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Link me, please? Rebekah Send a noteboard - 02/06/2010 11:31:01 PM
They're not really Lords, in the sense that they're sons of the men with the actual peerage, but still they are dubbed such in Hansard.

Clearly my penchant for irrelevant criticism is as big as Tim's... ;)

To be a little more relevant, I'd have to agree about the name thing. It's a bit tasteless.


They can be now because of a change in set up of the House of Lords in 1999 or so. So 92 members of the Lords are hereditary, and the others can then be in the House of Commons, if they are duly elected.
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/Other Literature: Drood by Dan Simmons - 02/06/2010 10:47:13 PM 5427 Views
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Suspect I am getting there. - 03/06/2010 11:49:16 PM 1548 Views
There are (okay, were, I'm temporarily living in the 1890s...) MPs who are styled Lord, though. - 02/06/2010 11:22:33 PM 1593 Views
Link me, please? - 02/06/2010 11:31:01 PM 1572 Views
Sure. - 02/06/2010 11:46:32 PM 1961 Views
Thanks. - 03/06/2010 11:48:47 PM 1519 Views
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