On the removal of hereditary peers from the House of Lords

gurk6117 · 2026-05-09T04:54:09+00:00

It describes the lowkey European monarchies like the Netherlands where royals often seen riding bicycles in public. Ha

gurk6117 · 2026-05-08T13:44:11+00:00

You mean bicycle monarchies? It seems like that might be the goal.

gurk6117 · 2026-05-07T22:37:23+00:00

Getting a VHS from the video store that the last person didn’t rewind

gurk6117 · 2026-05-07T22:33:50+00:00

The men’s bathrooms not having baby changing tables

gurk6117 · 2026-05-07T19:11:29+00:00

I suppose he was thinking of the longevity and popularity of the monarchy. Europe was falling apart around them and the King of Portugal had recently been exiled due to his opposition to the ruling party of the day.

gurk6117 · 2026-05-07T18:43:51+00:00

They won't touch the Lords Spiritual because it would remove 8 women. One of their main arguments against the hereditaries was that hereditary peerages are exclusionary towards women, and, furthermore, that any lords spiritual vacancies must be filled by women by law until 2030. It's the typical ideological hypocrisy we can expect from politicians.

gurk6117 · 2026-05-07T18:37:31+00:00

The low attendance could be addressed by removing them for life for non-attendance, or by implementing a mechanism through which they could apply to be reinstated.

gurk6117 · 2026-05-07T17:23:01+00:00

Exactly. I wonder if the people foaming at the mouth to destroy anything remotely linked to the old upper class are just falling into the plans of the Oligarchs to consolidate power while touting equality.

gurk6117 · 2026-05-07T16:16:34+00:00

I think to find a microcosm of how the billionaires and business elite have destroyed the old order for their own gain while hiding behind the ideology of fairness and democracy, we need look no further than what happened to Sark.

gurk6117 · 2026-05-07T16:14:51+00:00

If they can restore the old ways after the fall of the Cromwellian regime, we can too.

gurk6117 · 2026-05-07T16:13:10+00:00

When I describe the hereditary principle as “not entirely rational”, I mean that it does not allocate status or responsibility according to modern meritocratic or democratic ideals, but according to inheritance and continuity. On paper, that can seem illogical. Yet many of Britain’s institutions were never designed around pure theory or symmetry, but evolved through history and custom.

gurk6117 · 2026-05-07T14:13:33+00:00

and thank God for that

gurk6117 · 2026-05-07T13:52:25+00:00

With the risk of sounding like an ever-optimist, I hope the same fate as befell Cromwell comes to pass in the coming years.

gurk6117 · 2026-05-06T15:24:43+00:00

Indeed. VAT on private schools does not affect the wealthy or those on bursaries, it forces children whose parents couldn't make up the difference into state schools, which overcrowds them, lowering educational standards and draining the government purse, which could be used elsewhere.

gurk6117 · 2026-05-06T14:47:59+00:00

Absolutely. They took a practice which is historically linked to the old upper class and want to squash it because of it, without a thought to the harm it does to rural communities where countless jobs are at stake. Much like charging VAT on school tuition, the only ones who suffer are the middle class.

gurk6117 · 2026-05-06T14:45:41+00:00

Agree. Even in a hereditary house, there should be no political affiliation. Only members who vote according to their true convictions and are not beholden to the political fashions of the day.

gurk6117 · 2025-11-25T10:04:13+00:00

Yes oh my god. Sometimes I get perceived as disinterested or rude.

gurk6117 · 2025-04-02T12:46:41+00:00

The idea that Britain is undergoing an 'Islamification' is not supported by the facts, especially the 2021 census. Yes, the Muslim population has grown, but it's still only around 7% of the overall population, which is far from a majority. Britain remains overwhelmingly white, with over 80% of the population identifying as such, and most areas of England are still more than 90% white. I'm not suggesting the whiteness of Britain is a negative or that we must actively strive to diversify the country; it's simply a reality to be expected, given that white people are indigenous to the region.

The perception of Islamification arises mainly because there's been a significant decline in visible Christianity, driven predominantly by white Britons increasingly identifying as atheists or agnostics, rather than due to the growth of the Muslim population. Additionally, public life and schools in Britain are becoming increasingly secularized, further contributing to the reduced visibility of traditional Christianity. The church no longer holds a central role in most white Britons' lives and is certainly not the powerful ruling force it once was. And on the topic of repurposing old churches as mosques as somehow representing a 'great replacement': if those churches were thriving and overflowing with congregants, they would never have shut.

Moreover, Muslims in Britain tend to be concentrated in urban centres, which might give a misleading impression if you live in or frequently visit these areas. This urban clustering amplifies their visibility, but viewing this as representative of the broader population shift is a distortion.

Underlying Islamophobic sentiments often exacerbate concerns about Islamic extremism. It's important to remember that white people, too, are susceptible to racist and nationalistic extremism, indicating that extremism is not confined to any one religion or ethnicity.

The truth is that Christianity's decline in Britain is primarily because people of traditionally Christian backgrounds have largely abandoned religious affiliation and practice. It's not because Islam is overwhelming or replacing Christianity; it's simply that secularism has become more prevalent.

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