A house of ill repute
The House of Lords is a very British anachronism, flying in the face of democratic norms and baffling foreign observers. This is what happened when we sent a former editor of the New York Times to watch it in action
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The House of Lords is a very British anachronism, flying in the face of democratic norms and baffling foreign observers. This is what happened when we sent a former editor of the New York Times to watch it in action
A bad joke? A pillar of democracy? A museum to past glory? Opinions differ on what, exactly, Britain's House of Lords is. Many would like to see it abolished. But is that such a good idea?
From Wodehouse and Wilde to the modern Tory party, the posh can be grimly fascinating, even to this card-carrying leftie, who explains why he has turned his attention to Made in Chelsea
Times: He spent 10 years in a Russian jail. Now exiled in London, what's his next move?
Controversial Russian media baron with UK citizenship complains that Russians are no longer welcome in Britain.