City AM, on UK Politics, 11 November 2026
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Read the original article on cityam.com (opens in a new tab)City AM runs a historical feature on the House of Lords Act 1999, which removed the automatic right of most hereditary peers to sit. It also covers the deal that kept 92 of them until the 2026 Act. The piece attributes the political positions it reports to the people who held them.
“haggled with Blair to exempt 92 hereditary peers from the cull”
Names who made the deal that kept the 92 hereditary peers and says plainly what it did.
“to sit and vote in our Parliament solely on the basis of their birth”
Quotes the government's case in Margaret Beckett's own words and attributes it to her, instead of stating it in the outlet's voice.
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