David Cameron’s Appointment to Cabinet 'Another Reminder Why the House of Lords Must Go'

Former Prime Minister David Cameron’s appointment as Foreign Secretary – despite having left Parliament in 2016 – has triggered fresh calls to abolish the House of Lords.

Cameron replaces James Cleverly, who has moved to ousted cabinet minister Suella Braverman’s former role of Home Secretary.

There is no constitutional requirement for a cabinet minister to be an elected MP, but it is very rare that senior offices of state are held by unelected politicians. Lobbyist Cameron has been handed a seat in the 800-odd member House of Lords for life to take up the role.

Today campaign group Republic demanded a written constitution and elected upper house following the move.

Republic’s CEO, Graham Smith, said: “This appointment joins a string of recent outrages that remind us of the urgent need to ditch the Lords in favour of an elected upper house.

https://bylinetimes.com/2023/11/13/david-camerons-appointment-to-cabinet-another-reminder-why-the-house-of-lords-must-go/

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David Cameron’s Appointment to Cabinet 'Another Reminder Why the House of Lords Must Go' – Byline Times

The disgraced former Prime Minister has been handed a seat in the Lords for life.

'Austerity is a False Economy that has Brought the Nation's Roof Crumbling Down'

The collapsing school buildings scandal has exposed how the Government failed to ‘fix the roof while the sun was shining’

The scandal is just the most obvious example of the reckless and self-defeating approach taken by this Government to the public sector.

Since 2010, it has cut infrastructure spending as a share of GDP by a third as a part of Osborne’s supposed plan to “fix the roof” of the nation’s public finances.

https://bylinetimes.com/2023/09/05/austerity-is-a-false-economy-that-has-brought-the-nations-roof-crumbling-down/

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'Austerity is a False Economy that has Brought the Nation's Roof Crumbling Down' – Byline Times

The collapsing school buildings scandal has exposed how the Government failed to 'fix the roof while the sun was shining'

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Banking Bias: The Glaring Hypocrisy of the Press Over Farage’s Account Closure – Byline Times

There is a stark contrast in the response to the closure of Nigel Farage's Coutts account - and bank account closures of progressive organisations in 2015

#Oil System Collapsing so Fast it May Derail Renewables, Warn French Government Scientists - Byline Times ⚓ https://bylinetimes.com/2021/10/20/oil-system-collapsing-so-fast-it-may-derail-renewables-warn-french-government-scientists/ ䷉ #bylinetimes

Oil System Collapsing so Fast it May Derail Renewables, Warn French Government Scientists – Byline Times

Forget ‘peak oil’. Nafeez Ahmed reveals how the oil and gas industries are cannibalising themselves as the costs of fossil fuel extraction mount