Politics.co.uk staff

Britain’s democratic farce: This is how the upcoming ‘hereditary by-election’ will work

The crossbench grouping of the 4th Earl Baldwin is one of several set out in law, meaning that when one hereditary peer retires or dies, a ‘by-election’ is held for a replacement chosen from within that group. 31 aristocrats will decide one of their fellow elite to sit in our parliament, and vote on our laws, for the rest of that person’s life, or until their retirement or expulsion.

This is what free movement means to me

The UK’s membership of the EU meant I could study in the Nethernalds at a fraction of the price charged to students from outside the bloc.