Why is Labour so keen to reform the House of Lords?
Coffee House Shots
The Spectator
4.4 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 5 December 2022
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Summary
Also on the podcast, after Kier Starmer said that he doesn't see Jeremy Corbyn standing at the next election, has Starmer finally silenced the far left faction in his party?
Katy Balls speaks to Fraser Nelson and James Forsyth.
Produced by Oscar Edmondson.
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| 0:00.0 | This episode is sponsored by Canacore Genuity Wealth Management. |
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| 0:16.7 | Hello and welcome to Coffee House Shorts, |
| 0:18.2 | a spectator's daily politics podcast. |
| 0:20.4 | I'm Katie Balls, I'm Drone Ray Fraser Nelson and James Forsyff. |
| 0:23.7 | Labour out on the front for today with a new review from Gordon Brown, |
| 0:27.6 | two years in the making, |
| 0:29.7 | the various recommendations that Kirstama has outlined today |
| 0:33.3 | alongside the former Prime Minister include |
| 0:36.2 | a newly elected House of Lords with 200 members, |
| 0:39.2 | a part of Kirstama's pledges to abolish the House of Lords |
| 0:42.2 | in its current form, shifting 50,000 civil servants out of London, |
| 0:47.2 | juries of citizens to decide if MPs had breached rules, |
| 0:50.8 | taking foreign money from UK politics, |
| 0:53.3 | and banning second jobs for most MPs. |
| 0:56.8 | James, it's important to stress that none of this is currently |
| 0:59.5 | or at least in terms of what is in this report, |
| 1:01.4 | is yet Labour policy. |
| 1:03.2 | They'll now be a review, these are recommendations, |
| 1:05.9 | but of course the fact that Kirstama has fronted this |
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