Starmer To Balance The H.o.l.

[gulliver1]

Sir Keir is to add Dozens of new peers to the House of Lords. Starting with a Gong for Sue Gray along with 30 more people for peerages, in a bid to increase the number of Labour members.Good man. There have been far too many Tory members in the H.O.L for far too long..Well done Labour🤣

[gramps85]

I recall just after the election in July, I asked the question, just how long would it be before the Labour Party tired of Starmer and welcomed Corbyn back into the fold as their new leader? Stranger things have happened.

[SparklyKid]

more garbish from gullible.  he regularly insults Boris . is it allowed to refer to  the current PM as queer charmer ?

[vulcan42]

 

"If you can't abolish it .Balance it up .It's as easy as that"

In 2022 Keir Starmer pledges ( a pledge is a formal promise) to abolish the House of Lords and replace it with elected representatives.

The latest contingent consists 0f ex MP's (no longer  elected people)  and people who were never elected.

He's not very good at keeping his promises is he?

 

[gulliver1]

Gramps 11,51. No Corbyn would not have made a good PM .He would have been almost as bad as Johnson.And thats really scraping the bottom of the barrel.

[Deskdiary]

11.45 responding to 11.41 - it looks like gulliver has finally agreed Labour are a shambles.

[albaqwerty]

Nice one, DD, I read it a few times , just for enjoyment and then started to wonder how gull was going to wriggle out of that observation. 

[Peter Pedant]

The HOL will be made to enact the will of the government whoever is in it. Its function is to suggest amendments to legislation or just delay it.

exactly right

Did anyone catch the hilarious discussion (R4) about the hereditary peers ( who mostly work, all 92) - who are not elected. Well they are by the other peers.

and the 'others' who are democratical Lords. Hold on, arent they appointed by the sitting prime minister

Little fluffy on the beeb DIDN'T say " are you actually listening to what you say?"

880 of the shysters

[Peter Pedant]

various bills have originated in the Lords. No I cant name one.

I wrote to Lord Walton of Detchang who had pioneered the elections of councillors to the GMC and was now saying it should be all appointed placemen and time servers.  They also had to swear an oath of loyality to the aims and principles of the GMC ( = no change ever. change goes against aims see)

and said hold it, whydda change of direction? as in you know dismantling the reforms you pioneered?

and he said pompously  Ay am a medical Lord and my function is to steer gubmint bills thro the lords

so there readers !

[Deskdiary]

@albaqwerty - he won't respond. Never does when he makes a balls-up.

[Peter Pedant]

he regularly insults Boris . is it allowed to refer to  the current PM as queer charmer ?

oh lets not get into a mimsy/non-mimsy argument. The mods are gagging to delete what they dont like ( unmimsy). Boris lied more than once which establishes the truth of the statemens

Queer - no that is Lord Alli and Sir Kier

[Peter Pedant]

gulliver, how do you abolish something by adding to it?

should be best answer.

De Valera tried a unicameral ssytem ( Dail only) and it didnt work. Sinead restored - no not the mad singer the senate

[davebro3]

Starmer is making so many u-turns it's like he's spinning on the spot!🤣

[theshedman]

davebro, maybe we wont have to put up with Starmer's blunders for much longer if this in the Express is right "Labour MPs 'already discussing removing Keir Starmer' as anger grows over blunders".  We can but hope.  I think he has overtaken the Tories on the number of lies he has told.  We need people in the cabinet who have at least some form of running a proper business where mistakes mean they would not be in the job for long not this lot of ex public servants.

[gulliver1]

Shedman 07.25 "I think he has overtaken the Tories on the number of lies he has told" So you finally admit, the Tory party was full of liars then. With Boris as the champion Liar.

[barry1010]

Blair was the champion liar, Starmer is on his coat tails ready to take that crown

[theshedman]

I've never said that Boris never lied.  All politicians lie and Starmer is no different.  He needs to stop going around the world and giving our money to countries that may actually be better off than us and stay here to sort out our problems.