I love the Lords!

Labour tried to get rid of the House of Lords when they came to power. Normally I'm more on the Labour than the Conservative side (though I'm really more of a Liberal), but this was a blatant attempt to remove one of our major checks on the unrestrained power of parliament. Clearly it didn't work. I love the Lords, they sometimes seem like our only line of defence against the stupid people we elect to represent us. Another attempt to make an lj cut here: ( Read more... )