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Lord Taverne slams the will of the people.




Last night (13 March 2017) the House of Commons voted on the Bill to trigger Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty.   This Bill allows the government of the UK to set in motion the process of separation from the European Union, nine months after the people of the UK voted, via a referendum, to leave.

Despite the best efforts of Gina Miller (a Soros stooge) and a cabal of self-interested parties to block the UK government from trying to exit without parliamentary approval; a move that was upheld by several self-interested High Court and Supreme Court Judges were proven fruitless.   In compliance with the court directive, the UK government tabled a Bill laying out the specifics of exiting the EU.   Passed by the House of Commons, it went up to the House of Lords, who rejected the Bill and returned it to the elected House with amendments.   The amendments were overturned by the elected House of Commons and it has since passed in the House of Lords.    

Now that this all out of the way, the UK government can negotiate the best deal possible for the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the (not fit for purpose) EU.

The democratic procedure in the UK differs from many political democracies around the world, in that the second House that is in place to ratify Acts of Parliament is not elected.   Rather it is composed of Hereditary Peers, Life Peers and Archbishops and bishops (see  the excerpt below from www.parliament.uk website):
  • Life peers: The majority (about 700) of members are appointed for their lifetime by the Queen on the advice of the Prime Minister. Any British, Irish or Commonwealth citizen who is a UK resident and taxpayer over the age of 21 is eligible to be nominated or can apply to become a member, via the independent House of Lords Appointments Commission.
  • Archbishops and bishops: 26 Church of England archbishops and bishops sit in the House. When they retire as bishops their membership of the House ceases and is passed on to the next most senior bishop.
  • Elected hereditary members: The House of Lords Act 1999 ended the right of most hereditary peers to sit and vote in the House. Ninety-two remain.
A large proportion of those in the House of Lords (seven hundred) are placed there because of their previous roles in the House of Commons or because of their particular affiliation with one political party or another.   Currently, 92 hereditary peers are there as a permanent fixture, with their progeny in place to replace them upon their death. The rest of the House is comprised of Archbishops and bishops, whom one would like to assume, have the spiritual good of the people as their motivation.

I have long been a fervent supporter of the Royal family and our aristocratic history, whilst I very much doubt my allegiance to the Crown will ever wane, my support of the House of Lords has now come to an end.   In my humble opinion, there needs to be a major reorganisation of this unelected House.   The recent remarks from the Liberal Democrat mouthpiece Lord Laverne were, to my mind, the final straw to the relevance of the House of Lords and it's non-democratic mandate.

Lord Taverne (an unelected member of the House of Lords) stated: "It is a very dangerous step towards the doctrine that the people's will must always prevail." followed by "This is the doctrine which has always been favoured by Hitler, by Mussolini, by Stalin, by (Turkish president) Erdogan at this present time." and finally "It is denial of the essence of democracy which we have supported to great effect in this country, and now we are abandoning it.".   For a man who was not elevated to the House of Lords by any democratic means to lecture the people of the UK about the dangers of the will of the people and the denial of democracy seems to me a touch hypocritical.

 The reform of the House of Lords is now overdue and their denial to implement the will of the people sets a very dangerous precedent.   They overstepped the line.   They have undermined their position in the legislative arena and are now due for a major overhaul.

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