Starmer Copies Blair, Axing Hereditary Peers from House of Lords

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ER Editor: Starmer, following on from Blair’s initial purge, has axed a substantial number of hereditary peers from the House of Lords. It sounds like a good thing, but it’s actually not.

The video below, a discussion between Rich Does Politics and two invited guests, spells out why the cabal have wanted to destroy the artistocratic class at the level of politics going back a very long time. We’ve done a brief summary of their discussion but recommend listening to the full interview. Below that is an RTE article on Starmer axing those 92 hereditary peers.

Our slight confusion over this news stems from the fact that, according to this Guardian article, 26 of the 92 peers have been allowed to continue by converting their hereditary peerage into a life peerage, that is, until the end of their lives. 

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VIDEO NOTES

British hereditary peers have been guardians of Britain’s constitution, its Bill of Rights dating back to 1688. The war against peers has gone on since time immemorial, illustrative of a fight between the oligarchy and the managerial classes.

A strong aristocracy is able to come to the defence of the executive (Crown) and the people it represents. On one level, the aristocracy and people share a mutually dependent relationship. So a war against the nobility actually becomes a war against the people, although we’ve been taught to think about it quite differently.

World War I, for example, was an attempt to wipe out a large section of the hereditary class, which succeeded. There is the noblesse oblige concept – that the ruling class acts as a nobility defending the people, not just a power elite working on behalf of itself.

So the Lords thus stripped of such members CANNOT oppose tyrannical bills like the end of life bill. Instead, peers would just be political appointees.

Hereditary peers have always been bulwarks against government excess.

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Last hereditary peers exit House of Lords for final time

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The Labour government has axed the 92 spots in the unelected upper chamber reserved for peers who inherit their position as a member of an aristocratic family
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MPs approved their departure last month and it took effect today when the current parliamentary session ended ahead of local elections next week….Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s administration has called the reform “one of the biggest … in a generation”.
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The Lords comprises around 800 members, most of whom are appointed for life.They include former MPs, typically appointed by departing prime ministers, along with people nominated after serving in prominent public- or private-sector roles.
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Senior Church of England clerics, including the Archbishop of Canterbury, also sit in the chamber.
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Several existing hereditary peers were made life peers recently to allow them to continue to sit. (ER: A category change.)
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Former prime minister Tony Blair removed 600 hereditary peers in the late 1990s, but 92 were retained in what was supposed to be a temporary compromise.

The primary role of the upper chamber is to scrutinise the government.

It cannot override legislation sent from the elected House of Commons, but it can amend and delay bills and initiate new draft laws.

MPs and peers will return to parliament on 13 May for the King’s Speech, when the government will lay out its legislative plans for the next year.

CONTINUE READING HERE

Featured image source: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/30/keir-starmer-restores-powers-hereditary-peers-house-of-lords

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