Is reform needed in the House of Lords?

Politics Unpacked

Anna Covell

News & Politics, Politics, News

4.4 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 1 September 2015

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Tim Montgomerie is joined by Michael Savage, Patrick Kidd and Melanie Philips:Michael SavageIt's not been a good summer for our increasingly cramped second chamber. The latest set of peerages confirmed their use as a reward for political donors, allies and lieutenants - the appointment of a prominent figure felled by the expenses scandal caused wide disbelief, and it all came after Lord Sewell's alleged extra-curricular antics had provoked new calls for Lords reform of some kind. With the second chamber now bigger than ever and its reputation in question, will they - or should they - come to anything?Patrick KiddThe claim that David Cameron had to buy a cheap pair of Asda wellies to visit the Somerset floods when he had a perfectly good pair of Hunters in the car boot shows that we have reached peak vacuity in this image-obsessed era of politics. But is that their fault or ours? And is the key lesson of Corbynmania that looks really don't matter?Melanie PhilipsWhen I saw the Union Jack being...

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1:00.0	Welcome to the Times Opinion Podcast. My name is Tim Montgomery and this week I'm joined by
1:06.9	columnist Melanie Phillips, Parliamentary Sketch writer Patrick Kidd and our chief
1:11.7	political correspondent Michael Savage.
1:15.0	It's not been a good summer for our increasingly cramped second chamber.
1:19.0	The latest set of peerages confirmed their use as a reward for political donors, allies and lieutenants.
1:24.3	The appointment of a prominent figure felled in the expensive scandal, caused widespread disbelief
1:28.7	and it all came after Lord Sewall's alleged extracurricular antics had provoked calls for Lords reform of some kind.
1:35.0	But the second chamber now bigger than ever and its reputation in question, will those
1:39.1	calls or indeed should they come to anything?
1:41.6	The claim that David Cameron had to buy a cheap pair of as de wellis to visit the Somerset floods last year
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