arizona star
sat, nov 6, 1999
Britain
House of Lords winners
"This is for me a day of sadness and regret that colleagues old and new are refiring, because the government has cut the ground from under their feet," Lord Skelmersdale said after announcing the results.
The government is abolishing, the right of 759 hereditary nobles to sit in the House of Lords but it agreed to allow 92 of them stay on chosen by election it decides a new method a choosing members
Fifteen holdovers including Skelmersdale, were chosen in an earlier ballot, and were I chosen other highlords will also stay on, by virtue of office.
the webmaster says he likes the french method of eliminating royality. chop their heads off. it fixes the problem forever:).