Fw: Liz Truss's honours list - This is the status of democracy...
Tholkappiyan Vembian
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| Liz Truss, Rishi Sunak and Boris Johnson are stuffing the House of Lords with major Conservative party donors. [1] And today, Liz Truss’ appointees had their first day on the life-long job.
On the ex-PM’s list is a Conservative party donor who has given over £700,000. [2] And just weeks ago Rishi Sunak added two more party donors who’d given over £200,000 between them. That’s not all: Boris Johnson made *14* party donors Lords when he was Prime Minister. [3] Sticking party donors in the Lords turns the whole institution into a joke. Access to our political systems should not be for sale, but as long as any Government feels it can give out peerages for a fee, the corruption will only get worse. Labour have said that if they come into power they will reform the House of Lords. [4] BUT there’s already rumours that they might drop it. If we can join together, in one HUGE petition, we can show Labour, as well as all the other parties, that the public want to eradicate a pay for access political institution. The House of Lords is one of the biggest legislative bodies in the world. [5] Last year it was revealed that £51.8m was donated to political parties by Lords appointees. [6] If access to our political systems is up for grabs to the highest bidder, then our democracy collapses. It might seem like an uphill battle, but we've taken on unfair Lords appointments before. Last year, we projected a message from more than 270,000 to Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak around Westminster, telling them Truss' nominations shouldn't count. Just days later, at least two people turned down her nomination because they thought it would be humiliating to accept. [7] Amoke and the 38 Degrees team NOTES: [1] Politics at Jack and Sam’s: This week… Britain hits back over Navalny [2] The Guardian: Liz Truss gives peerages to Brexit architect and Tory donor [3] Gov.UK: Political Peerages 2024 The Guardian: Major Tory donor among 13 new peers named in honours list [4] Financial Times: Labour delays plans to abolish House of Lords [5] Electoral Reform: Replace the House of Lords [6] OpenDemocracy: Boris Johnson’s new Lords appointees have donated £17m to the Tory Party [7] 38 Degrees: How we took public anger about Truss’s honours to the streets and skies The Guardian: At least two people said to have declined resignation honours from Liz Truss |
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