Reply to: BREAKING NEWS: Zac Goldmith elevated to the House of Lords and will remain as Cabinet

[SimonMac]

Why is the breaking news, or news for a matter of fact, I assume this an attempt to bash the tories for doing the same thing that all the other political parties will be doing? Jo Swinson is in line to be offered a life peerage from the Lib Dems.

The HoL is a joke, but then again it's always been, the 1999 act has in turn made things worse given the number of peers in the chamber at the moment

[Platypus]

Same for Morgan but isn't the writing between the lines that this is temporary until Brexit, to avoid getting bogged down in a re-shuffle?

A Life Peerage is for... er, life, not just for Brexit. Or something like that.

[Zigenare]

Agree, and I voted Brexit. However, those who have lost their seats must leave government IMO, and Zac should not get anywhere near the Lords.

Of course you'll have read "The Cabinet Manual".

[d000hg]

temporary elevation to a peer. Now that would be a reform and a half... And one with some merit.

Temporary cabinet position as a non-MP

Though I thought a peerage took longer than this - is there a special mechanism whereby you get it automatically if you are asked to remain in a position without being an MP?

Will they be able to attend Commons to talk in their cabinet capacity or have to deputise an actual MP?

[Lance]

Same for Morgan but isn't the writing between the lines that this is temporary until Brexit, to avoid getting bogged down in a re-shuffle?

temporary elevation to a peer. Now that would be a reform and a half... And one with some merit.

[d000hg]

Same for Morgan but isn't the writing between the lines that this is temporary until Brexit, to avoid getting bogged down in a re-shuffle?

[Lance]

It's amazing that 20 odd years after the reform of the EU that the old 1970's argument of unelected bureaucrats is still trotted out.

Did anyone in Scotland vote for Zac ?

It's amazing that after hundreds of years of almost no reform at all, there are a faction of people who believe they've taken back control.

[BlasterBates]

A majority of all leaders of the 28 nations of the EU.

You could at least make an effort to find out how it all works.

Edit: my bad. 19 members of the Euro, given the context of the Eurogroup.

It's amazing that 20 odd years after the reform of the EU that the old 1970's argument of unelected bureaucrats is still trotted out.

Did anyone in Scotland vote for Zac ?

[Platypus]

BREAKING NEWS: Zac Goldsmith elevated to the House of Lords and will remain as Cabinet Minister despite losing his seat.

I call FAKE NEWS... this hasn't happened yet, although it is mooted.

[unixman]

No supporter of the House of Lords, our democratic system need reform, but at least his position has been secured by someone the British public did elect, not by those that nobody here or in other EU countries ever had the chance to vote for. Who voted for Juncker?

Agree, and I voted Brexit. However, those who have lost their seats must leave government IMO, and Zac should not get anywhere near the Lords.

[Whorty]

Bloody European countries and their gravy trains full of unelected bureaucrats

[DaveB]

BREAKING NEWS: Zac Goldsmith elevated to the House of Lords and will remain as Cabinet Minister despite losing his seat.


I'm glad we're leaving the corrupt, undemocratic EU.

And Nicky Morgan, who stepped down as an MP and said she'd never serve in a Johnson cabinet.
Nicky Morgan gets Cabinet job and peerage despite vowing to quit Parliament | PoliticsHome.com

[meridian]

[MasterBait]

I would say if a MP lost their seat it's a clear signal the voters don't want him anymore so it's an insult to the constituents to immediately reinstate this guy as a peer for life.

[meridian]

I think the point has been missed though......


It's the shamelessness of a Government that’s been twatting on about the “corrupt and unelected EU” giving a lifelong peerage on day 4 because their MPs are too tulip to fill all the posts.

Not the only one, Nicky Morgan’s got one too.

Giving them out like candy....