Apart from booting octogenarians out of the Lords, Starmer’s manifesto promises “to introduce legislation to remove the right of hereditary peers to sit and vote“. That drags a few descendants of Labour giants down with the rest…
- Stephen Benn, 3rd Viscount Stansgate (son of Tony).
- John Attlee, 3rd Earl Attlee (grandson of Clement).
As a bonus, also up for the chop are Raymond Asquith (great-grandson of Herbert) and Rupert Carington (son of Peter). Some devoted history fans might view the remaining Lords as a bit of a rump…
Lot of nonsense being spouted by people who should know better about how well Corbyn has done. Comparing Corbyn to Clement Attlee is ridiculous, he achieved a massive double-digit swing against Churchill, Jezza achieved a mere 2% swing against the Maybot. Attlee won, Corbyn lost.
