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"The recent days have seen the national focus pulled onto the House of Lords
through the public row between Rishi Sunak and Boris Johnson over the latter’s
resignation honours list.
While the spat has provided high political drama it has also shown how low our
constitutional politics has sunk. The varying accounts of what Mr Johnson and
Mr Sunak agreed over the honours list have pulled back the curtain on the
grubby horse-trading that goes on around choosing who sits in the upper
chamber.
Yet, the impact of this list will last long after the melodrama between the
Prime Minister and his predecessor has subsided. For instance, each of the
seven new peers has been handed a job-for-life in parliament, which means
potentially decades of influence legislating for the public, with which most
have had little meaningful contact."
Via Mark Lansbury and Susan ****
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
