Country whose problems all come from the House of Commons, reforms the House of Lords
by James Backhouse 8 months ago The UK, a country reeling from financial and social problems caused by bad decisions in the House of Commons, is pleased to hear that hereditary peers can no longer be irrelevant in the House next door.
“The Iraq War, Brexit, Liz Truss’s budget, all dreamt up and forced on us by the 24th Duke of Nukem,” complained amateur historian Simon Williams.
“We don’t want an upper house full of non-political idiots appointed 200 years ago. It should be full of political idiots appointed two years ago who owe the current government a big favour.
“The idea of power passing from one generation to the next just isn’t what the United Kingdom stands for,” added an MP, speaking on condition of anonymity and a peerage after the next election.
“I’m proud to be part of a democracy where nobody can inherit political power without earning it, a democracy where the safe seat I represent selected me solely because of the colour of my rosette, an unbroken tradition dating back to when the constituency was first created.”
Further reforms are expected to ban the wearing of ermine robes in the Lords, and introduce the wearing of clown outfits in the Commons.
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