That is an excellent idea but why only for 2 years? What's the thinking behind that? Personally, I'd go for a new 2nd chamber with every new government.
I'm coming around to the opinion that there ought to be quotas and affirmative action for selecting our politicians. A cap on those who come from a legal, trade union or SPAD route and priority for those who didn't go to Oxbridge and have had a career outside of politics. Sons and daughters of...
The whole concept of white male privilege currently in vogue annoys me because most white males do not have any more power or privilege than most other people but people like Boris ARE proof that it does exist with a certain type of white male - public-school, old money, connections. The bloke...