Ex-Tory Peers to Pay the Price for Sleazy Labour Lords
Sunday, 1 February 2009
Why am I not surprised that the most likely outcome of the recent sleaze scandal involving Labour peers appears to involve the expulsion of ex-Tory Lords Archer and Black?
PEERS who avoid tax or have criminal convictions - such as Lord Archer and Lord Black - are to be expelled from the House of Lords in the wake of the lords for hire scandal.
The reforms are being drawn up by Jack Straw, the justice secretary, in an attempt to restore the Lords’ battered reputation after last weekend’s revelations in The Sunday Times. He plans to enact the legislation necessary to expel them before the general election, which has to be held by May next year.
Retrospective legislation is inherently unjust - so no wonder it appeals to our Labour 'Justice' minister, especially if will result in media stories focusing on ex-Tory peers just before the next election.
Labels: House of Lord, Jack Straw, Justice, Sleeze