New Hereditary Peers as Memory Custodians, Not Lords
The government was right to abolish hereditary peers in the Lords, but should create new ones as official custodians of national memory to strengthen social cohesion and shared identity.
The government was right to abolish hereditary peers in the Lords, but should create new ones as official custodians of national memory to strengthen social cohesion and shared identity.
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