broken House of Lords doesn’t need reform. It needs scrapping | Owen Jones
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A peer claimed £50,000 in allowances without speaking in a debate, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones
richb on September 29, 2020 at 11:46 am
Idea: ‘Expert-only’ peers – ban party politicians from the house of lords
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SOME FACTS BEFORE YOU DECIDE IF THIS IS A GOOD IDEA – More than half the members are over 70; the Lords are 94 per cent white and 73 per cent male. Even more than the Commons, it represents the old establishment.

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