Hello and welcome to podcast of the Lotus Eaters. It is episode 1407 and it is Wednesday 29th of April year of our Lord, 26.

I'm joined by Harry. Hello. And also special guest Josh. Hello.

So, what are we going to be talking about? We're going to be talking about why a hereditary peer is having to explain to a Tamil why he gets to be part of the country.

We're going to be talking about a man who may or may not be Welsh.

Ambiguously Welsh.

I would say he's dark enough to be Welsh.

He's slightly lighter than Josh, but heritage is questionable. Right. I get a lot of sunshine these days when I'm rattling my tin can outside. This is true. You can see him on the streets of Swindon. It's quite a spectacle. And you're going to be giving us something uplifting? No, I'm going to be talking about the worst horrors migrants have committed in Europe in the past couple of weeks.

Right, well that'd be a nice note to end.

You're welcome. Leave everybody in a cheery state of mind to, at least it's a sunny day. They've got that for all going for them.

So I wanted to start with something that has been going around on social media that instantly revolted me the moment that I saw it. It is a channel 4 mini documentary

where basically a hereditary lord is being asked to justify

why he has a place in the country and any sort of role in the government

of that country.

You'll see what I mean.

Let's just watch some of it

and you'll get a gist

and see where I'm coming from on this.

This is the modern...

This is the most modern room in the house.

This is the most modern room.

Yeah, this is built on the 1840s, 1850s. This is the most modern room in the house. This is the most modern room. Yeah, this is built in the 1840s, 1850s. This is Powderham Castle, home of the Earl of Devon. His ancestors were beheaded and exiled by the Tudors. But it's a different type of defenestration taking place now under the Labour government. The Earl is set to lose his seat in the House of Lords.

You know, this has been the seat of the Earl of Devon, who happens to play a role in Parliament

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