Yes, wonderful words about 'Big Society' and us little people getting to make decisions affecting our lives - then he goes and 'slips in' over a hundred new leaders without us even realising.

Same old Tories, I'm afraid, look after our Lords, make sure there is still enough 'gravy' around for them, and allow us all to pay!

Recession? What recession?

fourm member "Finished our little rants have we?"

Really, what a condescending person you are!

fourm member

"The prime minister has created more peers more quickly than any of his post-war predecessors, having ennobled 117 people in less than a year."

This was the quote, by BBC Deputy Political Editor. You are calling it a rant to accept what it says, and presumably accept your prejudiced version instead?

Why is it that only you always seem to have the only answers (and these invariably mirror Central Office) to any political questions thrown up?

Peers, you say, don't get paid "unless they start doing something.". They only have to turn up!!

fourm member

Please read what I put before making your judgements!

I did not suggest you had called the article a rant.
I said you were calling it a rant to accept what was in it - a difference possibly too subtle for you to appreciate (see, I can be condescending, too!). (;-0)