Is the House of Lords beyond fixing?
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The Times
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🗓️ 29 November 2022
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Every prime minister's last act in office is to choose a final list of people to elevate to the House of Lords, parliament's second chamber. And Boris Johnson's resignation honours are already kicking up a storm…
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| 0:00.0 | It's hard to believe it's only been 12 weeks since Boris Johnson left Downing Street. |
| 0:13.8 | Every Prime Minister's last act in office is to choose a final list of people to elevate |
| 0:19.5 | to the House of Lords, Parliament's second chamber. |
| 0:23.6 | And Boris Johnson's resignation honours are already kicking up a storm. |
| 0:32.6 | The Prime Minister's judgement is already inserted. |
| 0:35.6 | If he has any integrity left, will he now put a stop to these two predecessors stuffing |
| 0:41.7 | the House of Lords up with his crowned face? |
| 0:44.7 | Mr Speaker are, obviously, not going to comment on speculation around such lists. |
| 0:49.8 | Boris Johnson would, of course, follow the normal procedures and processes that are in place. |
| 0:54.8 | The Times has learned that Boris Johnson has nominated two former advisers who would become |
| 0:59.3 | the youngest ever life peers in history. |
| 1:06.8 | Could Boris Johnson's controversial appointments put him on a collision course with Rishie |
| 1:11.8 | Sunak and could cause for reform end up with the Lords being abolished altogether? |
| 1:22.8 | You're listening to Stories of Our Times from the Times and the Sunday Times. |
| 1:27.8 | I'm Manvin Rana. |
| 1:29.8 | Today is the House of Lords beyond fixing. |
| 1:42.8 | I'm Laura Spiritt and I'm the Red Bookt reporter at the Times. |
| 1:51.8 | Over in the House of Parliament, I help put together our morning briefing on what's been going on |
| 1:56.8 | within the Palace of Westminster. |
| 2:00.8 | And Laura, we're here to talk about Boris Johnson's resignation honours list |
| 2:07.8 | and the controversy that's been sparked by that. |
| 2:10.8 | But for some, this wasn't even his most controversial list of potential peers. |
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