Dreams on the Bitface

This might be the trigger for the last push on Lords reform. I hope so, anyway. It turns out the last Queen's Speech mentioned such a Bill. Last term the Commons couldn't assemble a majority for any of seven options, one of which was for a fully elected house.

What hasn't been mentioned much is that the PM's ability to nominate life peers has been greatly reduced in the last decade, and while at the moment public opinion's ahead of the government on this one, most of the time they've been working slowly on something the general public don't give a toss about.

Now, I agree that the situation over these people is grim, but the fact that the cleanup hasn't been fast enough doesn't alter the fact that after over a century of procrastination a cleanup has finally started.

I'm right with you on the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill, though.