>> Historically honours are just about even on appointments to HoL.
The House is now, apart from Bishops and residual hereditaries, composed pretty much wholly of life peers. It's therefore no surprise that people get appointed. The changes after the last reform, when hereditaries went will have weighed on the number of appointments in the years following.
The current issue isn't about numbers per se but about 13 appointees who made donations worth millions. It's established fact that there were similar issues in the Blair years.
Does either party currently have an appetite for the next phase of reform?
Last edited by: Bromptonaut on Mon 8 Nov 21 at 10:17
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