The primary problem with peerages is, imo, political appointments in terms of handing them to donors, allies, and the general cronyism of it all, far more of a concern. We really still need a fully elected and much smaller second chamber, one free of party politics. I'd go so far as to ban donors.
The direct link between a lack of education and voting Reform cannot be ignored.
These people have no sense of critical thinking.
Same clowns who fawned over “Boris” and “Trump” and voted Brexit will suffer collective amnesia and a separation from reality and vote this poisonous gimp.
Now do the rest of them.
All very well but what are they going to replace them with?
If it is not a fully elected upper chamber, but more party yes men and donors given a seat for life, is that really any progress?
Just replacing the undemocratic and archaic with the undemocratic and corrupt.
Bill removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords finally passes www.gov.uk/government/n...
Home Office Home Office refuses to exempt exceptional students from tough immigration rules Exclusive: Foreign secretary Yvette Cooper concerned about student visa ban on female Chevening scholars from volatile countries such as Afghanistan Pippa Crerar Political editor Tue 10 Mar 2026 The Home Office rejected an appeal from the foreign secretary, Yvette Cooper, that would have protected outstanding students in some of the world's most dangerous countries from changes to the UK's immigration system, the Guardian understands.
That Starmer keeps Mahmood in post shows this is not just the actions of an inhumane Home Secretary, but a deeper rooted ideology of hostility and xenophobia within this government. No-one benefits from blocking Chevening scholars. This is cruelty for sake of it.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Not niche at all.
A Northern delicacy.
Bachelors make tins of Mushy Peas and making them is easy enough to do at home.
Fish & Chips without Mushy Peas is anathema in the North.
We used to have a Pie & Pea (Mushy Peas obvs) Van come around the village on Thursday evenings when l was a lad.
The Hinkley C UK nuclear reactor will produce 3.2GW, it will cost £50bn.
For that the UK could have built 40GW of Wind Turbines in 1/5th of the time.
Which would even on the least windy days of the year produce TWICE as much electricity.
Nuclear is an unnecessary RIPOFF.
The biggest terrorist in the world did this.
All that destruction, death, suffering and murder, and all because some people think that believing in Bronze Age fairytales makes you a “good person”.
Religion is a virus to our sanity.
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This is magnificently contemptuous www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
We are just begin to get an inkling of how deeply embedded Peter Mandelson and Tony Blair were/are with the sinister rich. Every time you think you've seen the worst of it, something else emerges.
www.thenerve.news/p/peter-mand...
Sometimes, l thing bring back the Stocks would be a good thing.
BREAKING: Andrew Milne, the solicitor who has been buying up hundreds of freeholds in Sheffield and then demanding money from homeowners, has been sentenced to a 24 month community order and 300 hours of unpaid work for “grossly offensive and menacing” emails to the court reporter Daniel Cloake.
The right wing hack and partner of Reform’s Richard Tice welcomes us into her magnificent war-torn penthouse (note to lawyers: this is satire)
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Our country doesn't know what far-left is. Our Democratic party is far-right in comparison to just about every country in Europe.
#USDemocracy
I had this over & over again when I complained to BBC during the referendum campaign about a specific issue (coverage of Obama's 'back of queue' comment): endless replies responding to different points/ ignoring, missing or refusing to address my precise complaint. Exhausting & dispiriting.
Bollox.
A spurned lover speaks🤣🤣🤣🤣
Looking at Sackman's Wiki page, it is obvious that she would never condemn lsrael's genocide actions in Gaza, or it's attacks on Lebanon or Iran.
Like Bravermann, given Silk after a political legal appointment (Solicitor General) rather than the usual way.
Another Blue Labour ingrate.
Hey @sarahsackman.bsky.social
The country that is targeting civilians in Iran, Lebanon, Palestine, etc, is the genocidal state of Israel. Hth
Shouldn't she be pointing out the numerous campaigns against civilians Israel does? Israel is currently targeting civilians in Lebanon, Gaza, West Bank, and Iran.
What is it with people in the UK government not calling this out? What are they afraid of? 🤔
Absolutely shameful. We have a govt filled with gutless cowards who want to ignore reality so that they don't upset the paedophile president of America.
French and Spanish naval activity in the Med.
There was a time when this would have caused deep concern in the Admiralty🤣🤣🤣
....but you're not going to like it"
Our American president killed this woman
As I try to point out in my forthcoming piece for the print edition of Byline Times, Trump’s Christian Zionists are actually deeply antisemitic. They want Jews to provoke the Second Coming by fighting Muslims, and then they will be damned in the ‘rapture’ if they don’t convert
@nafeez.bsky.social
You have to give them time to change; it's only been 27 years since the Macpherson Report declared the Met institutionally racist...
www.theguardian.com/law/2026/mar...
🟨 Print Edition — ‘Domestic Terrorism’ ICE Contractor Palantir’s Tools for Tracking Dissent
The controversial data firm co-founded by tech billionaire Peter Thiel – which holds UK government contracts – researched protest prediction for the US Army before agreeing to build ICE’s data platform…
