🚨Yesterday, Starmer removed all hereditary peers from the House of Lords It was the end of the 700-year-old tradition. The office of the Lord Great Chamberlain dates back to 1138, but this has also been eradicated. Labour loves doing away with tradition!

@SeddSezz You say this like it's a bad thing. It is completely nonsensical to have people in the HoL whose only qualification is that they were born into the "right" family. What gives them the right to shape the laws that govern all of us?

@speakjava @SeddSezz What gives them the right? None. But otherwise we’d be subject to the whims of populism. Massive tax cuts or tax rises etc. The House of Lords provides a check and balance against populist parties.

@zk6dyysjxdy @SeddSezz I fully understand the point of the HoL. What makes no sense is selecting people at birth to fill some of the seats.

@speakjava @SeddSezz This is the point of nominations. Surely? Else the HOL would de facto become the House of Commons by extension. I agree birth right is bizarre. But how else to ensure checks and balance? An interesting question.