Keir Starmer plans to reform the House of Lords – at what cost? With Lord Moore скачать в хорошем качестве

Keir Starmer plans to reform the House of Lords – at what cost? With Lord Moore

Labour is abolishing all traditional membership of the House of Lords – except, which is interesting, the Lords Spiritual, the bench of Anglican bishops. All hereditary peers might even be out as early as the end of this month. Lord Moore has written about Starmer's Lords reform for the cover piece in the Spectator this week. Natasha Feroze speaks to Lord Moore, and Sophia Falkner. 00:00 – Introduction and topic of hereditary peers 00:20 – History of hereditary peers and Blair’s 1999 reforms 01:28 – The government’s plan and proposed amendments 02:15 – Diversity and backgrounds among hereditary peers 03:55 – How hereditary peers are elected internally 05:27 – Reactions from peers to proposed changes 06:40 – Debate over reforming the Lords or Commons 08:13 – Hereditary peers and political party impacts 10:17 – Age and role of Lords members 12:39 – Connection between Lords reform and the monarchy 15:43 – The future of the bill and potential ‘ping pong’ process // SUBSCRIBE TO THE SPECTATOR Get 12 issues for £12, plus a free £20 John Lewis/Waitrose voucher https://www.spectator.co.uk/tvoffer // FREE PODCASTS FROM THE SPECTATOR Hear more from The Spectator's journalists on their podcasts, covering everything from the politics of the UK, US and China, to religion, literature, lifestyle and more. https://www.spectator.co.uk/podcasts/ // FOLLOW US   / spectator     / officialspectator     / the-spectator     / spectator1828     / thespectatormagazine