Tag: house of lords

Why Are Labour’s Lords Attacking Jeremy Corbyn?

Over the last two weeks attacks on Jeremy Corbyn and the Labour left have intensified. But what is the reality of the more than 60 Labour Lords who ‘called out’ his anti-racism? Who are they and what do their own records look like?
The Labour Right Would Prefer a Johnson Government to a Corbyn One. It’s Time to Replace Them
This week 64 Labour Lords took out an advert in the Guardian criticising the party’s leadership. Aaron Bastani argues this represents a last ditch effort from the Labour right and their allies in the media to stifle any chance of a Corbyn-led government.
Long Read: Dissecting Democracy: History of an Idea
After a typical election in the UK , the government we get will be radically different from the government we vote for. As representative democracy sinks into crisis, it is high-time the UK questions its own political system and embraces real democracy.
The Leave Campaign Couldn’t Care Less About Democracy
The official Leave campaign claims to care about unelected eurocrats telling us what to do, but the toffs and millionaires who comprise the leadership have benefited most from the UK's own democratic deficit.
Cameron Cuts MPs While Boosting the Lords – What Price Democracy?
In a bid to "cut the cost of politics" the government is reducing the number of MPs - conveniently redrawing constituencies along the way. Meanwhile Cameron has been inflating the Lords at great expense to the public purse and democratic oversight.

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