Born to rule? The hereditary peers about to lose their seats
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The Guardian
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🗓️ 23 September 2024
⏱️ 28 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Guardian. |
| 0:02.0 | Today, will we soon be bidding farewell to hereditary peers, the poster's fastest growing network. |
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| 1:25.0 | I want to introduce you to |
| 1:30.0 | I want to introduce you to an endangered species. |
| 1:35.0 | My name's Charles Courtney and I am the Earl of Devon. |
| 1:39.0 | Should we say Earl or Lord Courtney or Charles? Charles is okay, is it okay. |
| 1:44.0 | That's absolutely fine. |
| 1:45.0 | If Cased Armour has his way, Charles will be one of the last ever hereditary peers to sit in the House of Lords. |
| 1:54.0 | A few weeks ago, the government introduced a bill to abolish the lot. |
| 1:58.0 | On hereditary peers, I mean the sooner we can abolish them the better, I think the last Labour government went further than any |
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