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…
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…
Aristocratic Redistribution: The House of Lords’ Second Home Moves to a Caravan Park in Southport Prat.uk Political Desk In the small print of the redistribution package, peers who already relocated to the retail park’s garden-furniture department will be issued a second, ceremonial residence at a caravan park in Southport, described by officials as “levelling up, but with a chemical toilet.” Each peer will receive a static caravan named after their…
The Marquess Tavern Review: The Noble Rank Between Duke and Earl | A 4.3 tavern named The Marquess, after the aristocratic rank sitting just below the duke in the peerage
