House of Lords | The European Conservative

Click here to explore the magazine archives

Tag: House of Lords

Benches in the Chamber of the House of Lords

Out Go the Hereditary Peers—In Comes the Political Class

Nick Hallett March 12, 2026

Removing hereditary peers may make Britain’s constitution look more “modern.” But it also leaves the House of Lords increasingly shaped by political patronage.

UK Assisted Suicide Bill Halted by Last Stand in the Lords

Jonathon Van Maren February 5, 2026

A furious Lord Falconer has threatened to override the Upper Chamber using the Parliament Act, which would likely trigger a constitutional crisis.

UK House of Lords Committee Limits Evidence on Assisted Suicide Bill

TEC News October 23, 2025

The committee claims it can’t accept more testimony on the highly controversial legislation “due to time constraints.”

In Defense of Life: Lord Frost’s Stand Against the Assisted Suicide Bill

Jonathon Van Maren September 16, 2025

“The only protection you as an individual have for all sorts of things that you may want to do in your life rests on Judeo-Christian morality.”

Labour’s “Banter Ban” Faces Showdown in the Lords

TEC News April 16, 2025

Parliament set to debate new speech restrictions in employment law

Blair 2.0: UK Labour Strips Parliament of Yet More Power

Michael Curzon July 24, 2024

Unelected officials are the winners in all this; representative democracy is the loser.

The House of Lords Rejects Key Clauses in Boris Johnson’s Nationality and Borders Bill

Harrison Pitt March 6, 2022

The Lords’ recent victory constitutes a setback for those who had sought a definitive long-term solution to the ongoing migrant crisis on the southeast coast of England.

Tag: House of Lords

Out Go the Hereditary Peers—In Comes the Political Class

UK Assisted Suicide Bill Halted by Last Stand in the Lords

UK House of Lords Committee Limits Evidence on Assisted Suicide Bill

In Defense of Life: Lord Frost’s Stand Against the Assisted Suicide Bill

Labour’s “Banter Ban” Faces Showdown in the Lords

Blair 2.0: UK Labour Strips Parliament of Yet More Power

The House of Lords Rejects Key Clauses in Boris Johnson’s Nationality and Borders Bill

IMPRESSUM

SUBSCRIPTION

LOG IN

PRIVACY POLICY