Tory crony peerages underline need to scrap House of Lords
Reports that former Tory Ministers Michael Gove and Alister Jack are to be given peerages and jobs for life underline why we urgently need to scrap the House of Lords, say the Scottish Greens.
The Party’s co-leader, Lorna Slater, said:
“The House of Lords is an archaic and embarrassing relic of an institution. Its very existence is an affront to democracy.
“It has no legitimacy whatsoever and is already stuffed full of donors, cronies and former politicians.
“Michael Gove and Alister Jack both supported and implemented policies that did a huge amount of damage, from a Brexit that has cost jobs and hiked up prices to the hostile environment policies that punished refugees and a series of cuts that fell on people with the least.
“The problem is much bigger than any individual. It is the system that has allowed unelected peers to have so much influence for so long. It is ridiculous for us to be ruled by people that we have no way to remove.
“One of the many advantages of independence would be the chance to finally abolish the undemocratic House of Lords."