PROTESTERS disrupted proceedings in the House of Lords today [yesterday]to demand the abolition of the unelected chamber.
They threw leaflets, shouted and sang from the public gallery during the demonstration at noon.
The House was adjourned for a short time as the demonstrators were escorted out.
Protester Lucy Porter, 50, a primary school teacher from Leeds, said she was “campaigning for a house of the people.”
On the Lords, she said: “It’s a symbol of everything that’s outdated.
“We don’t have a functioning democracy in this country.”
The leaflets, apparently modelled on an album by the Sex Pistols punk band, had written on them: “Never mind the Lords here’s the House of People.”
On the other side it stated: “Aristocrats and oligarchs: Out. Posties, mums, nurses and neighbours: In.
“Replace the House of Lords to save the UK.”
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