Peer pressure: The House of Lords is broken. Will we ever fix it?

The Bunker

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News, Politics, Society & Culture, Government

4.6 • 984 Ratings

🗓️ 15 August 2023

⏱️ 25 minutes

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There have been yet more controversial appointments to the House of Lords. Is it fit for purpose? How can we fix it? Ros Taylor is joined by Darren Hughes, chief executive of Electoral Reform Society, to explore how the House of Lords has gone wrong and what we can do about it. “There haven’t been a willing set of retirements from the House of Lords.” “Who regulates the regulators?” “Don’t forget we still have the Liz Truss list to come!” www.patreon.com/bunkercast Written and presented by Ros Taylor. Producer: Kasia Tomasiewicz. Audio editor: Simon Williams. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Managing editor: Jacob Jarvis. Group editor: Andrew Harrison. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production. Instagram | Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:16.0	From the Earl of Effingham to Lord Lebedev, who has spoken only once in the house and never
1:20.2	voted, it is one of the weirdest institutions in British life.
1:24.0	Know ye that we of our special grace, certain knowledge and mere motion in pursuance of the Life
1:30.2	Pirages Act 1958 and of all other powers in that behalf us enabling.
1:36.3	Do by these presence advance, create and prefer, our trustee and well beloved Charlotte, Catherine Tranta Owen, to the state degree,
1:46.7	style, dignity, title and honor of Baroness Owen of elderly Edge.
1:52.2	There are nearly 800 of them. The one you just heard introduced to the Lords is a 30 year old who worked briefly for Boris Johnson but has no other special qualification to sit in Britain's upper chamber.
2:04.0	How do you get in there?
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