The House of Lords is a very British anachronism, flying in the face of democratic norms and baffling foreign observers. This is what happened when we sent a former editor of the New York Times to watch it in action
Members of the House of Lords can claim £342 per day they attend parliament. A Lords waiter would need to work more than 26 hours in a day to make the same amount.
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