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Lord Khan Enjoys the Lords, Londoners Await Buses

Paige Shiver

Mayor Describes Upper House Life as City Hall Puts New Letterhead Out to Tender LONDON, ENGLAND | Lord Khan, the Labour mayor of London, spoke about life in the House of Lords at the party conference in Liverpool on Tuesday 29 September, according to ITV News. Attendees described his tone as warm. The Lords did not comment, being a house. Parliamentary sources said the chamber is comfortable, well heated and…

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Sadiq Khan: The House of Lords

Emily Cartwright

House of Lords Announces It Has Finally Run Out of Empty Chairs The House of Lords, that ancient and mysterious British institution where retired politicians go to be paid £390 a day to occasionally nod, has announced a staffing crisis of historic proportions: it has run out of chairs. The solution, naturally, was to add twenty-six more people to sit in it, including Sir Sadiq Khan, who somehow remains Mayor…