British Labor wants to abolish the House of Lords and replace it with a “new”, “reformed” and “truly representative” body of the UK’s nations and territories.
In a meeting with the Labor Party represented in the upper house of the British Parliament last week, Keir Starmer, the leader of the main opposition party, defended the plan as necessary to “restore faith” of voters in politics.
Progressed weekly the observer And the BBC confirmed that Labor wants to introduce the pledge into the party’s manifesto for the next general election, scheduled for 2024, the report said.
According to a recent poll by YouGov, will come to power Rishi Sunak – Changed at the end of October Liz dress In turn, changed Boris Johnson in early September – does not appear to have made major changes to British voting intentions.
Published on Wednesday, The Investigation 48% for Labor and 25% for the Conservatives, confirming Labor’s overwhelming support for the next vote nationally.
In this meeting with Co On Wednesday (Pear) Labour, Starmer launched a series of criticisms of the Conservatives. The Tories Some used the system of lifetime appointments to fill the House of Lords with party “associates and donors”.
oh Weekly A prime example is Johnson’s decision-making appointment of a Russian-British multimillionaire businessman in 2020. Yevgeny LebedevThe son of a former KGB agent and a friend of a former conservative prime minister, critics say he has close ties to the Kremlin. Russian financial elite From London, close to Vladimir Putin.
Intention to the latest Westminster vote (9-10 November)
Con: 25% (+1 to November 1-2)
Laboratory: 48% (-2)
Lib Dem: 10% (+1)
Green: 5% (=)
Reform UK: 5% (-1)
SNP: 5% (+1)https://t.co/oRgkuawR1c pic.twitter.com/ohUhtKaa91—YouGov (@YouGov) November 16, 2022
Johnson also nominated Michael Hinds, a well-known Conservative party donor, to the House of Lords and wants to add him to the legacy list. Former heads of government Proposals for new members were made to the council by one of their staunchest supporters, former culture minister Nadine Dorries, but advisers and consultants, under-30s and the general public, were not known.
“We need to restore people’s confidence in our system of government in every corner of the UK. Reform of the House of Lords is only one part [desse objectivo]”, it is said Keir StarmerQuoted the observer🇧🇷
“People have lost faith in the ability of politicians and policies to bring about change. That’s why, like fixing the economy, we have to fix our politics,” he said.
Starmer’s proposal, inspired by former Labor prime minister Gordon Brown’s constitutional reform work, aims to expand the new chamber’s role in securing devolution with more powers for the Scottish, Welsh and northern governments and parliaments. Ireland.
President Partido Trabalhista defends that the members of the new chamber – will maintain the current supervisory functions and capacity. Make corrections For bills coming to him from the House of Commons – they must be elected and not elected by political class or by right to office, heredity or the position they hold.
Also, the BBC said it intends to reduce the number of seats. Currently there are 784 Swamis in the room.
The House of Lords has already undergone a number of reforms that have changed its structure, powers and methods of electing and appointing members. The last of these reforms, In 1999Under Tony Blair, for example, it was reduced to 92 Co Inheritance.
The last attempt to reform the Upper House of Parliament at Westminster was made in 2012 Nick CleggFormer leader of the Liberal Democrat Party and Deputy Prime Minister in the coalition government led by conservative David Cameron.
Clegg’s proposal supported the direct election of 80% of the Lords and reduced the total number of members of the House to 450. However, it was widely rejected by the Conservative Party and taken off the table.
