Jumping Off Points
Hosts, Timbah and Aidan, use current events as jumping-off points to explore politics and culture.
Jumping Off Points
Ep.7 - Abolishing the House of Lords
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Timbah and Aidan
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Episode 7
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On 5th December 2022, Leader of the Opposition Keir Starmer announced a plan to abolish the House of Lords as part of a series of sweeping reforms aimed to decentralize Westminster power and lay the foundations of the Labour party’s platform for a future general election campaign.
Episode seven of Jumping Off Points examines what the House of Lords does, and sees hosts Timbah and Aidan debating Starmer’s plan to abolish it.