Brexit supporters from across the political spectrum have been named as future peers, but notably absent is the Remain-backing John Bercow, breaking with tradition that former speakers are offered a seat in the House of Lords.
John Bercow is reportedly set to be the first former speaker of the House of Commons to be denied a peerage in 230 years.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has blocked former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn’s recommendation of John Bercow for a peerage due to outstanding allegations the Remain-backing former speaker had bullied Commons staff.
David John Maclean, Baron Blencathra, has urged Boris Johnson to “stand up to the small, militant, transgender fascist lobby” and for “the rights of 32 million real women” in a House of Lords debate.
Two Remain-backing MPs who had the Conservative Party whip removed for voting against Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Brexit have been nominated for peerages.
The withdrawal agreement bill has been given Royal Assent, meaning it has become law and the UK will officially leave the EU on January 31st, 2020.
The House of Lords may go north in a bid to spread government more evenly. This begs the question, what has York done to deserve this?
A Liberal Democrat Member of the House of Lords has pronounced that post-Brexit Britain will be “reminiscent” of Nazi-era Germany, saying that people are “crying” themselves to sleep in fear of what the UK will look like after leaving the European Union.
Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage has slammed Remainers for holding back the country for three-and-a-half years by stalling Brexit, saying it had done “untold damage” to the United Kingdom.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s administration is looking into scrapping the unelected Lords and handing the upper chamber over to an assembly of nations and regions.
The new speaker of the House of Commons, Lindsay Hoyle, has said that his predecessor John Bercow should be given a seat in the House of Lords because it is tradition.
Queen Elizabeth II has unveiled her Government’s legislative programme at the State Opening of Parliament, revealing Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s ambitions to deliver Brexit, invest in public services, and “lead the way in tackling global climate change”.
Police are assessing allegations by Nigel Farage that Brexit Party candidates were approached by the Conservatives and offered peerages in the House of Lords.
Labour peers are considering whether to hold a no confidence vote in Jeremy Corbyn after the party fired Dianne Hayter for describing the leader’s inner circle as “the bunker” over its refusal to hear criticism on membership, finances, or antisemitism.
Unelected peers in the House of Lords have passed an amendment which could theoretically block Boris Johnson from suspending parliament so that the UK can leave the EU on October 31st without a deal.
More than 60 Labour Party members of Britain’s House of Lords have taken out a newspaper advertisement accusing leader Jeremy Corbyn of overseeing a “toxic culture” by allowing anti-Semitism to fester in the party.
Unelected peers in the House of Lords are plotting to prevent the next prime minister from suspending parliament and facilitating a no-deal Brexit.
Three members of the House of Lords have resigned the party whip over Labour’s ongoing antisemitism scandals, BBC Newsnight revealed.
A Labour peer and former MP who campaigns for women’s rights has quit the party after he was suspended for sharing an “unacceptable” tweet branded “transphobic” by activists.
The Speaker of the House of Lords Lord Fowler has criticised Commons Speaker John Bercow for opposing U.S. President Donald J Trump’s address of Parliament during the state visit next month.
The House of Lords and the Queen have signed off on the Cooper Bill which will force Prime Minister Theresa May to seek a Brexit delay and stops the UK leaving the EU in a clean break.
A parliamentary bill aimed at blocking a No Deal Brexit rammed through the House of Commons in just four hours is now in the House of Lords, where it is expected to be rubber-stamped in an equally truncated debate.
The use of terms like “mainstream media” and growing distrust in “the establishment” are an “assault on freedom of expression”, the head of the BBC has claimed.
Former Labour Party politician and House of Lords peer Lord Ahmed of Rotherham has appeared in court with two of his brothers on historic child sex abuse charges.
Lord Ahmed of Rotherham has been charged with three counts of historic sexual offences against children under the age of 13.
The House of Lords sleaze watchdog has launched an investigation into the dubious dealings of dodgy Lord Deben… Good!
A Conservative Party Peer in the House of Lords has called for hate preachers and jihadi brides to be tried for treason, decrying the “inadequate sentence” of recently-released Islamic State supporter Anjem Choudary.
Former Lib Dem peer Baroness Jenny Tonge claimed Israel is to blame for a resurgence in anti-Jewish hatred, in a social media post made just hours after Robert Bowers allegedly killed 11 people in Saturday’s Pittsburgh synagogue attack.
Details of what may be Britain’s worst ever grooming gang case are emerging after being taken up by a member of the House of Lords, with the victim allegedly abducted, held captive for 12 years, and forced into two Islamic marriages and eight abortions.
A massive 76 per cent of voters say peers in the House of Lords are “out of tune with the will of the British people” after they voted down the government on Brexit 15 times, a poll has found.
The British Establishment is doing its damnedest to torpedo Brexit. For an insight into the worldview that motivates this sclerotic, illiberal, self-serving, arrogant, anti-democratic elite, look no further than Twitter.
The “unelected” House of Lords is out to block “the democratic will of the people”, the International Trade Secretary has said, after Peers voted to give Parliament the power to stop the divorce.
LONDON (AP) – The British government faced pressure over Brexit at home and abroad Monday, including a defeat in Parliament over who gets the final say on an exit deal with the European Union. By 335 votes to 244, the
A petition calling for a referendum on the abolition of the House of Lords will be considered for a debate in Parliament after receiving more than 100,000 signatures.
Leading Brexiteer MP Jacob Rees-Mogg has said Peers working to frustrate Brexit in the House of Lords are “contemptuous of democracy” and “out of touch with the people,” calling them “cave dwellers.”
Unelected Peers have passed an amendment to the European Union (EU) withdrawal bill, which anti-Brexit politicians hope could keep the UK tied to the bloc’s Customs Union and failing trade policies.
The government is braced for a series of defeats in the House of Lords, designed to hinder the UK’s exit from the bloc, as research identifies the “top 10 Brexit-blocking Lords” working to thwart the will of the people.
A transgender activist who was jailed for killing a partner and for the brutal attempted rape of a female shopkeeper was invited to speak at the House of Lords, it has emerged.
The Tory Brexit secretary has bluntly said Britain’s Brexit withdrawal agreement will “probably favour” the European Union (EU).
The House of Lords wants to remove students from the migration statistics, but hundreds of thousands are settling permanently after their studies.
