Britain04 September, 20262 min read
Nigel Farage Threatens Overhaul Of House Of Lords And Judges Appointments
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Reform UK would overhaul the Lords and reform judges and senior civil service. In first 100 days, stop small boat crossings and cut energy bills by £250.
Farage threatens Lords overhaul
Nigel Farage, speaking at Reform UK’s annual conference in Birmingham, threatened to overhaul the House of Lords and change how judges are appointed if they obstruct a Reform government’s agenda. Farage said: "Parliament will sit, if necessary, for 24 hours a day, for six days a week until we pass the necessary legislation."
He added that if the Lords did not “honour” Reform’s policy pledges, he would threaten to appoint hundreds of new peers so the party had a majority in the upper chamber. Farage also said that if that proved difficult, Reform would hold a referendum on the current composition of the House of Lords, warning they would be “swept away by a British public appalled by them.”
Judges, ECHR and civil service
Farage framed the judiciary as another possible "obstacle" and promised to remove the ability of judges to rely on conventions like the European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR). He said: "We don't want the courts striking down, do we, the will of the people," and argued that "Parliament makes the law, judges interpret the law."
He also threatened to remove civil servants who "try to obstruct us" and replace them with people from the world of business. In the same speech, Farage insisted: "I'm tired of being told what can't be done," and said the public want "action" and "genuine change."
100 days pledges and small boats
Farage set out Reform’s first 100 days in power as including stopping small boat crossings and cutting energy bills by £250 a year by ending the net zero "lunacy". He also said he would declare a "national emergency" and threatened to force Parliament into extended sittings to pass legislation.
AOL.co.uk said Farage would use the Royal Navy to stop dinghies in the English Channel and claim Reform would halt crossings within 100 days of taking the keys to No10. A party spokesman told the Mail: "Within days of winning the election we will introduce dozens of Bills and force Parliament to sit all through the summer for seven days a week to pass them."