It was a stupid idea when RLB proposed it and it is a stupid idea now.
And what if the House of Lords refuse to go?
They can’t. Parliament meets in the place where it is summoned by the Sovereign. London only became settled as that location in the seventeenth century. Previously it met in a wide variety of locations - in the fifteenth century it met in Coventry more often than it did in London.
But the reason it is a silly idea is because the Lords and the Commons have to be close together for certain practical reasons, e.g. the state opening of Parliament. So if he sends the Lords to York, he can’t prorogue, for ex...
Actually - even though it clearly comes out of Cummings’ small brain, maybe it isn’t such a silly idea.
Surely this means that “Parliament” - ie the Lords AND the Commons have to be in the same place? The Queen can’t summon them separately in different places!
Is there going to be a Dissolution Honours List? Or was it just Nicky Morgan and Zac Goldsmith? Don't mind, but every so often somewhere someone burbles about i
It was a stupid idea when RLB proposed it and it is a stupid idea now.
And what if the House of Lords refuse to go?
They can’t. Parliament meets in the place where it is summoned by the Sovereign. London only became settled as that location in the seventeenth century. Previously it met in a wide variety of locations - in the fifteenth century it met in Coventry more often than it did in London.
But the reason it is a silly idea is because the Lords and the Commons have to be close together for certain practical reasons, e.g. the state opening of Parliament. So if he sends the Lords to York, he can’t prorogue, for ex...
Actually - even though it clearly comes out of Cummings’ small brain, maybe it isn’t such a silly idea.
Surely this means that “Parliament” - ie the Lords AND the Commons have to be in the same place? The Queen can’t summon them separately in different places!
Well, she can. But technically then it isn’t Parliament. It’s the Great Council of State and the National Assembly.
It was a stupid idea when RLB proposed it and it is a stupid idea now.
And what if the House of Lords refuse to go?
They can’t. Parliament meets in the place where it is summoned by the Sovereign. London only became settled as that location in the seventeenth century. Previously it met in a wide variety of locations - in the fifteenth century it met in Coventry more often than it did in London.
But the reason it is a silly idea is because the Lords and the Commons have to be close together for certain practical reasons, e.g. the state opening of Parliament. So if he sends the Lords to York, he can’t prorogue, for ex...
Actually - even though it clearly comes out of Cummings’ small brain, maybe it isn’t such a silly idea.
Interesting choice of venue. York is a lovely historic University town with excellent road and rail links, but how would shifting the Lords or even the entirety of government there shift the mindset of its members?
Shift it to Hartlepool, Stoke or Wrexham if you really want to discomfort the comfortable.
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https://twitter.com/Gabriel_Pogrund/status/1218639358582034434?s=20
I do hope the HoC bullying enquiry and EHRC report on Labour anti-semitism are available to the vetting ctte....
https://lordsappointments.independent.gov.uk/vetting
Shift it to Hartlepool, Stoke or Wrexham if you really want to discomfort the comfortable.
ordered to York.