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Britain
Coalition creates 100 new peers to pass legislation
2010-05-17
David Cameron and Nick Clegg will create more than 100 peers to ensure that controversial legislation gets through Parliament.
Oooooh, I'll bet President Obama is feeling seriously jealous -- all he can appoint is czars.
The coalition government has agreed to reshape the House of Lords, which is currently dominated by Labour, to be "reflective of the vote" at the general election. That saw the Tories and the Liberal Democrats together get 59 per cent.

None of Labour's 211 existing peers can be removed, so the coalition must appoint dozens of its own to rebalance the upper chamber. Lib Dem estimates suggest that the number of Tory peers would need to rise from 186 to 263 and Lib Dem peers from 72 to 167.

The first wave is expected soon, to enable additional ministerial appointments to take place, with further announcements within parliament.
Posted by:lotp

#8  The Queen better start writing her own speeches. The PM's versions stink.

[And I paid good money for this peerage.]
Posted by: Lord Alaska Paul   2010-05-17 22:06  

#7  It's the same way she writes the Queen's Speech every year. The PM writes it for her.
Posted by: Eric Jablow   2010-05-17 18:41  

#6  I thought the Queen appointed peers knighted people.
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2010-05-17 18:34  

#5  Geez, that's pretty raw. The next time Labour gets in, it'll be another three hundred or so Labour peers, and so on.

Thank the hypothetical deity for republican government. This life peer baronage business is for the birds.
Posted by: Mitch H.   2010-05-17 16:05  

#4  As long as there's no income promised them, who cares?

The ermine.
Posted by: Nimble Spemble   2010-05-17 15:52  

#3  Ah, so what are they? Baronets?

As long as there's no income promised them, who cares?
Posted by: mojo   2010-05-17 14:55  

#2  About bleedin' time.
Posted by: The Duchess of Detroit   2010-05-17 08:29  

#1  How long to Huey's "Every Man A King"?
Posted by: mojo   2010-05-17 01:42  

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