House of Lords
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1. House of Lords - Noun
2. House of Lords - Proper noun
Meaning
the upper house of the British parliament
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A man may speak very well in the House of Commons, and fail very completely in the House of Lords. There are two distinct styles requisite: I intend, in the course of my career, if I have time, to give a specimen of both.
During the last 100 years, the House of Lords has never contributed one iota to popular liberties or popular freedom, or done anything to advance the common weal; but during that time it has protected every abuse and sheltered every privilege.
Anyone from abroad will tell you that it is the class system that really lies at the root of our problems, economic and industrial. The House of Lords symbolises that.
The House of Lords must go - not be reformed, not be replaced, not be reborn in some nominated life-after-death patronage paradise, just closed down, abolished, finished.
A severe though not unfriendly critic of our institutions said that the cure for admiring the House of Lords was to go and look at it.
The House of Lords is like a glass of champagne that has stood for five days.