The House of
Lords is like a glass of champagne that has stood for five days.
View quotes by Clement AttleeAt least if you go straight to the House of
Lords you can wear fancy dress and have a giggle
View quotes by Michael WinnerThe House of
Lords is the British Outer Mongolia for retired politicians.
View quotes by Tony BennThere is that in the glance of a flower which may at times control the greatest of creation's braggart
lords.
View quotes by John MuirIt is, I think, good evidence of life after death (on the quality of debate in the House of
Lords)
View quotes by Donald SoperI’m not even sure I’d go into a reformed House of
Lords. But let’s put it like this, the decision would have been easier had there been not even complete reform but a substantial stride.
View quotes by Neil KinnockThe House of
Lords, an illusion to which I have never been able to subscribe - responsibility without power, the prerogative of the eunuch throughout the ages.
View quotes by Tom StoppardThe most accomplished way of using books is to serve them as some people do
lords; learn their titles and then brag of their acquaintance.
View quotes by Laurence SterneGreat families of yesterday we show,
And
lords whose parents were the Lord knows who (The True-Born Englishman)
View quotes by Daniel DefoeWho would have thought that Blair would have given us war after war, House of
Lords sleaze, an accelerating climate-change crisis, and an outsourced, market-driven NHS?
View quotes by Derek WallsI am flattered to be honoured personally in this way; and I am pleased at the prospect of making a wider contribution to British national life in the
Lords [on receiving a peerage]
View quotes by John BirtPavement slippery, people sneezing,
Lords in ermine, beggars freezing;
Titled gluttons dainties carving,
Genius in a garret starving. (January, 1795)
View quotes by Mary RobinsonWhat a lovely day at
Lords: it's lovely blue sunshine here today.
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