Financial Times

Well, it looks as if the first Conservative majority government in 18 years has its work cut out for it. There are 90 more Liberal Democratic and Labour peers in the Lords than Conservative peers. As well as 178 cross-benchers who are essentially independent.

Peers have a constitutional duty under the 1945 Salisbury Convention to not block bills promised in the government's election manifesto, but Liberal and Labour peers still think there's ample room to frustrate the government even on election promises if they aren't specific enough; the proposed Β£12bn of welfare savings, for example.

And a Labour figure in the Lords said they planned to focus on controversial issues which bring public attention, since they will be able to get cross-benchers on-side. The peers will look to make amendments to radically change government policy.

Looks like the Tories will get defeated more in the Lords than they will in the Commons.

>unelected officials

>people with actual political power in an actual country

>these people are not elected

Yeah dude great idea this is totally reasonable.

I don't really follow British politics...I take it the Tories are fucking morons?

I'd actually forgotten the HoL was a thing, I guess I can sleep more soundly now knowing that there is going to be Cockblock 2015 going on.

That or we can wait for 100 new tory lords to be made and watch the nobility bongarong >_>

> implying that's not what labour did under Blair

Just accept that the evil aristocracy bogeyman died in the seventies.