Fudging It Since '97 - Deforming The Constitution

Author: Chi_The_Cynic

Date: October 8, 2004

by Chi_The_Cynic
10-08-04
The institution of hereditary peers was quite simply inappropriate in a nation that boasts the mother of all democratic parliaments
What was your plan for replacing those hereditary peers that you ousted from the House of Lords?
Well, initially we had a royal commission to produce a report, which was of course shelved, err, I mean carefully considered
And in the interrim?
Oh, I continue to appoint the peers myself
Reassuring to see democracy is alive and well in your hands, Prime Minister