House of Lords to be moved to York

[booboise blueboys]

This is good and it should really put the north on the map. In general there isn't much to do around there so this is really good for the northern people to go and watch the House of Lords, LIVE!

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7904209/H...

[Stuart70]

Adding cost and inefficiency to the second chamber. Brilliant idea.

Nonsense and waste coming out already. Go Boris !!

I hear Commons has to go on tour as well. Superb...

[JagLover]

Stuart70 said:

Adding cost and inefficiency to the second chamber. Brilliant idea.

Nonsense and waste coming out already. Go Boris !!

I hear Commons has to go on tour as well. Superb...

Or making our political institutions more visible and accountable to those who live outside the London bubble. All a matter of perspective really.

[Eric Mc]

When I heard this on the radio this morning, I was wondering if I had somehow fallen asleep and woken up on 1st April.

Then I realised this was "Pollitics According to Boris" so its all just guff and blather.

[Eric Mc]

Stuart70 said:

I hear Commons has to go on tour as well. Superb...

Well this dinosaur went on tour and it was a roaring success -

[tangerine_sedge]

JagLover said:

Or making our political institutions more visible and accountable to those who live outside the London bubble. All a matter of perspective really.

Hogwash, they'll be no more visible than they are in Westminster. If people really wanted more visibility, then the BBC Parliament channel would be getting Millions of viewers, not the half dozen they get at the moment.

This is a pointless doff of the cap to the Northern voters to make them think they are being listened to. The only plus point is the freeing up of space in Westminster for the commons offices to expand.

[Riley Blue]

The Palace of Westminster has to be vacated whilst renovations are carried out - does no one actually read more than the thread title?

[CoolHands]

Could they move it to the middle of the North Sea? With it’s inhabitants

[Baby Shark doo doo doo doo]

Wouldn’t it be cheaper to put them in Bradford?

[vaud]

I can think of worse ideas. York is <2 hrs to London. Used to be much more important city.

Would bring further investment and jobs (all of the admin and clerical that supports the Lords) so you would get a pull through effect.

[Eric Mc]

I can see the t-shirt already - "Lords on Tour - 2020".

[anonymous-user]

Seems like another Boris/Cummings 4D chess move.

Get the House of Lords away from Westminster, (most lords will quit) then reform it or replace it with something better.

[craigjm]

Post titled “house of lords to move to York” and then references an article that says “could” throughout. Not a misleading title then

[amgmcqueen]

It's a symbolic gesture from the 'people's government'.

Personally i'd rather see it scrapped all together.

[craigjm]

amgmcqueen said:

Personally i'd rather see it scrapped all together.

I wouldn’t go that far but elected certainly

[anonymous-user]

amgmcqueen said:

It's a symbolic gesture from the 'people's government'.

Personally i'd rather see it scrapped all together.

Be careful. The House of Lords is one of the few checks we have against a Hitler style 'enabling act'.

Although their power of veto is much reduced they still have the ability to veto an 'act of self perpetuation' by the lower house.

[Teddy Lop]

vaud said:

I can think of worse ideas. York is <2 hrs to London. Used to be much more important city.

Would bring further investment and jobs (all of the admin and clerical that supports the Lords) so you would get a pull through effect.

I've been saying for years they should build an entire new parliment complex outside but with good links into london and near an airport, flog HoP with all its problems, downing street Whitehall etc to Hilton hotels, Arabs etc for big $, and build something secure and ready for c21 problems. HoP looks a state with all the ring of concrete etc round it and its probably only a matter of time before some peace religious scholar succesfully bombs it.

I really admire how Australia has avoided becoming so one city centric like the UK and elsewhere and part of that has to be locating the parliment away from the major cities.

[amgmcqueen]

craigjm said:

amgmcqueen said:

Personally i'd rather see it scrapped all together.

I wouldn’t go that far but elected certainly

Yes I would agree, replaced with an elected house of representatives.

[Zirconia]

Cummings spouting ideas to see what sticks?

They could also move the Hose of Commons to, oh I dunno, Llandudno.

[Chris Type R]

Eric Mc said:

I can see the t-shirt already - "Lords on Tour - 2020".

"Lording it up north"

Edited by Chris Type R on Sunday 19th January 13:43